on this post holiday thursday. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. and of course, vianey will have the traffic for us, and now a update on the weather with ke expect this weekend. >> yes, the coast is going to be nice, and outside of the san jose areas, we will see that it is partly cloudy and we will talk about what is coming up for the weekend in a few minutes, and vianey is tracking the light drive this thursday. >> maybe some people got the fourth and the fifth off, and if you did, lucky you. but if you are headed out to work, it is no major issues there, and the speed sensors are looking pretty good, a although on my way into the report, i did notice that something popped up along the bay bridge which we know can become a very big headache. so let's go ahead and check in on some of the other bridges.

the san mateo bridge, we are seeing the taillights out there, and i will go to check on the bay bridge and have an update for you in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, vianey. and happening right now a warning for anyone headed to the beach. we are expecting large waves and dangerous condition on the coast start ting today. >> and we go out the pacifica where we are seeing a number of the big waves, pete, and explain what is happening and what to do if we find ourselves in a dangerous situation. good morning, pete. >> good morning to you, kris and marcus. this is a result of the hurricane conditions that we are seeing off of the coast in m mexico, but you are standing here in pacifica and not seeing much action as of right now, and of course, this is again, an effect of the beaches in sonoma and monterey county as far as to a hazardous warnings, but the big warning is the rip currents and sneaker waves. that is what you need to be aware of. and some tips courtesy of the red cross website that we got this morning if you are caught

in a rip current. most importantly stay calm and don't fight that current. swim parallel to the shore, and once you are free, you want to the swim towards the shore, and more importantly, if you can't make it to the shore, wave and call for help. and also, check conditions before entering the water, and that is going without saying, but if you are seeing somebody struggling out there in to a water, get a lifeguard and look for a lifeguard and call 911 if a lifeguard is not nearby. i want to jump into the incident that happened over the weekend at half moon bay at the state r ranch beach where a woman was going into the water to try to save three young family members caught in the underflow. she was swept out into the water as the other family members saved the three children, and so while this is not relate nod the dangerous wave, it is speaking to the dangers of the water out there. when it comes to the hazardous warnings, the national weather service is going to have big wave warnings expected to the last through saturday.

i'm pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> and anticipation for the president's next pick for the supreme court and the president says he is going to announce that nominee monday. >> and chris pollone is here to tell us what that could mean for the future of the supreme court. good morning, chris. >> good morning kris and marcus. the president and first lady watched the fireworks at the white house here in washington, but it is this pending pick of the supreme court justice that could bring even more fireworks to the capital. >> reporter: president trump and the first lady on the truman balcony celebrating independence day after welcoming mille tear members and their families to the white house. >> thank you for keeping america safe, strong, proud, mighty and free. >> reporter: the president building suspense this past week playing coy over who is going to

be his next nominee for the supreme court. >> and like justice gorsuch, we hit a home run there, and we will hit a home run there. >> reporter: the president has narrowed the list to seven candidates with two appeals court judges with brett kavenaugh and amy coney barrett. >> it is going to be someone who looks like judge gorsuch and a known commodity to be counted on the ideological issues that hard core judicial conservatives and republicans can be really enthusiastic about. >> reporter: and both sides in abortion battle are ramping up the campaigns to potential swing votes like maine republican candidate sue -- susan collins. >> roe v. wade is extremely important to me, and i want a nominee who is in agreement of established law. >> reporter: chris pollone, nbc.

our crews saw hundreds of illegal explosions last night, and these light displays are in pittsburgh. contra costa county has many illegal fireworks. >> i think they do get the message, but they disregard the law. >> reporter: as we said, this san issue everywhere. in the next hour, bob redell is live in the south bay with what the authorities are dealing with, and how they are going to deal with this issue overnight. and now, back to developments in thailand as the crews are continuing to work to rescue 12 trapped boys and the soccer coach that. team is in a flooded cave. now, the big threat now is monsoonal rain expected to hit by the end of the week. k a kari put together this map to show us how much rain is in the area. that threatt is forcing the rescuers to come up with a different plan that is faster there, and doing drills and

preparing for what to do when the boys get out, but as for how the boys will get out, the officials say they are getting crash courses in scuba diving which is risky, because the boys don't swim and they could panic. this is nbc's janice mackey freyer. >> do you believe they could do it? >> i believe they can, but it is a dangerous choice to make, and very easy to take a little bit of panic, and things can go wrong. >> the diver says a safer option is to drill a hole half mile down into the cave as you can see the illustration on the map, and by drilling the boys could avoid a risky two mile swim and hike to the cave's entrance and some of the passageways which are too narrow for the scuba gear. >> and we want to tell you about a united airline passengers who are finally back in the bay area

after a problem fixed in zurich, switzerland which took hours. and then once they took off they had to stop in dulles for a maintenance check. >> we were there for 4, 4 1/2 hours while they tried to fix the ac problem. >> and this morning, the airline is issuing a statement apologizing for inconvenience. and now, changes coming to sausalito to avoid problems like this, a grass fire that burned along walle doe grape. and a recent survey showed that the people who live in sauce e sausalito, when it comes to fire p protection, they are not getting enough of it. they are supportive of the clear space rules, but they need funding sources for a weekly

brush pickup. the city is looking for funding opportunities for these ideas. and looking across the bay area, we are starting out cloudy and a nice day and 60 degrees in san jose, and palo alto, it is 59 degrees and in sonoma, it is 56 degrees and we have the clouds moving by, and it clears out in the north bay and in t tiber ron, 52 degrees. if you are planning to go out boating today, head's up a that there is a small boating craft advisory out, and wind swells and waves at two feet. also, the swells are coming in as tropical storm fabio is going to get closer in the pacific, and patches of fog throughout the day, and as we are looking at what happened as far as the inland temperatures, we will see the temperatures spreading out throughout the afternoon, and antioch is going to be 89 degrees, and san jose is 86 degree, and santa rosa is 79 degrees. it is going to be a hot weekend

ahead. i will have more on that in a few minute, and vianey is going to be tracking the morning drive, and so far, so good. >> it has until now. and remember i had told you that i would check on an issue that popped up on the bay bridge. well, it is looking like they have now issued a sig alert for the bay bridge, and the reason being is there is a crash reported with injuries along westbound 80. and the westbound side of the bay bridge west of the treasure island and looking like the five lane is blocked and now as i came out here, the four lane is also blocked and heavy delays back d to backed up to the tolls at this point. as of right now, there is no e. e.e. t.a. of reopening the bridge. >> that is a rough morning for those folks. >> all right. 6:09 for you, and today on the bay, we are replacing toys "r" us as a retail giant is trying

to fill the void left by the popular toy chain. >> later, out of control, the new wildfire is raging in colorado as the crews are battling another fire that is now one of the largest in that state's history. you are watching today in the bay. state health code allows the restaurants 30 minutes to transport food in vehicles without coolers or refrigerator and we went undercover to find that some restaurants are taking risky shortcuts with your sa safety. how dangerous is this for the public to eat the food that is transported this way? >> thousands of people who potentially die of food borne illness every year. >> a risk that goes up when the food is not kept at the right temperature. the meat has been in your truck for four hours. are you worried that people could get sick from eating that food? >> yes, i do.

it is 6:12 now as we start out with the cloudy skies, and we are going to be seeing it clearing out quickly in los

gatos and it is going to be a cool start but a really nice afternoon with the highs reaching into the upper 70s there and the hotter temperatures in time for the weekend. we will take a look at those numbers as we can see the numbers spread iing out across e bay area coming up in five minutes. and if you are taking the bay bridge, listen up, and we will see that there is a sig alert westbound side of treasure island due to the hit-and-run with injuries reported. it is looking like several injuries are blocked and the heavy delays all of the way to the tolls. update on the drive time in that area coming up. wall street is set to open up higher this morning. i'm brian sullivan. the dow jones are up 153 points right now, and this is despite tariffs on $34 billion of china-made goods going into effect at midnight tonight. and china is going to

immediately retaliate with the tariffs on its own on american goods like soybeans and other items. if you like high definition movies and netflix, there a good combo for you. netflix is testing out ultra subscription tier, and it is going to offer four 4k simultaneous video streams meme. 4 k is the new high-def standard. they are tegs are testing it no may be coming to a market near you. if you are of a certain age, you remember flipping through the toy catalogs and something to nudge your parents, and amazon wants to bring it back now that toys "r" us is out of business and now that they plan to mail a toy catalog and millions at home and distributed at whole food stores, and a

little bit of nostalgia and it is july 6th. >> we remember the catalogs, and we are with you on that one. and california lawmakers are hoping to push through a new net neutrality bill and they plan to talk about it today. and those efforts say that the supportive efforts are taking a big hit when the assembly committee gutted the provision. and critics believe that heavy lobbying including from the nbc parent company comcast may have had something to do with it. but the state ledgislators are aiming to restore in california what the fcc recently took away. >> the oregon lawmaker is making headlines this morning when the police were called on her for campaigning. representative janelle bynum was going door to door to meet with constituents tuesday. she says that she was almost finished talking to people when a sheriff's deputy pulled up and the deputy said that a woman had reported her for causing or casing those houses. bynum says that she was just jotting the notes down in the

phone about those voter's concerns. >> i was on the second to last house. and the police came up, and i was like, oh, no. and i kind of new what had happened. they were clearly concerned about something. i can look at any neighborhood, because i have been to just about every neighborhood in my district, and i can tell you what their problems are, and crime was not one of them. >> and bynum won't say that the police were called just because she is black, but the same thing actually happened to a white city councilman nearby and this is following several recent high profile cases where black people were doing regular activities including here in the bay area. and you can say good-bye and get a free meal. a popular restaurant will be closing the doors for the last time tomorrow. is a is salute evita will be closing its doors. it is an italian eatery that has

been there for three decades, but rising rents are forcing her to shutdown. she wants to give something back to the community before she leaves so is all meals today are on the house. >> and right now we want to the take a look at the commute this morning, because there is an issue going on. >> and one of the roughest so far, the bay bridge, and chp has issued a sig alert and not going to be cleared up any time soon. right to the issue. the reason it is going to be taking a while is because it is reported by chp as a hit-and-run with injuries. it appears that lanes four and five are blocked and you can in cause a problem as traffic is backed oup to the tolls and t z trez -- backed up to the tolls and treasure island. it is affecting the time on the bay bridge significantly. it is 23 minutes now and we were

8 minutes about 20 minutes ago. so right when the accident happened, we saw the time increase. they don't have an eta yet, because it is an accident with injuries and we hope that everybody is okay. another shot that is doing bet ser the san mateo bridge which could be a better option. and now, over to kari. >> yes, we are starting out with the clouds that you can see there on the shot. and also for san jose, we are starting out with cloudy skies there, but the skies will clear fairly quickly throughout the morning as we go to campbell for the temperature trend, it is warmer than yesterday, but still pleasant, and in fact, we are going back to some more normal high temperatures for early july. as we check out martinez and the temperature trend there, it is the upper 60s at 10:00, and you will want to go outside for lunch, because it is going to be pleasant. 74 and reaching into the mid-80s by early to late ing all of the temperatures, morgan hill is 89

and 82 in cupertino and oakland is 73 while it will top out at 90 today in concord as well as danville. it is still going to be cool and cloudy for the coast half moon bay reaching 61 degrees, and 78 in san mateo, and in san francisco still those gusty westerly winds, and the partly to mostly cloudy skies, and the highs reaching 69 in the mission district and 79 to dday in sant ta rosa. i'm also still monitoring the air quality. going up here to where we are tracking the county fire where they are starting to get some containment into the next couple of days, and this is the best chance of getting some containment on there, and notice arrows, and the winds are so light and variable that we will have some drifts of smoke coming into the bay area. other times it is going to be moving into the central valley. into the coastline, the south-facing beaches will have higher waves and we are tracking a a tropical system off shore

causing the waves up 7 to 12 feet today and saturday. that is key, because a lot of the people are heading to the beaches and the inland valleys are headed to the mid-90s and san francisco at a cool 72 degrees this saturday. i will have another update in a few minutes. >> all right. thank you, kari. coming up next at "today in the bay" politics is turning ugly. >> this is for the president. >> this is a video going viral showing a man attacking a teenager who is wearing a mike america great hat. >> but he paid extra for the premium seats to cross the pacific, but spent 15 hours in economy class. i'm consumer investigator chris kimora as nbc bay investigates responds. and now, looking at this posted video of highlights of his adventure that you can check

out on the facebook page. it is 6:20 for you as we continue to go with "today on the bay." gilroy man who paid fo

seats on a long-haul flight -- but ended up in economy class. consumer investigator chris chmura looked into the nbc responds to a gilroy man who paid premium seats but ended up in the economy seats with the rest of us. >> a man plan ad trip to australia and wanted to spend

the 15-hour trip in relative comfort. he booked on justfly.com, and he paid for a premium seat, but when he checked in at sfo, he was told that he was booked into regular economy like the rest of us. and he said that he called repeatedly to ask for the partial refund, and the travel agency wouldt not respond so he c contacted us. so we notified them on be hhalff him and he said that this is clearly a mistake on our part, and we will use this case as a way to the improve our processes, and he was included a $2,200 refund. this is the second time in a month that we have helped just fly customers in coach despite paying the four-figure premium for the nicer seats. here is how to avoid that. if you book through a travel site, and any travel site make one phone call immediately after you are ticket and call the airline yourself and reconfirm

the dates and the time and of course o, the seats that you are expecting. if you are not getting exactly what you paid for, get that travel site back on the line, and settle the discrepancy before you leave. you can also call us, 888-9 888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> it is 6:25 now, and the firefighters are battling another fast-moving wildfire in colorado. it started tuesday night not far from denver and sparked by people shooting tracer rounds a at shooting range. more than 2,000 acres burned and hundr hundreds of homes are evacuated. so far there is no containment for this fire. no injury s haies have been rep and no structures are destroyed. meantime, another fire is still burning in the southern part of colorado and more than 90,000 acres are burned. it is the so-called spring fire that is now the third largest fire in colorado history and more than 100 homes are

destroyed. >> 6:25 and the police in texas say they are looking at video of intense ale terication which may have been sparked by a make america great again hat. >> this is for the president. >> now, that is how it all ended. that man who threw that soda walks off taking the hat with him, and now, the san antonio teenager who posted the video said that he and his friends were sitting there in the fast food restaurant minding their own business and that man attacked them unprovoked. the boy posted the video to try to identify the man and it is now viral. >> are you looking for a deal? the bay area-based ebay is trying to one-up amazon prime day with exclusive deals happening the week of july 16th, the same time that amazon prime happens. the items are up to 80% off of the regular prices. and ebay recently announced the best price guarantee, and no

membership required an free shipping on all of the ebay deal items as well. >> come up here on today in the bay, the fourth of july is over, but the fireworks are not. the reason that firefighters are still worried about illegal fireworkses in the south bay. and plus, to the right, to the right. the changes taking effect this week or for drivers trying to turn left on one of san francisco's busiest streets. you are watching "today in the bay." nbc bay responds. >> we help to solve your consumer problems. >> recovering more than $2 million combined. >> fantastic. >> continue taact us any time. >> we respond to every phone call and e-mail.

area. taking a live look outside from right now at 6:30 we are expecting a warm and pleasant day ahead here in the bay area. we are looking live at the plaza in downtown concord, and beautiful place to start your morning. if you are off, maybe you can drin yok ur coffee there. thank you for joining us. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. and right now we want to go over to meteorologist kari hall, and the beginning of the heatup. >> yes, hotter temperatures in concord as we start out with the cooler temperatures this morning, and by 10:00, we are already up to 67 degrees with some sunshine. and looking at the the low 80s by early afternoon and heading close to 90 degrees for today. so it is going to be warmer than yesterday with the livermore reaching 87 degrees and 64 in san francisco and palo alto is up to 82 degrees and notice the temperature is spreading out from the coast to the inland valleys and we will talk more about that coming up and the

weekend forecast in a few minutes. vianey, you have an update on the sig alert? >> yes, believe it or not the sig alert has been canceled. if you just joining us, chp had issued a sig alert because of an accident on the bay bridge with injuries, but now it has been canceled and all of the lanes are now open, and this is west of treasure island and it appears they have worked fast to clear it out. be but traffic is recovering and in each time of the bay bridge, it puts a halt on the morning commute on the bay bridge. still expect delays across that area, and back to you. >> thank you, vianey, and 6:31, and breaking news out of oakland where six people will have to find new places to stay and one woman in the hospital because of the smoke inhalation, and morning fire. we will show you where it happens, and the home fire started at a 4:30, and the crews

got it under control in less than an hour, and you can see firefighters still working there to make sure that there are no hot spots that. building is clearly badly damaged. not a lot of details on this one at this point, and only that the fire is under investigation. we will keep asking questions for you when we account get answers, and we will let you know. >> 6:32 and now no intense situation. still developing in thailand this morning. rescue operations continue for the dozens of boys and their soccer coach, and more than a week later, and they are still trapped inside of that cave. >> time is running out before a possible monsoonal rain is rolling in to threaten all of the progress they have made so far. today show's bill neely is in thailand with the frantic efforts to get everybody out safely the morning. >> yes, good morning marcus and kris, and here at the cave entrance, frantic efforts continue to try to find a way to rescue the boys. half a mile beneath me 12 boys, and my, they are trying to be brave, but they are desperate to

be are free, and they are not out of danger yet. new video emerged showing them today and again a lot of them smiling, and it is looking like the spirits are up, and with divers who are trying to keep them amused. they are even talking to them about the worldwide fan club and asking them if there is anything that they want to say to the fans. for the rescuers here, they are working on the option of how do you get the boys out, and the boys for example who cannot swim. diving, extremely dangerous, and drilling a hole down through the mountains and equally dangerous, and helicopters in the air today looking for the holes that they might be able to winch the boys through. and the rescuers are also laying telephone cable so the boys can talk to their parents and also possibly even see them. and they have been casting nervous looks at the skies, because of the monsoon rains, if they start again here, these boys will be in trouble. i'm bill neely reporting today

show" on the rescue that the whole world is watching. marcus and kris, back to you. >> thank you, bill. you can see that report coming up at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." and the fourth of july may be over, but you can expect to to see more of this as we are heading into the weekend. these are not the legal firework shows, but illegal fireworks that our camera caught overnight happening in san jose and in east palo alto as well. >> aside from getting people injured from using the illegal fireworks, the other big concern is fires. today in the bay's bob redell is there with firefighters in san jose trying to figure out if the fireworks can cause a brushfire or was the cause of a brushfire late last night. >> well, marcus can and kris, all of the fireworks are illegal here in san jose and that is one of the reasons why. take a look at the tv screen. this is video last night taken from sky ranger of a small brushfire at a location near where we are standing near first

street and 237 in san jose. this fire was possibly ignited by illegal fireworks. we did see the police going into the nearby neighborhood and it is not clear if the officers were going after someone shoo g shooting off illegal fireworks or there for something else, and that being said, we don't have reports of any other significant fire in the south bay fireworks-related in spite of the fact that a lot of people were putting on their own fireworks show here as you can see from the video from the nbc bay area sky ranger. we expect the same is happening again tonight and possibly tomorrow and through the weekend. if you are witnessing illegal fireworks activity the city of san jose would like to hear from you. look at the tv screen. because saint updated website and san joseca.gov/fireworks and go on there to file the report, and the update that you must provide video or photographs,

and the city has given you through sunday july 8th to do there and also a 408 hotline number for you if you are witnessing anything illegal as far as the fireworks go. and if you are light iing off t illegal fireworks there is a price that you could pay if you get caught, and the fines start at $500. reporting live in san jose, bob redell. >> i would say sit is not worth it in more ways than one. thank you, bob. >> and the yearly july fourth edition dazzled crowds of thousand thousands. >> as you can see at the very last minute the fog decided not to interfere with the viewing of the fireworks, but it was cold. barricades blocked the streets around the celebration to keep everyone at a safe distance, and the sparkling show helped to thaw the can chill. >> we love it. today is my birthday and so this is a nice night cap.

>> the celebration in san francisco is more than a fireworks show, because it is a day-long party under the watchful eye of police. >> today, the woman seen climbing the statue of liberty on the fourth of july and you can see her there? she is going to be facing a judge. the 44-year-old woman from staten island is going to face a judge on charges of trespassing, diso disorderly misconduct, and interfering with government functions. she climbed 25 feet to the base of the statue and she said that she would not come down until the immigrant families are united. it took the police four hour s to get her down. >> at first, she was not friendly with us, but we took our time to basically get a dialogue with e her, and a rap port with her so she could trust us. >> all of the officers were were evacuated from liberty island and again, she going to be before the judge today. continuing coverage today on the ongoing protest still in san francisco. san francisco's occupy i.c.e.

encampment has doubled since started tuesday. the protesters say they have taken over to the sidewalks as you can see right there in front of the federal agency's offices. the demonstration in response to the trump administration's immigration policy. >> what i am doing is that i am sitting here using my privilege, my power, to speak for those who are not able to afford that. ki afford to get arrested and i can afford the pay bail. >> and in a statement, i.c.e. told us that it quote respects the rights of all people to voice their opinion without interference, but it is monitoring the situation and it will maked modifications to the ensure that the operations resume appropriately. this morning if you are driving busy van ness avenue in san francisco you know that there are not a lot of chances to turn left on the cross streets. according to examiner, it going to become harder. tomorrow the left turn the option at hayes streett is going

to go away as part of the rapid bus lane project to leave the drivers two options to turn left on the busiest stretch of van ness. one at lombard and the other on broadway. you might want to take another route. that is rough. and a route that is still a little tough out there is the bay bridge. as usual we are seeing it busy this morning. overall at the bay area to give you late bit of hope, because the south bay is doing pretty well, and santa cruz, a couple of hot spots i would say, and maybe a few light slow spots because of the debris on highway 17, but ate has been cleared out. and the sig alert has been canceled along the bay bridge and all lanes opened, and was shished because of an earlier hit-and-run with injuries. you can see the delays back up through the area, and the quick check of the bridge times, westbound 580 is now 10 minutes, and on the bay bridge, it is down to 17 minutes.

looking at the toll plaza, the metering lights are very much on. >> well, looking like it is back to work. >> and so for a lot of people, maybe the work week was broken up, and the weekend is almost here, and we are lishgs oh, oars thursday. we are starting out with the fairly cool weather, but it is going to be heating up. 95 for the inland valleys and the bay is 88 degrees and 72 degrees for the coast. on sunday, we are going to be looking at more of the same, and still very hot for the interior valley, and those temperatures will be very spread out. if you are going to yosemite this weekend, that is a live look this morning. we will have some great weather there this weekend reaching into the mid-70s with sunshine. and most of the sierra is looking very warm, and then hot for lake shas ta. if you are going there, the high temperatures this weekend are

going to go to 95 degrees sunday. well, that is nothing compared to pasa robles, because it is going to be up to 66 degrees. leaving the wine tasting at home, we go to tri valley where it is 90. 83 on sunday, and then if you are thinking beach weekend, santa barbara is going to be warm tomorrow reaching 93 degrees and then some mid-80s for the rest of the weekend. let me know what is in your plans, because i went all of the a way around california with that one. we will have some hotter weather, and it is going to depend on your location whether or not you will have some cool or the hot temperatures. i will have a look at the day's temperature trend for the south bay coming nup thrup in three m thank you, kari. >> and the are reason that the much anticipated travis air force base drone show was

delayed last night. and conditions that you need to know about if you and the family are headed to the beach. >> and looking at the big board, the dow is up 131 point, and this is good, because the stock actually opened up higher today as the trump administration is hitting tariffs on european cars. more news after the break. it is 6:42, and you are watching "today in the bay."

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cloudy start on this thursday where it is going be a nice day. all of the clouds are going to be clearing out, and thb we are going to see pleasant temperature temperatures. from the mid-60s at a 10:00 and normally up to the 82, and that is where we will be for early a afternoon. it is going to be hot this weekend and i will have a look at those numbers coming up in less than five minutes. a live look at the bay brid bridge. the toll plaza and the metering lights are on and the traffic is working to recover following an earlier crash. i will have a look at the drive times coming up. >> thank you, vianey and kari. it is 6:45 for you and looking live at pacific ocean. this is the view from pacifica and be careful going to beach there, because hazard warnings in place between sonoma and monterey for the rip currents and sneaker waves. experts say do not fight the current if you are swept up, and remember to swim parallel with

the shore. the experts say that they expect today, busiest time, and tomorrow, and the warning is in effect through late saturday. >> a new report this morning saying that san francisco's public health department still a has not hired a full team of behavioral health specialists. they are supposed to help the police on ways to de-escalate crime situations rather than deadly force, but the paper says that 3 of 5 clinicians and psychologists are ready to respond to such incidents. the health department has not filled all of the open positions. mysterious poisoning to have people talking worldwide today. and the police in the u.k. say that a couple is critically sick and infected with the same nerve agent which nearly killed a former russian spy and his daughter. that alleged assassination attempt happened four months ago and the world condemned russia for the attack which russia denies. the big question now, how is the new couple exposed and are others in danger? >> the children are in a age to

be out and about at the parks and things and i a had a talk with them this morning, don't touch anything, or do anything, and wash your hands and that sort of stuff. >> my main concern is how they came into contact with the agent and where and when, because obviously, it is just from salisbury, and it is a little nerve-racking, isn't it? >> the couple did visit the town of salisbury where the previous poisoning happened, but officials say no evidence that this new couple is a target. >> and good news and bad news. the travis air force base drone show did not go on, because of high winds it had to be be canceled. the good news? it is scheduled tonight at 9:00. this is the cool drones that intel makes that light up the sky and do different formations and you might remember them from the olympics and i believe the super bowl. >> and 6:47 for you right now, and this had all of us talking at the station. new this morning, we are hearing

from some of the people involved in a love story gone viral. >> and yeah, if you were on the internet yesterday, you probably ran into it. people have been talking about plane bay. and this woman on the left asked the fellow to swap seats, because she wanted to sit by the boyfriend, and thanks to the woman's twitter thread, they hilt it ohit it off. and she talked about the experience. >> the most special thing about it this morning is that two people had tons of people routing for them, and they didn't even know it. >> also this morning the man she helped to set up revealed whether or not there was a love connection. and you can look for the full segment in today show 8:00 hour, and i tweeted today story so you can find it on my twitter feed

at kris ta@nbc. >> and he has it on the instagram, and she does not have it it. >> she deactivated the account, which is shocking. >> i heard that she deactivated her, but he is all about it. flame bay. >> and so i will take the plane ride any time. >> i can imagine so. and so 6:29 right now, and what to expect right now weather wide, because people are headed out and a lot of people are still off. >> yes, people are off and celebrating through the weekend and that is when we celebrate the start of summer. this is a live look outside and three of the microclimates. this is like looking out of the window across the bay area with the current temperatures. it is 56 degrees in the tri valley and 60 in the south bay and more microclimates as we are looking at the golden gate bridge, and it is 54 degrees there in tie berron, and we are seeing the clouds rolling by, and it is going to be mostly cloudy by 8:00, and starring to

clear out with temperatures at a 6 60 degrees sgoichlting the be a nice day. by the mid-afternoon 70s andshine and eventually heading out to the 80 degrees. 73 in oakland and 84 in napa. the temperatures are wide ranges, because we will keep the cool air near the coast and while some of the inland valleys reach into the upper 80s and 90 degrees today. as we get dressed this morning, because it is going to be heating you up for the valleys, it is time to break out the summer gear once again and t-shirt and shorts are good options for you and of course, you need more for the coast than going to the beach. if you are going to the beach, head's up that i am tracking tropical storm fabio. and now, this is maybe not going to have a direct impact on the bay area, but it is going to be moving off towards the northwest and we will have a surge in humidity heading into tomorrow, and there could be some dry lightning nearby and monitoring that could also be kicking up waves for the postline and

especially the south facing beaches. we could have waves at 7 to 12 feet. if you are going to santa the cruz, it is going to be warming up and higher humidity and more clouds tomorrow as a result, and the waves will be dangerous. never turn your backs to the water and keep an eye on everybody around you. inland areas headed into the mid-90s and again for the weekend, a hot one continuing into next week and san francisco is going to keep can a nice cool 72 on saturday, and vianey, you have a look at the roads. any issues now? >> well, we had a couple of the fender benders and the big headache, and we have it along the bay bridge, but showing you the ooverall look of the bay area, we have been doing fairly well in terms of the major accident, and this is one that the popped up along the map on the peninsula, and we will check that out, and now i want to give you a quick update and that sig alert has been canceled and now you can see how it is recovering quite nicely and so are your drive times, and west on 80 on the bay bridge about 14 minutes,

and west 580 to the richmond bridge is about 12 minutes. live look in san jose with a smooth commute, and we are not seeing bumper to bumper traffic, and it is always great to see. back to you. >> thank you, vianey. 6:52 for you coming up here on today in the bay. a look at the top stories including the kopting coverage of the wildfires burning in the north bay. major progress made on the county and the paw knee fires. and happen iing now, a possible change nor the episcopal same-sex marriages. they are considering lifting the restrek shins. two bills are up at the church's convention this week. and also, the ufc is making history as the league is going to induct the first woman into the hall of fame. can you guess who it is? ronda rousey. the california native who defended her title six times before finally being defeated in 2015. more news coming up after the

break. strolling the streets of san francisco is not what it used to be. >> you have to pay attention to the ground, okay. >> okay. >> and the city streets are not disgusting but potentially dangerous. and kids as young as 2, you are talking about needles. >> i think that our ostreets are state of emergency. >> and there are more and more people leaving san francisco. >> leaving san francisco. >> leaving san francisco. money matters. >> you get millions of dollars for an endorsement deal. >> i spent nit one day. >> how did you do it? itnit one >> how did you do it? init one >> how did you do it? nit one da >> how did you do it? it one day >> how did you do it? t one day. >> how did you do it? one day. >> how did you do it?

today in the bay-- welcome back. before you head out of the door the time is 6:55 and the top stories on "today in the bay." >> mandatory evacuations lifted in the county fire zone, and cal fire getting a bert hold of the fires burning in yolo and napa vall

valley. they say it is up 25% contained from yesterday. it started east of lake berryessa and 85,000 acres burned so far. and pawnee fire in lake county is almost out this morning. it is 90% contained. it is still at a 15,000 acres burned. all of the evacuation orders are lifted. >> coming up on "today show" the dangerous wildfires all across the united states threatening hundreds of homes. the fourth of july may be over, but still concerns of people lighting illegal fireworks, and nbc bay area sky ranger caught a small grass fire near highway 237 and north first in san jose last night. the investigators have not confirmed if it is from illegal fireworks, but they are really asking anyone to report anything if they are noticing the illegal firework activity. if you are not just in the south bay cracking down on the illegal fireworks. our crews spotted hundreds of

illegal explosions last night. you are looking at the scene in pittsburgh. contra costa county is a fireworks-free zone, but firefighters say it does not stop people there. and a man is accused of planning a fourth of july attack in cleveland is in court today. they say that the man planned to launch an attack at the city's holiday parade or in the fourth of july fireworks display. he is a u.s. citizen who is also known by abdur abdul rafiq. he also met with an undercover agent where he talked about attacks in cleveland and had plans to visit san francisco as well, but he did not have a specific target here according to the fbi. and it turns out that the work near the palo alto schools will not be done by the time the kids go back the class. school starts monday on the mitchell park bridge and the crews don't expect to have itt done until august 30th which is two weeks into the new school year. hundreds of students use the bridge especially those who go

to the jls middle school. the scity is postinging a detou for all of the walkers and the cyclists for the construction. >> if you have a queasy stomach, you won't want to see this story. you have seen the highlights of joey chestnut beating his competitive eating record of last year. he is a local from san jose which is why we love him. yesterday on the brooklyn's coney island he defended the hot dog eating title scarfing down 74 dogs in 10 minutes. it is a record. it is the 11th time in 12 years that he set a record. he talked about it on "today show" and he said frankly that he did not feel great. >> i don't feel great. i feel amazing that i won and i got a new record, but like a marathon runner, you feel like garbage after the competition. >> reporter: and the total countdown of the hot dog c controversy that you can see coming up.

and also, suda was the female winner, and we don't talk about her as much, because she is not from san jose. >> true. and a live look outside and on the left is a live look from downtown concord and on the right a look at downtown emeryville. we are expect iing the warmup io the weekend and can kari, you have been telling us about it, but it is a gradual thing. >> yes, for the inland areas today, you will feel 90s in spot s like concord and for the weekend, it is going to be up to 95 degrees. lit stay hot for the first part of next week. for the coast it is going to be cool there with the patches of fog and low clouds and the low 70s in san francisco for saturday. >> not bad at all. >> all right. it is a lucky thing that the sig alert cleared on the bay bridge so fast. >> yes, because it is what i want to show you right now. they are trying to recover from the earlier crash, but if it had been a sig alert this would have been backed all of the way up to westbound 80. >> and probably all of the way

to the east coast. that is what is happening today in the bay. thank you for join g ing us on s sleepy thursday morning. hope you had a great holiday. >> we will be back at 11:00 for the bay area news. join thus thursday if you are off and if not, have a good one. good morning. lady liberty lockdown. a domon straighter protesting the separation of migrant families takes things to another level, scaling the statue of liberty with police in hot pursuit, evacuating tourists and causing a spectacle on live tv. this morning how the dramatic standoff came to an end triple threat. scorching heat from coast to coast fuelling dangerous wildfires and flooding in. in the drought stricken west, the blazes threatening more than 100 million people from california to colorado, while in the east the question is there any relief in sight. live with the latest. race against time. new f