a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. it is tuesday. >> of course we'll have your traffic in just a moment. we want to know what we can expect as we head out the door. a cool start for the morning. >> nice and cool. cloudy skies. as we take a live look outside the clouds that we have seen each morning clear out fairly fast. by 7:00 to 8:00 we'll start to see clearing here. we'll see sunshine and going from the upper 60s at 9:00 to the mid-80s by early afternoon and it will be a hot day in concord. it is hotter as we trend into the low 90s by 4:00. i'll have a look coming up. we have an update. >> yeah. the closure is still in place. we are talking northbound 101. i'll show you what was going on overnight. the overturned rig right there on its side. you can see this heavy duty tow

truck trying to right it. it is back on its wheels. the closure remains here. you'll have to take it to edge water to get onto the bridge if you're heading to hayward. if you're heading the half-moon bay they told us there's flashing lights and cones to block that connector. it will be a distraction. the rest of the bay does move smoothly. lights are on but fog may be a bigger factor. that's what the deal is right there. >> thank you very much. breaking news we are covering this morning. one of the bay areas best known and top rated restaurants closed today after a damaging fire. this is video from last night. a flame shooting through the roof. it is an upscale restaurant. it is a prestige uious restaura.

fire actually destroyed the restaurant four years ago. we covered it height heright he today in the bay. we'll have a live update in about 30 minutes. live to washington d.c where the top democrat is asking republicans to take a vote to back the fbi's russia investigation. >> this is after president trump ripped the investigation apart during a joint appearance with putin. we are live this morning with reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. good morning. >> it was interesting. good morning everyone. it was on both sides of the aisle not just democrats who you would expect but quite a few prominent republicans. gingrich said the put made the most serious mistake.

>> hours ago it greeted president trump as he landed back home to scathing criticism with russian president putin. >> i never thought i would see an american president throw the intelligence community under the bus like that. >> that's a republican. senator john mccain called it one of the most disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. >> it is outrageous. >> criticized for doubting u.s. intelligence, even his own director on russia meddling in our elections. >> i have great but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> he criticized the fbi's investigation. >> the united states has been foolish. i think that the probe is a disaster for our country. >> americans are saying if

that's not the explanation what is it? what could it be? >> nothing putin says and supporters are asking whose side is he on? not a lot of people like that idea. president trump called it an incredible offer. so much coming out of that meeting. thank you. we continue to track the latest as more condemn trump's actions in finland. we take an in depth look at that coming up for you at 6:45. >> happening today could be the end of an era in san francisco. city leaders will consider banning tour buses from visiting

the home why are the neighbors so frustrated with tourists? >> it is the noise, the congestion. you'll see several tours here all trying to take a selfie of this home here. we have signs here saying there's a lot of noise happening. this is the home. you can see it as it is right now. it has gotten popular with fuller house on netflix. it is one of the reasons we are seeing that interest in this home once again. a few days ago we saw several tourists walking up to take selfies. that was a few days ago. it will take the first step towards dealing with at least one of the problems by voting on

a ban. i did speak and also a resident who says it is only a matter of time before someone gets hurt. >> it depends ton involve kwum of the traffic. >> it is to make that corner and come down. it is a pretty hairy thing. >> residents in the area also have an issue with the amount of cars stopping by there are signs out here telling people and of course they will take the vote on this issue.

if passed it will go into effect in the next four to six weeks. today in the bay. >> thank you, pete. 6:06 right now. happening today a bold plan to offer parking lot access with nowhere to live. it is facing a key hurdle. they want to open a lot close to where parked rv's currently line bay road. for that to happen tonight they will have to agree on changing the current zoning code. if the plan gets approval up to 20 rv's one allow today park. an accused cereal -- serial r rapist is expected in court. investigators say he waited

outside of bars looking for women accused of violently raping four victims. lyft has confirmed he has been fired following the accusations. and now to developments on the wild fire burning near yosemite. they are posted to the fire department's facebook page. they recovered his body yesterday. a bulldozer hit and killed him. he was trying to create a fire line. it is one of several fires burning across california right now. the fire itself burned more than 9,000 acres. it is only 2% contained. authorities issued a mandatory evacuation. as we get out the door this morning right now at 6:08 a mostly cloudy start and temperatures at about 60 degrees. as we normally see the skies will clear out fairly fast. by 8:00 we'll start to see the skies clearing. the rest of the day looking nice

and sunny and heating up into the low 80s by early afternoon. if you had the day off go half-moon bay. it will be so nice there. you'll beat the weekend clouds. it will be in the low 60s by early afternoon. the clouds will be hanging around. check out the spread in temperature temperatures from across the bay area. it is 75 in oakland and 102 while livermore reaches 96 degrees. we'll talk about what's ahead as the humidity surges. you still have that traffic alert. >> we are looking at this off of 101 getting onto eastbound 92. still cloeds. that's the big alert for the day. it moves smoothly. you can get over towards edgewater. eastbound is your commute direction. look how light it is over on the east bachlt starting to build in

towards union city. 680 moves nicely. in the a big deal. here is slowing for highway 4 holding up and concord moving in nicely. shows a little dip in the speed. i want to show you a live camera out there as well. i want to show you the fog creeping around. use caution and low clouds keeping our chopper from heading toward that is traffic alert. >> thanks so much. it is 6:10 right now. coming up, scooters are gaining a popularity and landing people in the emergency room, the brand new study out showing a major increase in scooter related injuries and what you can do to stay safe. plus musk's mouth is rattling investors. we'll take a look at that. later nearly two dozen people hurt on a site seeing boat in hawaii.

a vava bomb smashed through the roof. you're watching today in the bay.

we start out with cloudy skies this morning. we go to sunnyvale for a

temperature tre temperature trend. it will be in the 60s. upper 60s later this morning to mid-80s today which is a little bit warmer than normal. it stays warm and then add in humidity. we'll talk about that coming up in about five minutes. >> we are looking over here. westbound those taillights moving smoothly. eastbound you're cut off from highway 101. we continue to follow that traffic alert. now a new issue in the east bay. we'll follow that as well. expect this to turn very red this morning. musk rattled investors after he accused one of the hero cave drivers of being a pedophile

over the weekend. he said this whole thing is unraveling. the tweet came after he was urged to tone it down on twitter and stick to making cars which he has had enough trouble doing that. we are hearing from the hero diver who spoke to australian television. >> people have told me what's been going out there. people around the world need to know what this is really like. >> it is a busy day in washington. there's a new federal investigation into uber. the company facing several of these investigations. the wall street journal says

this one comes from equal employment opportunity commission and focuses on gender and equality. the head was pushed out last week. >> tried to make effort there. you might notice a nice surprise. it is a check the federal trade commission says will average more than $200.

researchers say most of those riders don't wear helmets or wrist guards and use ear buds they add riders are not the only ones getting hurt. pedestrians dodge those scooters. it is the first of four judges over the next month. he will help choose live show par t participants. in the meantime the original judges say they need to reign themselves in.

>> america's got talent. it does followed by world. >> i always try to assure them it is on tv. it will probably end okay. >> i know. >> i keep it suspenseful. >> it is. you have been right. >> well, it's just all over the place across the bay area. we have these micro climates in

full effect today. we take a live look outside in san francisco. you can't even see it's the golden gate bridge. it is coming out of the north bay into san francisco. it will be all clear this morning. those temperatures are going to heat up fast. we go from 74 degrees at 10:00. let's go to the south bay. it is showing it will be hot over the next few days. it reaches 75 degrees. san francisco mostly in the mid-to upper 60s and for the

north bay 66 and 92 in napa. we add in humidity. we'll see the surge returning once again. the greens and yellows show this peaking into the head of the week with showers and thunderstorms near by. i'll keep an eye on that. are you following me on facebook? i'm kari hall and we'll talk about what's ahead for the weekend. i'll keep you up to date as we see higher humidity that will be in the forecast for thursday. highs reaching 98 inland. still hot for the weekend. san francisco reaching the lower 70s. >> light traffic it is just fine. it is north 101 continues the closure with the connectors getting on.

it will use hillsdale. it is over here at foster city boulevard. still managing just fine with that traffic. on the other side of the bay this is the other issue. this is out of lafayette. this is just shy of the connector. your left lane is blocked. reports of a crash and then someone involved may have had panic attacks. they kind of laid down on the ground. it caused an alarm for folks. it sounds like they are up again. it is a slower drive. the bay bridge shows a lighter volume of traffic overall. this shows you light traffic right here. back to you. >> let's hope it stays that way. thanks. 6:21. coming up not your typical fishing trip. >> we all had a good laugh. we'll tell you what they were laughing over. how it is now changing someone's

life. plus she is done dealing with a clothing company. more than 6 grand up in the air. nbc bay area responds next. and chris sanchez is back with us today after taking a well deserved vacation. she posted a video on facebook. to find out more go online. 5:22 right now. you're watching today in the bay. sonoma county woman who gotg

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and blew out. >> it extends from the eruptions. an arkansas fisherman reeled in something a little unusual, a prosthetic leg. he was fishing over the weekend when he latched ton to something. at first he thought it was a log and then he realized it was a prosthetic leg. he pulled it and took the social media to find the owner. within hours he was able to track down the owner who said that he had been missing that leg since a boating accident in april. we are live at the impact it could have on the business. >> the new option for homeowners on the peninsula trying to save money and now others are already

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start, but then it )ll warmup this afternoon. taking a live look outside from m taking a live look. looking at a great art installation there. things are going to heat up in the south bay today. cool and foggy in other parts of the bay.

good morning frm thanks for joining us. let's head over to kari hall to get a better welcome at where we'll see cool or hot spots today. >> yeah. the coastal areas will be cool and also cloudy. we are seeing clouds right now as we take a live look outside over the south bay with the sunrising just below that. a beautiful start on this tuesday morning. let's go to evergreen. that is where it will be one of the hot spots reaching into the low 70s at 10:00. low 90s by early afternoon. it will be warmer than normal. we feel cooler air at the bart station upper 50s as you get ready to head out the door and a few clouds clearing out as we head towards the lower 70s. we'll talk about all of these and what's ahead for the weekend coming up. we have a new update on the closure. >> it is not great. the good news is that the closure here north 101 getting onto east 102 connector. we don't see slowing on the freeway. if you're getting to the bridge

the connector will not open until at least 8:00. that's the update. pushed back about an hour. we have been hearing rumors. they do have a problem. the other problem i'm tracking is not there. it is here. it is reportedly blocking your left lane. i'm hearing chp may be running a traffic break. we can see this all the way over to the scene. traffic breaks to move that car from the fast lane over to the shoulder. we will track that situation. the bay bridge toll plaza is a lot better than that. we'll get off of that shot and show you. 6:32. we are following breaking news in the south bay. a fire ripped through a well flown three star restaurant. >> today in the bay bob is live there to show that damage left

behind. bob, this is the first time they experience add fire. another one happened what four years ago? >> reporter: correct. we were out here four years ago when they had much more destruction. you can see the fire from last flight. nowhere near as damaging. it appears the start of that kitchen door, that rectangular piece of metal spread to the back wall. santa clara fire department says there is some minor damage inside. nowhere near as destructive as the fire from back in 2014. fire started around 9:00 last night. this restaurant was already closed. it is closed today and closed yesterday. no one inside. fire department tells us they had the fire out in 15 minutes. as i mentioned, it appeared to start near the kitchen door. hay had ho to cut a roof. the cause is unknown. so far tells us nothing appears to be suspicious and we do not

know when it will reopen. again, it is closed today as part of their schedule. this is video of the first fire that burned back on july 7th of 2014. it was just over four years ago. it started outside near garbage cans. it caused much more damage. the restaurant did not reopen until a number of months later. what is interesting, food and wine magazine just published an article talking about how that fire four years ago made it a better restaurant. the head chef was able to maintain his three stars for this restaurant the last couple of years. today in the bay. >> glad no one was seriously hurt there. of course a lot of people saddened by that because they loved that restaurant so much. >> all right. thanks. today a man who confessed to robbing an elderly east bay woman is expected to face a judge once again.

this time he could face murder charges. prosecutors are expected to charge him with murder during his court appearance. the 93 ann peterson was knocked down during the robbery in may. she died a month later. homeowners hired the exterminator to get rid of rats and bests. the man would later come back and take their valuables. he says a homeowner caught him in the act. >> his excuse was i was just coming back to check on the trout traps. >> it is very worry zom you can't truck someone. >> he is accused of stealing

thousands of dollars in jewel fri from two homes. we found several complaints posted about jewelry missing. making money to pay your mortgage or even help a family find a place to say. half-moon is expect today approve regulations for gran ny units. chris, this isn't the only thing helping people cut through the red tape. a lot of communities are trying to deal with half-moon bay. we did talk with a family out of oakland to see how it worked for them. >> i love that i'm so close to my parents but yet i have my own space. >> they just moved into this unit located in the backyard of her parents oakland home. even though it is just 468

square feet it has a full kitchen, bathroom, washer, drier, living area and loft. they built this for $120,000 so their daughter could afford to live where she grew up. >> it finally came to me that she wasn't going to be able to afford to rent something especially with her dog and with the rents around oakland. >> the family has a couple of tips if you're considering building a granny unit. they say find a builder who is familiar with the process that has built them before. they hope as more cities come on board the regulations will be streamlined. >> i wouldn't say the expense was the worst thing. it was the time that they took to do it. we would call and they would say 30 days. at 30 days we would called and they say 30 more delayays.

>> a lot of kplcommunities deal with that lag in time. half-moon bay does have one restriction that's a little bit different. if you build a granny unit, whatever you want to call it, it cannot be used for short term rentals at this point. it is an issue that will be considered later on. we mentioned that state legislation is in works. we will be watching that as it continues to happen at the end of this month and the beginning of next month. today in the bay. >> those will help so many families in the bay area. thanks. some future housing projects will be out for discussion, two in the south bay. holding a public hearing tonight. it will bring more than 350 apartment units. in sunnyvale a 62 unit townhouse there. the project redevelops the now closed bluebonnet mobile home park. finally city leaders will

discuss building more than 200 unit apartment community. over here we are looking at a very slow drive right now from west 24. talked about that wash pushing highway 13. it is to move to the shoulder in the back up. it looks like we may have another crash, another fender bender waiting for details and chp. it is very slow in towards highway 13. that is the slowest drive. the rest of that county looks great. the bay bridge metering lights are on. we still have that overturned rig. it is up right and tow trucks are scrambling around the area. they did say it will take until 8:00. it think it will be clearer than that judging by the activity we are going ochbn.

sit a pretty light commute. >> yes. >> absolutely. >> right. zbland we look ahead through the rest of the week and the weekend. let's take a look at the forecast. it will be hot over the next few days. it is upper 90s and we'll add in humidity. saturday up to 94 degrees and 91. still a hot cool weekend or maybe you want to head to the beach where it lab lot more comfortable. low 70s by saturday and sunday. that weather continues all through the week. if you have plans to hit the road and go up to the lake you may want to go swimming. it will be in the upper 90s. a lot of sunshine. 96 on saturday and sunday. heavenly will be warm and really pleasant with low to mid-80s throughout the weekend. trivalley you'll want to find air-conditioning there m some of

the vineyards will be up to 91 degrees. already thinking it will be a beach weekend. santa cruz once again upper 60s low 70s. we'll talk about what's ahead coming up in about three minutes. >> have to get an early start if you'll head to the beach and beat the rush. coming up next, the plan to tax businesses that are based online. plus, everywhere you look there's tourists, the growing frustration over tours. it's a full house house in san francisco and what the city is doing about it. there are serious accusations that the president may be compromised in some way. a live look at the big board. you can see the dow just over 25,000.

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it is 6:44. now looking at a cloudy sky right now. it will be clearing out. going from the low 60s this morning to the mid-80s. so maybe a jacket for the morning. short sleeves for the afternoon. up to 84 at 3:00 today. we'll take a look at it with a wide range there temperatures coming up in about five minutes.

i'm tracking the traffic alert here that still has a connector. we'll talk to you about that but right now a new crash complicates things just on the west side. crash blocking a couple lanes. four or five vehicles reported involved. we'll track that as well. >> thank you very much. looking live from san francisco this morning at the house made famous in the show full house. today the city's transportation leaders will talk about whether tour buses should be banned from stopping at that iconic spot. neighbors say the constant stream of tourists too much. the owner says it doesn't mind the attention. they will talk about banning buses from driving right in front of the home. new this morning voters may consider a new tax on interflne

based businesses this fall. the examiner reports some supervisors want to expand it. it would tax companies making it e-commerce sites. they aren't subject to local taxes. they considered expanding language on that on thursday. 6:46. as the migrant crisi crisis con some will lead the way in reunited call families who have been separated. it is unclear if they see the action. they will be holding hearings on monday discussing when the government can deport those families. president trump returns home after a controversial summit. >> he faces criticism from all

sides. >> all sides even from republicans who supported him in the past. the president of the united states you saw it stood next to putin and defended russia while criticizing americans. video of air force one returning to andrews overnight. few people are coming to the president's defense after the shocking statements. here is vice president pence defending the president. >> what the world saw, what the american people saw, is that president donald trump will put the prosperity and security of america first. >> of course that's not at all what the world saw. the world saw the president once again say he believed putin as putin denied interfering with the election. for the first time american politicians are openly accusing the president of the united states of being compromised in some way or working for slaurus

a first in american history. >> you can say sure. the head of republican party said trump sounded like an asset next to his handler. the former head of the cia will be on the today show. he says he suspects the american intelligence committee will start with holding classified information from the president. they are worried he will pass secrets ochb secrets on. to the russians during the meeting in may of 2017. fox sat down to audiocassettalk relationship with trump. >> why is it that so many people who were political enemies of putina are attacked? >> well, first of all all of us have plenty of political rivals

and i'm sure president trump has plenty of political rivals ch. >> he would go onto say person presidents had been attacked and mentioned the assassination. it was 50 years ago. we don't to look at the president's tweets. we'll follow this on twitter. you can find me online. cameras were rolling as a man was rescued from the river last night. he was out swimming and it got too far out and was swept away by the current. he managed to get to on a rock where he was stranded. >> they constantly warned people about the river. the current is a lot stronger than it appears. >> it appears to be moving quite rapidly in that shot.

>> it can be dangerous out there. >> a lot of people try to turn to rivers and streams because it is so hot. >> try to find somewhere to cool off. that's what we will be doing. be safe out there. we'll take a look at a wide range there temperatures that are starting to see the skies clearing. we did start out with clouds this morning. you can see the sun and at least it's a cool start. it is 57 degrees there. let's go through the morning commute. this is one of the hot spots reaching 66 degrees at 8:00. if you to get outside try to do that early. at noon it is 85 degrees and reaching low 90s by early afternoon. if you will be going to see the warrior performances today this kicks off the world cup 7 and it will be a cool event if you can sneak out around union square. it will be in the low 60s and mostly sunny skies. looking at high temperatures for

today spread out from 62 with clouds at half-moon bay to 102 today. san jose up to 89 degrees. mid-90s for the trivalley. we see these low clouds right now. as that clears out it will feel nice and a very warm and will turn very warm and hot for some of the valleys this afternoon. t-shirt and shorts will keep you comfortable. we'll have a surge of moisture. some of us got spotty showers. the rain will return near by. it looks like most of it stays offshore. we will have an increasing humidity as we go towards thursday as well as friday with still some hot weather in the forecast. reaching mid-to upper 90s even as the humidity drops in san francisco. mostly staying in the 60s and 70s with morning clouds and fog. you more on that problem? >> i do. it is in the kplcommute directi.

it is backing up the tunnel. overall looks great. it is the problem as you head through. we do really jam up. the crash outside the tunnel did demand a traffic break. the two westbound were getting traffic breaks. so it will be a big back up. over on the peninsula side we have a closure. it is near foster city boulevard. it is moving vehicles around and blocking ramps here and there. we'll send it back to you. >> thanks so much for the update there. coming up next, a quick look at the top stories on today in the bay including a noon deal with the housing crisis here in the bay area. people are forced to live in their rvs.

a developing story out of brazil. at least eight people dead and 52 hurt in a devastating crash. they say a truck caught fire and trapped several people inside their cars. plus table tennis athletes are training together to prepare for the korean open. they will compete in unified double pairs. they also competed as a unified team for more winter olympic events right after this. 6:53. ♪

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here are the top stories on today in the bay-- breaking news in los gatos-- where one of the bay area )s bet >> welcome back. the time is 6:55. one of the top rated restaurants could be closed far while after damaging fire. it broke out last night in an upscale restaurant. it was four years ago. today consider add bold plan to offer a parking lot access to rv owners who have no where to live. city council wants to open a lot where they currently line the road. for that to happen they will have to agree on changing the current zoning code. if the plan gets approval

tonight up to 20 rv's will be allowed to park in the lot. a man accused is due in court today. police arrested 37-year-old from san mateo last week. they say he waited outside of the bars for women look for their ride share drivers. police say there could be more victims. he drove for the company but was fired following the accusations. mandatory evacuations for those living near yosemite national park. his body was recovered yesterday. new numbers just in. the fire stands now at more than 12,000 acres and is now 5% contained. another way to stop gun

shows. members will address the state run venue board of directors. they aim to prevent gun violence. >> new regulations for the so called granny unit officially known as dwelling units. we are seeing more and more people add them onto their homes. this is a family in oakland and they have some advice if you're looking to cut through that red tape which their story is on our web site. happening today leaders expect today adopt recommendations on unprocessed rape kits. they gave the report back in april covered the testing and categorizing.

the grand jury recommended the county continues to maintain with local sexual assault responses. off to a cool and foggy start in parts of the bay area. in that warm up coming this afternoon, you have been telling us about that taall week. >> morgan hill reaching 94 today and 95 for some of the valleys. add in more humidity and as that humidity drops it will be hot heading into the weekend. san francisco upper 60s to low 70s the rest of the week. if you're heading along 24 there was an accident there. >> exactly. it is very slow right now. overall it is great. this is slowing out of lafayette. had a couple traffic breaks. we have the closure 101 at 92 getting onto the eastbound

direction direction. we'll be back with a local news update. we'll check weather and traffic. thank you for starting your problem here with us on today in the bay. have a great one. good morning. breaking overnight, back home and backlash. president trump facing grows outrage from both republicans and democrats for not being tough enough with vladimir putin over russia's meddling in the u.s. elections. >> president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> the president openly questioning his own intelligence agencies, and in an interview overnight saying, he's taking putin at his word. >> he said there's no collusion whatsoever. i guess he said as strongly as you can say it. >> so where do things go from here?