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 bridge, pretty much at speed.

under 20 minutes from highway 4 past berkeley and the backup at the bay bridge, guys. >> thank you. 6:00 right now. happening tonight, if you live in contra costa county you might hear gunshots along freeways. chp officers are testing a shot spotter technology to notify them the moments the shots happen. >> pete suratos is live in pinole this morning. it was added to prevent freeway shootings. are they adding more now? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and marcus. the testing is happening along different parts at different freeways. we'll show you where we're standing here along 80 in pinole. chp not disclosed exactly where the testing is going to take place and will happen along some of the freeways. but i was on scene last week in san francisco. came to mind where the shot smart technology used for officers use the technology to respond to a shooting in the mission district.

now, the way it works, you guys mentioned it there. involves sensors set up in a given area which can then detect when gunshots are being fired and from there an alert to officers in the area to respond to the specific location. chp reports in the east bay 116 freeway shootings between 2015 to 2017. a good number of them in contra costa county. as a result chp beefed up the patrols and cameras along highway 4 and no information on if it's led to arrests related to freeway shootings. back out here live. 80 in pinole. a freeway, as i mentioned, locations for this testing have not been disclosed and will take place roughly between 9:00 p.m. tonight to 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. live here in pinole, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> looks like they know you're up there, too, pete. >> thank you, pete. live to washington, d.c. this morning where all eyes are on the supreme court. the nation's highest court could

soon see its biggest shift in the generation. after supreme court justice anthony kennedy announced he's retiring. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live with what it could mean for gay rights, boeraborti rights. good morning. >> reporter: hi, laura. good morning. it could mean big changes in the future because justice kennedy at tie of many of the close decisions we see sometimes with conservatives, sometimes with liberals. president trump wants to replace him with a solid conservative justice. 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 put it is 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 also upheld president trump's travel ban and helped take apart the voting rights act. liberals fear abortion rights could be in jeopardy. >> the senate should reject on a bipartisan basis any justice who would overturn roe v. wade. >> reporter: democrats want to postpone the confirmation until after november. not likely. >> we'll vote to confirm justice kennedy's successor this fall. >> reporter: what kind of justice are they looking for? >> choose a consensus pick. anything less than that would be unacceptable. >> my ideal man or woman is a cross of socrates and dirty

harry. >> reporter: republicans have a razor thin majority in the house. just enough to confirm president trump's choice. that's why you're seeing democrats trying to push this past a november election. they think they may be able to pick up a few seats and republicans saying, no, they want it done now while they have that 51-vote majority. back to you. >> everything will change. >> yeah. >> thank you so much. coverage continues next on the "today" show. chuck todd live in the studio this morning breaking down the political implications of justice kennedy's retirement. 6:05 right now. richmond leaders reach out trying to deal with the problem most every city is dealing with to one degree or another. talk about prostitution. dozens gathered last night for richmond's first-ever public forum focused on trying to control the problem. police say officers are really often focused on fighting other crime. >> we can't always be here. right? so there's so many more people

out here living in the community to help us involve the problem and i think together we can really impact this problem. >> the people say the problem in richmond has recently been a lot more in the open. it's partly because underground websites and personal pages are no longer allowed to operate. vta is working to make it safer for you. six-month pilot project in san jose saying the current design sometimes means walkers and drivers all cross train tracks with little separation. so they might add railings and signage to make it clearer. all part of the study, lead-up to allow trains to go faster. happening today, summer means a lot of things to a lot of people but in oakland this year it is all about paving. oakland leaders plan to announce what they're calling the summer of paving. hopefully seeing a difference out there. the mayor's office is leading a

push to pave four times as many city streets. usually they pave 6 miles. this summer they're aiming for 25 miles. firefighters are investigating a string of grass fires in south san jose last night just after 4:00 right off of capital expressway near a golf course. this was the view from sky ranger. not long after that fire started. the sprinklers running on did golf course helped put out the flames. the golf course was not damaged but the flames did get dangerously close to a mobile home park. thankfully, the fire never reached there. no one was hurt. no structures were burned. investigators say the fires are suspicious. and the fires will be a concern in this weekend looking live right now from the dublin camera this morning. we have one more day of coolish weather to talk about. but then it really starts to heat up into the weekend. meteorologist kari hall talking about this. tracking it for us, kari. what can we expect?

>> we know that everything is dried out so it doesn't take hot temperatures to have a wild fire burning out of control but the wild fire danger increases tomorrow. begins for solano county and lake county and much of the sken tr central area. all of the areas shaded in orange where we have a fire weather watch in effect. live outside in san jose, we start with sunshine and going to sunnyvale, the temperatures nice and tool with low 60s. still at 10:00. sunshine in the lunch hour. 69 degrees. we're heading into the upper 70s there today. just slightly cooler than normal with the high in antioch at 86 degrees. also 86 in santa rosa. oakland today 73. 67 in san francisco. we'll talk about those hot temperatures coming up. and, mike, still tracking the problems in sunol.

>> i am, kari. having a problem since an early crash in the 5:00 hour. about an hour's worth of problems. fortunately looking at the map, overall, a lighter volume. typical for the summer pattern. doesn't kick in until later. 680 slow and continues to build out of pleasanton down to just south of 84 and the merge, we have a series of crashes. middle lanes affecting. all reports of scenes of a number of crashes there. no major injuries but a problem in the area. coming into the area, also, a shot of dublin and point out the steadily moving traffic. pretty much at the limit for livermore and dublin and then the scenes of the crashes. meanwhile in the south bay, look how light for san jose. easy drive. back do you. >> mike, were you a toys r us kid? all right. here's your chance.

coming up next on "today in the bay," the end of an era. the last-minute rush at toys r us as the popular chain gets ready to close the doors tomorrow. later, it was used to make an arrest in the golden state killer case. we could see it even more often. the new push to use genetic testing to solve cold cases. that's coming up at 6:26. stick around. you're watching "today in the bay." hi!

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it's a nice, clear day as we start out looking live in san jose. right now, 6:30, we are going to start out with some 50s this morning. and very pleasant day. you better enjoy it because we'll see those temperatures reaching into the mid-70s by early afternoon. and for the weekend, we're talking 90s. even some triple digit where you live possibly. i'll have a look at that in less than five minutes. over45 minutes, that's how long we're reading in the middle there 580. dublin interchange to the scene of a number of crashes near vargas road. a tough drive for the tri-valley. times and let you pick your route. very happy thursday to you. we got the latest gdp numbers. stocks again faded on wednesday. nasdaq once again very hard hit. amazon just a short time ago announced it's purchased an online pharmacy.

expect drug and drugstore stocks to take a hard hit today at the open at 6:30. amazon also says it's going to work with local entrepreneurs for local delivery. you invest a minimum of $10,000 and they help you set up a private delivery business with an amazon labeled van and uniform. pick up packages from amazon warehouses, deliver them to neighborhoods. this is a way for amazon to avoid probables stirred up by president trump over the u.s. postal service. president trump said amazon deliveries hurt the u.s. post office's bottom line. this is not true. but amazon is covering its bet in case the president makes a move to interfere with the company's relationship. we just got the latest state unemployment data and it's really solid. here in northern california, especially. when you look at areas with million people or more, san jose ties four other cities in the united states for the lowest employment in the --

unemployment in the nation. among smaller towns, redwood city, south san francisco area has the lowest unemployment, 2%. marcus and laura, i mentioned this at 5:00 a.m. i wanted to make sure the 56 a.m. audience heard about this, too. this foal low is scott maxwell, just a nice little story. he's a scientist who helped put the mars probablies on to mars. he and his scientist wife just celebrated an anniversary the other day. he posted the cards to each other online. unknowingly they got each other the same card. and then if you look really closely both of them then added the planet pluto with a pen. >> wow. >> unknowingly -- not knowing the other person to do the same. >> i love that! >> my other part of the job is people yelling at each other and nice every once in a while to come across something and you're like -- >> who yells at each other? >> politics. >> oh. i thought you meant in the newsroom. >> you know?

the news can be rough. here's a guy that loves his wife and a wife that loves her husband. >> what a concept. a match made in celestial heavens. >> well said. >> thank you so much. someone out there hopefully for everyone. 6:16. a vote that may determine the future of how your data protected in california. state lawmakers plan to vote on a quickly crafted bill to beef up consumer protections and privacy but there is a catch to it. according to consumer advocates because an agreement in sacramento keep a separate, stronger measure off the ballot in november. the millionaire who funded that proposal said he'll pull it if a deal is met by the end of today. toy lovers, you have a last toy run for you today. the toys r us in concord officially shuts down. >> i bet the shelves are bare. we confirmed the news with the manager who tells us the store will be auctioning off its fixtures over the weekend. all toys r us and babies r us

stores have to close on or before friday. company says some stores have discounts of up to 90%. harry potter fans, listen up. the quid ditch world cup right now. the sport of course inspired by the wizards game in the series. if you're not familiar with it, there are seven athlete that is play with a broom between the legs. most of the players are trying to throw a ball of a quaffle through the opposite team's hoop winning ten points. meantime, seekers trying to catch the golden snitch. it is a sock with a tennis ball inside. if the game ends and a seeker catches the snitch. i don't know if it has to be played on dirt or a dry field there but kind of goes with the whole look. >> i'm pretty sure jk roweling didn't say it's a ball in a sock. >> more eloquent. >> i think so.

i'm looking like, what are you talking about? >> i'm with kari, too. >> not harry potter fans? >> harry potter -- >> tried to watch one. >> it will be a good weekend for a book. maybe in a lot of shade i would say. >> or on the beach today. for the weekend. because it's cooler there. want to show you a live picture. love this. look at the view of win peaks. see a shallow layer of fog rolling across the city and elsewhere it's all clear. and we are going to see those clear skies. across the barr. slightly warmer temperatures. here's a look at the temperature trend for concord where we'll start out with some cool temperatures and a low 60s. and then at noon 75 degrees. take the lunch outside and continues to warm up from there. check out the seven-day forecast, it is going to be a hot weekend. maybe today's the best day to go to the alameda county fair reaching into the upper 70s. bring the sunscreen and a hot and enjoy your time out there and looking at the highs for

much of the south bay in the upper 70s and low 80s. cupertino and downtown san jose, up to 80 degrees an 85 degrees in pleasanton and 75 in hay ward. the coast will be in the low 60s and belmont, 73 degrees. 68 degrees in mission district and 86 today in santa rosa. starting to warm up with breezy winds. winds from the north and keeping the coastal areas cool and the shift in the wind makes a huge difference for tomorrow. more northerly wind and blowing offshore. will heat up the temperatures and it's going to be so dry. look at how our temperatures respond as high pressure moves in. heading up to 100 degrees for the valleys on saturday. it cools off i guess a little bit on sunday. still hot. we get major cooling next week and san francisco will stay comfortable but a nice 80 degrees with sunshine comfortable place for the weekend. mike, you are still focused on the problem area.

>> also called the tri-valley. 680 really jammed up today through pleasanton. 680 slow off the dublin interchange. the rest of your bay shows an easy, light drive. the metering lights on at the bay bridge. not getting around those and hoping to help you get around the backup. all the backup there immediately approaching 84 suddenly started to clear. i'll check with chp. i believe the next update shows that at least cleared a couple of the lanes. merge off 84 not so bad. 680 southbound slow. look at waze. that's why it is now once again down through pleasanton. taking about an hour and four minutes down 680. saving you 15 minutes joining in off highway 84 or stanley. those are options. also an option, nbc bay area right there. that's the team on your profile. let's get back to the maps and aside from the slow drive for the tri-valley, smooth drive through contra costa county.

highway 4, slowing. no problem towards the bay bridge, though. back the you. >> all right. thank you, mike. 6:20 right now. more for you here on "today in the bay." including, saving the redwoods. the steps to save one of the world's giant sequoias. buy four appliances get 10% back. great deal until the money doesn't arrive. i'm chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. sun rising so early in the summer you might be asleep but the reporters aren't. here's kris sanchez's tweet showing her view of the moon from san jose. join our conversation on social media every morning. we are all logged on. you're watching "today in the bay."

north bay man who ran into a rebate runaround on 6:24 right now. and nbc bay area responds to a north bay man who ran into a rebate run around on the new appliances. >> the consumer team helped the shopper get the reward. consumer investigator chris chmura explains. >> larry miller saw a deal he couldn't refuse. buy four appliances get a 10% rebate. he said he filled out the paperwork and sent it along with everything he needed to samsung. he waited for his rebates. and it never arrived. at first, larry said samsung told him it didn't receive the paperwork so he sent it again. then samsung denied the rebate saying larry bought the

appliances from an ineligible retailer. but larry says there's nothing about that in the rebate's fine print. solar ri turned to us for help. we contacted samsung and larry got his $380 rebate card. samsung told us it regret it is hassle and will carefully review mr. miller's experience in an effort to constantly improve its processes. rebates can be tricky. keep a running record of dates. also, keep copies. i mean this. of everything. especially the rebate form itself. you might need to reference the fine print just like larry did. call us any time. 888-996-tips. or online at nbc bay area.com/responds. >> thanks a lot, chris. 6:25. new this morning, an inside look at the newest tool for solving cold cases using genetic genealogy. police can use dna and family trees to determine possible

suspects. this is how detectives here in california found and arrested that suspect in the golden gate state killer case. since then, the same process led to arrests in at least four more cold cases across the country. three in just the last week. experts say 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. >> the second woman you just heard from is the virginia lab doing all the testing. she works there. 7:40 on "today" show joe friar goes inside and explains how it all works. 6:26 right now. tree lovers loving this bit of news. one of the two largest unprotected giant redwood groves left in the world is now in prototy good hands. save the redwoods announced its purchase of red hill near the

sequoia national park. it contains 110 ancient giant trees. saver the redwoods will transfer the land to the u.s. forest service making it another option for visitors. >> nice. well, 6:27 right now. coming up on "today in the bay" president trump will meet russia's vladimir putin. bob redell in europe and tweeting and we'll hear from him. plus cars damaged in a south bay neighborhood after an overnight hit and run. what police are looking into as they try to figure out what led up to the accident. you're watching "today in the bay."

we )re off to a cool start, and it will be another right now at 6:30 on the thursday morning, a cool start. another pleasant day expected before it starts to heat up again. live look outside. folks are getting up and at them. downtown san bruno this morning. what about you? >> i'm up. >> better be! good morning. thank you for joining us. right now, we want to bring in meteorologist kari hall to get a better look at what we can smile about today weather-wise. >> it's a great day and better enjoy it before it gets hot around the bay area especially downtown san jose where we start out with 50s this morning. on the way to the train station, diridon station, will be at 58 degrees at 7:00. and we will see skies clearing pretty fast and a nice little

warm-up today with some 70s. let's get a look at the high temperatures around the bay area today. tri-valley, up to 84 degrees. 86 in antioch. palo alto up to 78 degrees and san francisco at 67. we're in for a much hotter temperatures tomorrow and i'll talk about the weekend forecast in about seven minutes. mike has the latest update for sunol. >> you might be a little late. we're looking at the props for 680. focus on the rest of the bay looking great right now. just a minor build for hayward and san leandro. south 680 indeed the toughest drive. great improvements. thumb's up there. earlier crashes south of 84 caused the backup and 20 minutes of good clearing through the area. smoother, slower drive getting over towards the san mateo bridge. the live shot shows congestion on the flat section. expect more slowing on the san

mateo side. back to you. >> thank you, mike. problems in the south bay this morning. new this morning, several people injured, several cars damaged after a hit and run crash near downtown san jose overnight. it happened in vine and edwards. not far from highway 87. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live at the scene to bring us up to date. what have you been able to find out? >> reporter: well, i just talked with a guy that owns this small silver sedan. would you believe this is the second time it's hit in the last 12 hours? see that the roadway is strewn with all kinds of glass and there are skid marks, other vehicles here still. five in all involved. show you the scene when it just happened. officers and firefighters had to try to extricate somebody. in all, five cars were involved. someone who seemed to believe in the wrong place at the wrong time so badly trapped that firefighters used the jaws of life. even then, 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 that tried to flee. officers found two of them, injured. they went to the hospital and then talking to police. the driver got away. the neighbor that showed me the pictures of the car after it was hit he said he wish it is city would do something about the intersection because that is corridor of people tending to drive very, very fast. meantime, the police are looking for that driver who caused all of this mess. and some of these folks may not even know that their cars have been hit. in all, there are about five. one down the street, one across the street. there are two here. and then the one that's just parked here on the lawn, as well. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> not a great thing to wake up to for them. >> thanks, kris. all new for you this morning, we know exactly when president trump will meet russian president vladimir putin. >> the two are going to meet in

helsinki, finland, on july 16th. we brought you this morning breaking nulls in the last hour. "today in the bay's" bob redell happens to be in helsinki on vacation. >> and this morning -- >> reporter: we learned in the last hour that donald trump and vladimir putin of russia meeting here in lovely port city of helsinki, finland. we are on a cruise ship as you can see. part of my vacation. we were talking with a tour guide earlier this morning and she brought it up and sounded like she was actually excited about prospect of a u.s. president to come here for a momentous summit, taking place on july 16th. northern part of europe. you were sweden to the west. we are heading to stockholm right now. and immediately to the east is russia. finland used to be part of russia. just over 100 years ago and then it was in the 1917 after the revolution there in russia that finland declared the independence. never became a member of nato. public opinion polling here seems to suggest that people

don't want to upset the russians and looking there you can see the american flag. can't see with the phone but that's the u.s. embassy located and perhaps a stop that president donald trump visiting meeting with russian president vladimir putin here in helsinki. bob redell, "today in the bay.." >> thank you there. developing right now, the search on for a hit and run driver who slammed into a pedicab carrying a family of four on san francisco's waterfront. it happened yesterday afternoon on the embarcadero. the driver of the pedicab is in critical condition. the mother reunderstand suffered serious injuries and the family's two children also treated. people who work with the driver are in shock. >> very shaken up. this is my friend. very close with. one of the few people i work with i hang out with outside of the work. he's a good friend and hope he pulls through this. >> the car struck a second pedicab, as well. only glancing it.

authorities say the car was a light colored sedan last seen headed towards the bay bridge. the chp looking for the driver in a hit and run that led to a crash involving several cars. this is near the area where it happened. a little after midnight. walnut creek south of highway 24 ramp. chp says the crash initially affected both of the directions. no one had any serious injuries and all those lanes reopened after a short time. 6:36. thousands of migrants will not be housed at the former concord naval weapons station. yesterday, the department of homeland security said it will not set up any camps in concord at this time. there were reports the agency planned to hold nearly 50,000 detainees there. news was a big sigh of relief for a large crowd which filled the concord city hall for the second straight day. demonstrators showed up in protest. 6:36. now to the continuing coverage of the pawnee fire in lake

county. today, an assistance center to helps people impacted. there's hopeful news this morning. nearly 1,000 people are allowed to return home. you may remember the flames, we do know now 30% contained. the fire broke out saturday and quickly grew prompting mandatory e evacuations in spring valley, a community of about 840 people. we do know that four homes in a row burned to the ground in one block and those who live there were able to return home for the first time yesterday. >> i wanted to look, paw through some of the stuff. see if there was anything. there's not. >> just tough. well, the fire destroyed a dozen homes and burned more than 13,000 acres. officials say about 300 people are still evacuated. it is 6:37. a follow-up for now.

we know when a torched library will open up. this is the el sobrante library. authorities say it was arson. no arrests. library officials say they plan to reopen next spring. a spokesperson said electrical systems, ceilings and wall all need replacing. i don't know about the damage to the books, though. >> they're precious. people come together. of course, really donated to the library. remember your libraries, folks. remember, also, we have a lighter commute early but it kicks in later. we have a commute. summertime. i call it the summer late commute. not light commute. we have an issue in the tri-valley. southbound 680 shows a smoother drive through pleasanton. sunol and highway 84. looking at the travel time for the tri-valley. used to be 35 minutes for the southbound 680. now 26 minutes from 580 through the slower drive and toward the

pleasanton area. 25 minutes, highway 4. >> good deal. thank you, mike. no backup heading into the weekend. people are excited. >> yes. hot weekend, too. for the inland areas. but hey, this is the weekend to head to the beach and go poolside. we are looking at temperatures ranging from 80 degrees at the coast to 86 for the bay on saturday. and inland areas dangerous meet. want to make sure you take it easy on saturday with the highs up to 100 degrees. slightly cooler on sunday but it's still going to be very warm. while the bay up to 82 and 72 degrees for the coast. now, mike is going to enjoy some air conditioning at the soy and tofu festival. going to be in the upper 70s there on saturday. but overall, beautiful weather for that at st. mary's cathedral. he will be emceeing.

sunday, also the fillmore and jazz festival. happening in san francisco. slightly cooler on sunday compared to saturday and this is going to be a great event to check out all weekend long with some nice weather and sunshine. if you're going do yosemite, we are going to have some warm hiking weather reaching into the low 70s on friday and then some upper 70s by the end of the weekend. and hot in paso robles, of course. as we keep that sunshine. and going out with the family or enjoying the time hiking in muir woods, great weekend. 70 degrees on saturday while sunday seeing a few more clouds and patchy fog and highs reaching the mid-60s. let me know what you're doing on facebook and twitter. i'll have a look at palo alto's temperature trend for today in three minutes. >> sounds good. 6:40 right now. next on "today in the bay," a former president visit it is south bay. what to know if you go do see

him or trying to avoid a traffic headache. bringing b.a.r.t. into the mode modern ages. working to make stations cleaner and little better looking. president trump once again jumps to russia's defense. let's take you out live to the big board. the dow down slightly. pulled lower as amazon announces it's bought an online pharmacy.

it is 6:43. and a clear start to morning. with a live look outside palo alto. we are starting out with some upper 50s and heading into the upper 70s today. it's going to be a very nice day. get out there and enjoy it. make some plan to go to the park or just letting the windows down in the car. if that's all you can do to take it in because it heats up this weekend. i'll have a look at the hot weekend forecast coming up in less than five minutes. looking over here, 34 minutes at the bottom of the screen. slowing around mear island. and then note for riders of muni. west portal and forest hill station closed. >> we like the reminder. thank you, mike. happening today, updating the commute. b.a.r.t. discussing adding canopies and modernizing stations along market street in san francisco. these are some of the images of what the canopies would look

like and adding them over the street level entrances to embarcadero and other stations. happening today, san francisco's planning commission will consider a big change to the dog patch neighborhood. the examiner reports that the plan lay it is groundwork for pedestrian friendly tree lined streets plus open space. more and more people keep moving to that area and the paper says that the population doubled in the past year. dogpatch was originally an industrial hub but it is now home to small firms and artists. happening today, you have a chance to see former president bill clinton. he's coming to san jose at the sap center talking about his new book titled qutd the president is missing." it's a fictional thriller co-authored by james patterson. that event starts at 8:00 tonight. meanwhile, the current president has just made a staggering claim on twitter. >> steve mcgrew joining us. he is once again defending

russia. >> he is on the same day that the white house announced a new meeting with putin. take a look at the tweet you are talking about. russia continues to say they had nothing to do with meddling in our election. now he is taking russia aside before but this new tweet comes after months of testimony from america's intelligence community pinpointing how russia interfered with our election. the cia, nsa, fbi, dia, british intelligence, french intelligence all agree russia did interfere. facebook and twitter and google have all found evidence of russian interference. not only do we know that russia interfered, american intelligence has the street address of the building in st. petersburg where that interference came from. trump's claims comes as the white house announces that president trump will meet with putin in finland july 16. the president attended another rally last night where he once again gaslighted his 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. can 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 had videotape of him saying that. >> knock the crap out of him, would you? seriously. okay? just knock the hell -- i promise you. i will pay for the legal fees. i promise. i promise. >> in another incident, then candidate trump did indeed say he'd look into playing the legal

fees defense for a supporter who actually did attack a protesters. >> you know what? >> it's possible -- >> not nice. >> you could help him with legal fees if this man needs it? >> i have instructed my people to look into it, yes. >> we take a look at what the president says every day and tell you whether or not it's factual. follow me on twitter. @scott mcgrew. >> thank you, scott. take a look at this. dozens of sky divers in southern california are spreading peace literally. 48 sky divers formed the word "peace" in the skies diving towards the ground in riverside county. they jumped out of the plane at more than 16,000 feet altitude and spelled out 100 feet long the word "peace." so everyone below could see it. it's world class sky divers from around the world and celebrate the sport of skydiving. >> really cool. how do you practice for that?

>> i have no idea. >> lay on the ground? >> yeah. >> wait a minute, kari. come back. >> next step is then jumble and peace and then goes to peach and then just reach and then keep changing the word. >> oh yeah. amazing. you have so long to fall. calculate that. very important. >> yeah. >> all right. you need a nice breeze upon you coming the weekend. it is going to be hot. >> it is going to be hot. basically a repeat of last weekend. one place where you can go, enjoy sunshine and cooler weather, at&t park. ready for an early afternoon game. first pitch at 12:45. going out there, bring the ball cap and sunscreen. it is going to be all clear and sunny with comfortable weather. also quite windy, too. heading out to the hiking trails in the south bay, enjoying time at the park, today will be a good day for that. clear and cool. upper 50s at 7:00. lots of sunshine and 65 degrees at 10:00. and a little bit warmer for the afternoon. but not bad at all with mid-of

70s and good day to check out the alameda county fair in pleasanton. the weekend will be hot and today reaching into the mid-70s and we are looking at some quickly cooling temperatures for the evening. now, looking at the highs today palo alto, expect a high of 78 degrees. 73 degrees in oakland. 83 today in napa and san francisco 67. so as you get dress third degree morning, short sleeves and pants. good options for you. but the weekend is going to be hot so we can break out the summer gear and this is also when we will have a fire weather watch for the areas shaded in orange. that includes solano and lake counties. winds rush in from the north, having low humidity and very hot temperatures so we're also watching out for that pawnee fire as we try to get some more containment on that. looking at the temperatures from 83 degrees today to 93 tomorrow. 100 degrees on saturday. big-time cooling by early next week. and looking at san francisco, nice weekend ahead with 80 on

saturday. mike, the south bay commute, has it showed up yet? >> finally. we talk about, not lighter traffic, later traffic flow for the summertime. the south bay kicking in. 101 northbound, slowing, a few more friends. 85, as well. we get to the rest of the bay and stick with the maps, slower drive southbound out of sunol. no more problems from the earlier crashes. there were a bunch of them. new disabled vehicle just past mission north and might be a distraction. i think lanes are clear. hayward, union city, even san leandro, slow but better than the nimitz southbound. a fender bender off to the shoulder. no problems. richmond-san rafael bridge is slower. back the you. >> thank you, mike. coming up, a quick look at the top stories here on "today in the bay" including the push to prevent more freeway shootings in the bay area. the technology chp officers are testing tonight as they try to crack down on crime.

at 6:51, first happening now, breaking news out of kenya. a fire breaking out in a busy marketplace of nairobi killing 15 people. dozens of others hurt. several destructive fires at the marketplace over the last few years. the cause of that fire is under investigation. plus, intense fighting in syria. activists say a barrage of airstrikes hit southwestern syria. at least 17 civilians hiding in an underground shelter were found dead. more news after this break. befo

here are the top stories on today in the bay-- welcome back. before you head out the door, the time now 6:55. here are the top stories on "today in the bay." chp officers will start testing new technology tonight aimed at making the drive safer. officers are testing the effectiveness of shot spotters. the technology detects shootings and alerts officers so they can respond quicker. it also helps them find shell casings. it comes after more than 100 shootings on east bay freeways between 2015 and 2017. chp says people may hear gunshots near freeways in contra costa county tonight as they test out those new shot spotters. richmond leaders are trying to deal with a prostitution problem. dozens of people gathered last night for the city's first-ever public forum focused entirely on trying to control prostitution.

police officers are often focused on other crimes so they're asking the community to try to help solve the problem. people say the issue is worse in recent months in part because of underground websites and personal pages can no longer operate. vta trying to boost safety around light rail tracks, launching a six-month pilot project in downtown san jose saying that right now walkers, cyclists and drivers can easily cross train tracks with almost no separation. the transit agency is considering adding railing and signage to make it more clear. and if you're tired of potholes, you are in luck. oakland is starting the summer of paving. the mayor's office is leading the push to pave four times as many streets this year compared to other years. usually they pave six miles of road but this year they're aiming for 25. taking a live look at san jose and vine near edwards. it is where a hit and run driver

this morning slammed into about half a dozen cars. look at the damage left there. this is video right after it happened at about 1:00 in the morning. witnesses say the driver of a pickup t-boned a car in the intersection. the driver was trapped in that wreckage. the pickup then hit at least three other parked cars and ended up outside of a home. investigators say three people got out and ran from the scene. officers tracked down two people nearby. both were injured. the driver facing felony hit an run charges. if you live in eastern contra costa county, grab the smartphone. you might be interested in a new way to stay connected. today the city of brentwood launches a brentwood connect 24/7 app to report code violations or request repairs. they want google to go before it gets here. more than two dozen people attending the meeting last night to express concern about the tech giant's expansion plans in

downtown san jose and telling you about the meeting because google wants to create a -- what it is called a planned village near san jose's diridon station and some say that development would take away space for much-needed housing and even cost the city jobs. 6:58. believe it or not, less than a week from the fourth of july and police remind people in contra costa county it is a fireworks free zone. all fireworks and even safe and sane fireworks are banned. investigators are working with police to crack down on illegal fireworks. they're telling people to stata steps to protect your home. trim weeds and keep a close eye on kids and pets. how president trump could reshape the supreme court for years to come after justice kennedy announcing his retirement. closer to home, downtown san bruno this morning. tracking a heat-up, fiery inferno as we head into the weekend. >> oh my. >> okay.

not exactly. >> no. >> thanks goodness you're not the meteorologist. >> it's hot on saturday. >> yeah. for the inland valleys and we are talking triple digits in parts of the bay area. we are going from 83 today to 93 tomorrow. and, yes, dangerous heat on saturday. but the good news is that that heat doesn't last long. by early next week we're seeing much better cooling and much more comfortable temperatures. san francisco up to 80 degrees on saturday. and then back to the 60s next week. >> okay. but there was that triple digit. you are right. >> fiery inferno. >> okay. >> expecting midday traffic heading to s 12f? >> the giants are playing and you see the backup as well as the bright sun. accommodating to the east bay, bring sunglasses. expect more traffic. westbound, of course, san mateo bridge with a lot of congestion and traffic stopped up for a couple of seconds. i thought there was an incident and i think people tapping the brakes. >> there you go.

we'll be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00 and thank you as we always do joining us on "today in the bay" this morning. thank you for starting your day with us. enjoy the day. . good . buenos días, impacto president trump gearing up to replace justice anthony kennedy, rallying supporters with promises of a rock solid conservative who could serve for decades. >> we have to pick a great one. we have to pick one that's going to be there for 40 years, 45 years. >> on capitol hill the battle lines drawn. >> this is the most important supreme court vacancy for this country in at least a generation. >> could a new court overturn controversial rulings on abortion or gay marriage? what will it mean for presidential power? we are live at the supreme court