what went wrong. today in the bay continues right now. >> and a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. of course, we'll get you caught up on traffic, but first, we want to kari hall. you say today is going to be warm. we're used to that, but then we add a twist. >> we're not used to that. it's going to feel very sticky out there as we get ready to head out on this thursday morning. let's get a look at what to expect as we head out the door in emeryville. it's 60 degrees. we have low clouds and fog rolling by. the fog over the bay, if you're on your way to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station, it will be in the upper 50s and partly cloudy and a cool start to the day. it will be a little more comfortable as the day goes along. here's a look at all our high temperatures across the bay area with our microclimate spanning from 66 in half moon bay to 100 degrees in ukiah. 89 will be the high today in san jose. we'll take a look to the rest of the forecast.

coming up, and mike, you still have that traffic alert. >> talking about treasure island exit on yerba buena island technically, that will be eastbound 80. away from the san francisco side, and counter to your morning commute, but the off-ramp is closed until further notice. there's a crash investigation going on there. westbound, your commute direction is slower in toward the area, but the backup at the bay bridge not so bad. fast track lanes the worst of it. bring your cash from the oakland side. a traffic alert at the caldecott has cleared both directions. moving smoothly. the only slowing we see is here, highway 4 into bay point and clear by the time you get to highway 242. fremont, we have this issue on the shoulder, southbound 880, it may be a vehicle sticking out into the slow lane. sounds like a car that broke down. no slowing shows up there. a crash toward the dumbarton bridge slowing to the toll plaza but also a car on the shoulder

after an earlier fender bender. a little build, at alum rock, a crash on the shoulder as well. not a major issue. light commute here and slow on the peninsula as well. back to you. >> thanks so much. >> we're covering breaking news at 6:02 this morning in the east bay. contra costa county sheriff's deputies investigating a deadly shooting. this is a live look at the scene right now. it happened not far from interstate 880 just before 11:00 last night. the street is back open after being closed for several hours. the victim is a man. police have not said many other details. today in the bay's bob redell is at the scene trying to get us more information. >> 6:02. developing this morning, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg apologizing for a controversial comment he made about holocaust deniers. kris sanchez is live for us at

facebook headquarters in menlo park. what did he say? >> well, he was trying to use facebook, rather holocaust deniers as a way to explain the facebook policy of not removing all false information on facebook, but instead using the algorithm to push it down farther in your news feed. in case you didn't hear it for yourself, here's a clip. >> i'm jewish. and there's a set of people who deny that the holocaust happened. right? i find that deeply offensive. but at the end of the day, i don't believe that our platform should take that down because i think that there are things that different people get wrong. either -- i don't think they're intentionally getting it wrong. >> in the case of the holocaust deniers, they might be. >> that was kara swisher, in case you couldn't make it out, she says in the case of holocaust survivors, they might be getting it wrong. zuckerberg said facebook can't determine the intent of the poster. he did follow up with an e-mail

to kara swisher, the host, clarifying he wasn't defending holocaust deniers. the changes to facebook policy that say if there is something that is false and intentionally false and intended to cause violence, then that definitely will be removed. he gave the example of myanmar and sri lanka where people gave false information that led to injuries to people. holocaust denies, though, they'll remain in your feed. kris sanchez, today in the bay. >> thanks for breaking that down for us. >> 6:04 right now. developing right now, nearly two dozen soldiers are injured after a tent suddenly collapsed at a central coast military base. how about 9:30 last night, at ft. hunter liggett. an army spokesperson said a helicopter kicked up too much wind when it landed, can a structure gave out.

two soldiers were air lifted from the scene. the rest suffered relatively minor injuries. a news conference is expected at 8:00 a.m. >> an update to news we brought you as breaking news last hour. this is a live look there. this is out of new york city, showing the area where a steam pipe exploded. you can still see the steam is pouring out from the ground. it's going on along busy fifth avenue in the flat iron district. when the explosion happened, it blasted out manholes and sent chunks of asphalt into the air. >> 6:05. a tanker driver in a north bay hospital this morning is there this morning. he was hurt in an explosion. you may have seen our breaking coverage all afternoon yesterday. this happened in santa rosa. the tanker driver was delivering liquid oxygen to a kaiser medical office when the leak caused an explosion.

witnesses say it was powerful. >> we all did what we were training to do, and just came together, got the patients out that we needed to get out. >> those patients and employees of the medical building had to be evacuated, and highway 101 was shut down for about two hours. >> 6:06, fireworks to blame for the fire in alameda county near the altamont pass. investigators say a teenager was playing with fireworks when one sparked a fire. it shut down 580 in both directions for several hours. 480 acres burned. the teenager ended up turning himself in to police. the sheriff's office is pushing for charges, saying that teenager was reckless. firefighters are arriving to keep the ferguson fire from reaching yosemite national park. highway 140 is shut down, keeping visitors from reaching the park. three miles is all that separates the park from the fire that has already killed one firefighter. since friday, it's burned more than 19 square miles and now

threatens over 100 buildings. due to heavy smoke, a hazardous air alert is now issued. >> for the second time in two days, the white house is explaining what president trump meant to say about russia interfering in the 2016 election. today in the bay's tracie potts is live for us on capitol hill. what's the new explanation this morning? >> well, that the president was responding to one question and not the other. we'll show you exactly what happened before the cameras. plus, he's tweeting this morning if the relationship doesn't work out between the u.s. and russia, it's the media's fault. russia's president also saying this morning that powerful forces inside the u.s. are working against their relationship. >> what do we do? >> there were anti-trump protests in washington and new york last night, after another do-over. here's what president trump said. >> is russia still targeting the

u.s. >> and here's how the white house is explaining it. >> he wasn't answering that question. he was saying no, he's not taking questions. >> some republicans have no problem with that. >> i'm glad to hear it wasn't no to the fact that the russians are still interfering. >> others finding it hard to accept yet another explanation. >> do you believe it? >> no more questions. no. that was a joke. >> this is becoming a joke. it's becoming absurd. it makes our president look weak. it makes our country look weak. >> but president trump tells cbs in private, he got tough with russian president vladimir putin on election meddling. >> i let him know we can't have this. we're not going to have it. and that's the way it's going to be. >> what really happened in that meeting? democrats want the president's translator to testify. >> i think it's important for us to know what was said in the meeting. >> lawmakers say they're concerned they have no idea what

president trump is telling foreign leaders behind closed doors. and that refers to both russia and north korea because lawmakers here say they never got a detailed read-out on the summit last month with north korea's leader, kim jong-un. the secretary of state was supposed to come and do that, but that briefing was canceled. laura, marcus. >> always getting us up to date on what's going on. >> as always, a lot going on. >> 6:09 right now. have you seen them in the summer months. not just humans likely to be out and about, but snake sightings. including rattlesnakes, a lot more common. the santa clara deputy's office provided a deputy providing a helping hand and then some. not a helping stand, a big stick, really. at a distance, that's important. they had to relocate the rattler last night from a family's yard in cupertino. luckily, it didn't strike anyone.

rattlesnakes typically try to avoid humans but the number of reported bites are commonly higher may through september. i'm not a snake fan, i must say. >> i don't think many of us are. all right, right now, 6:10. if you're making plans to go to some of the hiking trails in the tri-valley, be careful out there. we were just showing those rattlesnakes and it's going to be humid. temperatures in the low 60s. do your hiking early in the day. 74 at 10:00, and then it gets hot. you want to make sure you stay hydrated. let's look at kuper tucupertino forecast for today. low 70s at 10:00 there, as well as 1:00, we're at 83 degrees, and reaching about 85. we'll hold steady there as we go into the rest of the day. now we'll take a look at our temperature trend for palo alto coming up, and mike has a look at that closure and what else is happening around the bay. >> that's right. trying to get a look at the closure. the fog right here, which you're talking about, is one of the reasons why we're trying to pick

out what's going on, but it's in the treasure island tunnel. i can see enough to see the stream of headlights eastbound is moving smoothly through the tunnel. the reason we're concerned is because the exit from eastbound 80 to treasure island still closed for crash activity. no word from chp when they're going to open that. westbound, your commute direction has a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, and that fog to deal with. the rest of the bay moves very nicely. despite the traffic alert at treasure island exit off the bay bridge, it's countercommute, and your commute direction is moving nicely right now. >> thanks so 34u6, mike. >> coming up next here on today in the bay, changes coming to san francisco streets. the reason you could see these new structures popping up around the city. >> plus, thinking of buying a new car? wake up your spouse because i'm going to give you the excuse for it coming up. >> later, looking for love or becoming a victim of a crime. the warning going out to anyone using dating apps. it's all coming up at 6:25. you're watching today in the bay.

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of dry lightning around the bay area as well as the heat continuing in the forecast. that's coming up in about five minutes. >> and we're looking at -- we're not feeling the commute. a little slowing of the top number, but under 20 minutes from highway 4 to the backup at the bay bridge westbound. tracking the crash blocking the eastbound exit, and looking at westbound 580. that shows you how light it is. and a very happy thursday to you. mixed day on wall street wednesday. talking about facebook and the big policy changes there. comcast, this is new, our parent company, dropping its bid for fox. they're going to let disney have it. shares in comcast were unchanged yesterday. live pictures out of washington. a new report says the annual budget deficit will hit a trillion dollars next year. this is very, very different than what the trump administration had originally predicted. now, the u.s. has run trillion

dollar yearly deficits before, but those were in the '80s, most recently during the massive recession of 2009. during recessions, when the government had to step in to save the economy. we have never run these kind of deficits before during an economic boom. the good news is our own personal budgets will get a bit more money. the latest report from the san francisco fed show wages are growing in the west. a few times a year, the san francisco fed sends a report to washington telling them how things are going on the west coast. that report is folded into other reports in the beige book. there's a shorter of plumbes, electricians and truck drivers in the west. looks like the white house is this close to slapping new tariffs on imported cars. obviously, that's going to hit brands like bmw, mercedes, they import about 70% of the cars they sell in the u.s. but this is going to have an effect on foreign brands as

well. even as american car companies import cars. ford imports 21% of the cars it sells. general motors imports 39%. take a look at this live picture out of washington. this is the commerce department talking about the new car tariffs. so i'm not just waving my hands in the air saying this is a maybe thing. i'm talking about these people are discussing it as we speak right now in washington. i don't know if it will go through, but if you're going to make an expensive car purchase, and you're affected by one of these brands, now i think is the time. >> definitely. consumers are going to feel it. >> definitely. thousands of dollars per car. >> exactly. >> thanks, scott. >> 6:17 for you right now. and hey, if this looks like an oversized thermos that landed there in san francisco, fear not. this is just the newest concept version of the city's public restroom. this idea is to replace all of those hokie big green public

toilets all around the city by next year. we have dropped in an image of the first concept design released last month. you can see it right there. it looks more like a spaceship if you ask me, but this new look is really reportedly getting a big thumbs up in the city reviews. ultimately, supervisors will have to sign off on the overhaul. >> so funny. i have worked here so long, i covered when the big green hulky things were put up, too, and they were cool at the time. >> nbc is debuting season twof of trial and error, lady killer. there's a new defendant on trial. kristen chenoweth is joining the cast. she's known for singing and dancing on broadway and the big screen. her character has similar talents, but some notable quirks. >> lovable. she is a lonely lady. at a certain age, and she's not sure if it's not 1930 or if it's

2018. she actually could be immortal. >> you can catch trial and error lady killer tonight. two new episodes at 9:00. then 10:00, law and order, followed by nbc bay area news at 11:00. >> fascinating. >> everybody say innocent. i love that. >> i like that commercial too. >> we'll be watching tv this evening and enjoying our time outside throughout the day. getting out the door this morning, you'll notice a little more humid out there. here's a live look outside in san jose. we're starting out with clear skies and kind of hazy, too, as we zoom out on the camera. the sun coming over the horizon as we speak. it's going to be a beautiful start to this day. a little warmer in the south bay. as we don't see the clouds here, it's 62 degrees. the seven-day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen showing a lot of 90s there for the south bay. 58 degrees right now in san

francisco. let's get through that morning commute. if you're about to head out the door in pittsburg, expect patchy fog. then our skies clearing out and temperatures in the low 60s. 74 degrees at 10:00. look at how fast these temperatures go up. at 2:00, we're at 89 degrees, and a lot more humid as well. going through the south bay, looking at our highs for this afternoon, gilroy will be up to 92 degrees. 85 in milpitas and 98 today in danville. it will still be hot in parts of the tri-valley and the delta. oakland today, 75. and 81 in redwood city. now, as we look at what's happening on the satellite and radar, i have been looking at the lightning strikes but they have been well off shore. we can see the clouds moving closer to the bay area, and this is coming in because of the monsoonal moisture coming in from the desert southwest. this is pretty much the same setup we had last friday. it brought some spotty showers, even some lightning, so i'm watching out for the possibility once again as we can see the

yellows and reds there showing some higher humidity. giving us a boost and the sticky air as we go into tomorrow. are you following me on facebook yet? i'm meteorologist kari hall, also at kari hall on twitter. gif me a search and we'll talk about the weekend coming up. mike, you're still looking at what's happening on the traffic alert. >> it's a traffic alert, and it is a bay bridge, but not a major issue right now. if you have to travel from san francisco to oakland, i'll give you a second to adjust. looking at the rest of the commute, an easy flow of traffic. overall, and that's great. the lighter volume of traffic is moving nicely. it's getting out of san francisco at the treasure island exit. that's currently closed. westbound, your commute direction slows a bit through the area, but all exits are open through that area. again, countercommute. there's a crash investigation that continues there. chp says there has been some movement of vehicles and that's all we can tell you right now. backup at the toll plaza, contra

costa county, only a little slowing and a nice look at the san mateo bridge. looks great, moves pretty well. >> coming up next here on today in the bay, an emotional night at the espys. a tribute to the victims of school shootings and sexual assault. >> a debit card is hacked and $2,000 vanishes. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. >> bob redell loves his throw-back thursdays and so do we. here's an old clip from today in the bay. the bicyclists made off with bob's microphone. he had to chase after them. you're watching today in the bay. atherton man whose attempt

avoid hackers backfired. 6:25 for you right now. nbc bay area responds to an apalten man to attempts to avoid hackers and it backfires. >> it's more important than ever to keep your financial data safe. and that's why david says he started using prepaid debit cards. he hoped that would shield his bank information from thieves. but david says some of the prepaid cards he bought were hacked and used by someone else, and $2200 vanished. david says he filed fraud claims with the card issuer, u.s. bank, but didn't get a response. he called us. u.s. bank got back to us right away. it wouldn't comment, but offered to work with david to rezuvl his

complaint. and a few days later, david told us he got a check for $2200. plus an apology. prepaid cards are convenient, but you might not get the same protection as you would with a real debit or credit card through your bank. if your card is lost or stolen, you could use everything. there could also be large fees, and as always, read the terms and create a pin to keep it safe. and never load a card with more money than you can afford to lose. call us any time. 888-996-tips. or visit nbcbayarea.com/responds. thanks a lot, chris. 6:26 right now. a recent problem in one connecticut town has a wider message for anyone using dating apps. police in new haven say this month they have seen a spike in robberies involving victims who met criminals through dating apps. this month, there have been eight such crimes. police believe many are linked. in one case, the victim had his

car, wallet, and phone stolen when he showed up to what he thought was his date's home. not just dating apps, some cases also involve people buying things online. >> well, when it comes to the sports world, the night after the all-star game is now pretty much dominated by one thing only, that's the espys. >> last night, espys awards delivers some pretty powerful moments even if you're not a sports fan. it included a show of strength among victims of team usa doctor larry nassar. >> to all the survivors out there. don't let anyone rewrite your story. your truth does matter. you matter. and you are not alone. >> that's olympic gold medalist aly raisman speaking in front of current and former gymnasts. all received the arthur ashe award for courage for coming forward and speaking out against

nassar. in the meantime, the coach of the year honor was split between three coaches killed in the shooting of the marjory stoneman douglas high school in florida. really nice tribute. >> coming up here on today in the bay, we continue to monitor that breaking news in the east bay. we're live in elsabrante where one person is dead. we just got new details. >> plus, back in court. the disturbing new details emerging in the ride share rapist case as the suspect gets ready to return to court today. more news ahead. 6:28. you're watching today in the bay. ♪

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start, but it will be another warm day ahead. morning, wroer rr off to a typical bay area cool start, but things wim warm up and another nice day ahead. take a look from los gatos town plaza park. a nice start to our day. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. starting off with a beautiful day, but kari, you say there's humidity in the forecast. >> sprinklers on at the park now. we will see the sun shining again today as we take a live look outside in san jose, and our temperatures starting out in the 60s. as you make your way to the station in san jose. here's a look at our san jose temperature trend. in the low 60s at 7 cloox, and upper 60s by 9:00. notice there will be a few more clouds rolling by overhead and

we'll feel more humidity as well as we head to the low 80s. our high temperature today will be up to 89 degrees. as we move to the tri-valley, 95 in livermore. 97 in antioch and concord, and in san francisco today, 70 degrees. we'll talk about the spread in the temperatures and your weekend forecast. and mike, things are moving well despite the traffic alert. >> we still have a traffic alert, but we have a light volume of traffic. let me explain why everything is moving nicely. the volume of traffic is very smooth right now. despite a crash at south 680 approaching the 280/101 interchange, no lanes blocked and no major problems. peninsula clear. east bay and tri-valley, 680 flows around bernal just a tad, that's the build from heyward to union city. a little slowing west across the san mateo, and dumbarton bridge is a build for the commute. and the traffic alert is eastbound 880, the treasure island exit still blocked by crash activity, and metering

lights still on. the traffic on the span is moving smoothly. there's the backup at the bay crossing from richmond to san rafael. >> thank you, mike. 6:32 right now. we're all following breaking news in the east bay. a deadly shooting overnight on san pablo dam road in el sobrante. >> bob redell live for us there at the scene. i know you just got new information within the last ten minutes. what are deputies saying now? >> well, good morning to you, laura and marcus. yes, public information officer for the contra costa sheriff's office sent out a tweet acknowledging this is an investigation into a shooting here on the 4800 block of san pablo dam road. this is a small cluster of homes on this property, happening around 11:00 last night. we did speak with the sergeant about an hour ago who told us it was a man shot and killed 11:00 last night. they don't have a suspect and made no arrest. we did ask if this was a home

invasion. maybe the homeowner had shot a suspect, but he said no, that was not the case. so far, no motive. no idea what led up to the shooting, but we know one person has been shot and killed. taking place late last night. you see the crime scene tape still up and they have their investigation division van out here as well. they're still collecting evidence. they have been out here for a number of hours. not sure when they're leaving, but now that they have the sun up, maybe they're waiting for daylight to get a look at the scene again with the lights up. reporting in el sobrante, bob redell. >> thanks for continuing to gather the latest, bob. >> happening today, the suspect in the so-called ride share rapist case is due in court. >> it comes as investigators are releasing some disturbing new details. today in the bay's pete suratos is live with what we have learned this morning, and what we're expecting in court today. good morning, pete. >> yeah, good morning to you, marcus and laura. look, these details are very derbing. when i got a chance to look at

the charging documents, as one man posed as a ride share driver to prey on these victims. the incidents began all the way back in 2013, and the most recent one happening just over a month ago. the first one in november of 2013 involved a woman leaving a bar in the mission district as she's picked up by orlando lazo, claiming to be her lyft ride. she falls asleep in the car and wakes up in an in knoun parking lot. she demanded the man take her home, he refused and he proceeds to sexually assault the woman. the next incident was in february of 2018 involving another woman who was refused a ride by an uber driver because she was feeling sick after a night of drinking. that's when lazo swooped in to drive her home. instead, he ends up taking the victim to a secluded location. gets in the back seat and proceeds to sexually assault the woman in that case. in may, 2018, lazo picked up another victim, this time threatening the victim with a

knife before allegedly sexually assaulting her in an unknown location, and in the latest incident just over a month ago, he picked up a woman leaving the temple bar in san francisco and again threatened her with a knife before allegedly sexually assaulting her. he appeared in court last week but did not enter a plea. he'll be back in court today in san francisco at 9:00 a.m. live near the golden gate bridge, pete suratos. >> always look at that app and make sure you match the license plate to the one you're getting into. thanks, pete. >> very important. >> 6:36 right now. advocates fighting to reunite migrant families will be back at the richmond i.c.e. detention center. that's where some of the migrants are being held. today, protesters will deliver teddy bears for the children along with hundreds of signatures calling for their release. >> another lawsuit challenging the trump administration, and it is expected to begin today in san francisco. that case has to do with sexual assault on college campuses and

how the education department is handling them. obama era title ix policy stated that colleges should use the lowest standard of proof when judging a case. and investigation of the university's broader practice indeed matters. betsy devos changed that, calling on higher standard of proof when convincing evidence, and no deeper investigations. so we did some digging, and the "wall street journal" reports so far under president trump, more than 90% of campus sexual assault cases have been dismissed. that number was around 65% under president obama. >> 6:37. live look at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning. bay area transportation leaders are eyeing more than 500 projects meant to improve transportation and/or air quality. today, in fact, is the deadline if you would like to provide your input. once all public comments are considered, the commission is scheduled to approve a final

outlook in late september. >> still voting for the transporter. meanwhile, over here, as we look at your approach to the bay bridge, there's slowing here, but the bigger view shows a nice easy drive. i'm talk about the bay bridge in a second, but we have word northbound at the san rafael exit, word of a barbecue. it's too early to barbecue. maybe another hour. we're looking at a smooth drive, but eastbound 880, treasure island exit closed by a crash investigation that continues there. look how mild it is, especially on the peninsula. >> well, that's nice that it's mild. >> i don't think mild weather is going to happen. >> yes. >> depends on where you are. there's a lot going on. you may be traveling, heading to somewhere where there's cooler temperatures. let's get a look at the spread from the coast to the inland areas.

it will be in the low 70s for the coast, and the bay at 86 degrees. 93 for the inland valleys on saturday. and sunday, really not much of a change. we will have some hot valley temperatures. and some comfortable weather for the coast. if you're going to pleasanton, kicking off your weekend tomorrow at the summer concert in the park, we're going to have warm weather, but it will be cooling off as the music begins. we'll be at 77 degrees at 8:00, and 73 degrees with clear skies at 9:00. and then going into the weekend, maybe you'll want to meet up with mike. he'll be at the festival in mountain view, and that going on during the afternoon. our highs reaching into the upper 70s with sunshine. weather is going to be perfect, with a nice little breeze. if you will be going to yosemite this weekend, heads up. this is actually a live camera. we have had those wildfires, the ferguson fire, burning nearby. and the air quality will be very poor. not only that, but there could be more lightning strikes in the

area, which could spark off more wildfires. i'm really concerned about that. and i'll keep you up to date on that concern as well. looking at napa valley, we'll see the highs reaching into the mid 80s. beautiful weekend there. if you're thinking i'm going to the beach this weekend, you better get there early. it's going to be in the upper 60s and i'm pretty sure it's going to be packed. let's talk about today's temperature trend for the south bay. that's coming up in about three minutes. >> we look forward to it. thanks, kari. >> mark zuckerberg's controversial comments about holocaust deniers. >> plus, paying the price for election security. >> massive amount of money california is spending to secure the voting system. >> three days after the summit, president trump says he did confront president putin. let's take you to the big board in new york city. dow industrial losing 57 points as u.s. regulators talk about new tariffs on imported cars.

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wake up to sunshine right now in the south bay. right now at 6:43, we're going to have a humid start to the day. and it's going to feel muggy throughout the afternoon. going to south san jose, it will be at 63 degrees at 8:00, and 77 at 11:00. your lunchtime temperature at 80 degrees and reaching the mid 80s for early afternoon. as you get ready to make plans for the weekend, we'll feel some higher humidity, and there could be a chance of some lightning.

i'll be showing you what's ahead for the weekend in about five minutes. >> right now, looking at just about a half hour. that's great, from highway 4 to the backup at the bay bridge. no problems for the maze. also, the tri-valley, 24 minutes over to 680, the dublin interchange. >> thanks so much, kari and mike, quickly approaching 7:00. live pictures from facebook headquarters in menlo park this morning. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is apologizing after he appeared to defend holocaust deniers. he made the comments during the recode/decode podcast with kara swisher. he was explaining why facebook does not remove posts that deny the holocaust. >> i'm jewish. and there's this set of people who deny that the holocaust happened. i find that deeply offensive. but at the end of the day, i don't believe that our platform

should take that down because i think that there are things that different people get wrong. either -- i don't think they're intentionally getting it wrong. >> i think in the case of the holocaust deniers, they might be. >> zuckerberg later apologized in an e-mail saying he didn't mean to defend the intent of holocaust deniers. >> with so much concern about secure elections, this could not come at a better time for california. mms of federal dollars to improve security. the state received nearly $35 million from the federal government, about one third of it is now going towards beefing up computer security. and $20 million is being spent on protecting centers that allow voters to cast their ballots in the days before an election. now, the state is also allocating its own money, $134 million. this to improve election security and upgrade old voting machines. >> well, the president has surprised us once again. >> scott mcgrew, president trump

now says he did confront vladimir putin over election interference. >> this is a bombshell claim from the president who on monday, you remember, stood next to putin and never mentioned any confrontation. you'll recall over the last few days, the president has been fighting off criticism he was too deferential to putin, saying serve times during this press conference that putin had denied interfering in our elections and never once mentioning that he, trump, had confronted putin in private during that unmonitored meeting. nor did the president mention it during his explanation of that whole would/wouldn't controversy. it wasn't until last night president trump said absolutely, i stood up to putin. he said it on the cbs evening news. >> you hold him personally responsible? >> well, i would because he's in charge of the country, just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. so certainly, as the leader of a country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes.

i let him know we can't have this. we're not going to have it. and that's the way it's going to be. >> this is the first we're hearing about it. to add to the confusion, the russians are now talking about some sort of verbal agreements that presidents putin and trump came to in their private meeting, but people in the american government don't know what the agreements are. moments ago, eric swalwell asked for a subpoena of the american translator to find out what really happened in those meetings, but it was voted down in the house. with all the worry about trump's relationships with putin, take a look at the next cover of "time" magazine where artists there have made trump and putin into one world leader. sean spicer says he wishes he could get a do-over. he talks to the "today" show's savannah guthrie, talking about mistakes made, starting with his first day when he stood at the podium and lied about the attendance at trump's inauguration. >> look, are there things i wish i could have a do-over on.

the president wasn't pleased with me either. can walk through that in the book, look, there are days where i stepped in it. would i take a do-over? absolutely. i use this book to walk through and to explain to people, it's not as easy. it's one thing to look at a one dimensional guy standing at a podium and say i can't believe you said this. part of what i wanted to do by writing this book is explain what was going on behind the scenes. >> sean spicer, clearly on book toor, will be on the "today" show. that comes up at 7:00, and a reminder, we're watching what happens in washington and pretty much live blogging it on twitter. you can follow me. i'm@scottmcgrew. >> love this story. talk about going above and beundyond. some employees at a alabama supermarket helped a girl find her beloved stuffed bunny after she left it at the store. she left the bunny in a shopping cart. when her mom went in to get it, it was nowhere to be found. >> bunny wasn't found. i called my mom. and i was crying.

i was like, i don't know what i'm going to do. bunny is gone. you know, i felt like such a bad parent, because it's my responsibility to not only keep up with her but to keep up with bunny. >> it was a bunny alert. she shared the story on facebook, and the store manager saw the post. so he tracked the bunny's journey through security footage which led him to a landfill. an employee had thrown it away. he and three other employees went to the landfill, dug through the trash until they found the bunny. now, madison has her precious bunny back. after mom washed it about three times. nice. >> we just did a story about this recently. one was lost with the luggage. we haven't heard anything about that stuffed animal. >> yeah. >> amazing. they used security footage to see where the cart was and the employee accidentally threw it away. >> i don't know if three washes is enough for me. >> i don't even want the bunny in the cart. just saying.

>> true. >> all right. lets brr get started this morning. great news there that she's got her bunny and we've got some nice weather here in the bay area. we're starting out with some fog. a look at the golden gate bridge, where you can't see it right now, but as the day goes along, this fog will lift up, and we'll get better visibility for those drivers coming across out of the north bay. let's go to martinez, where our temperatures are going to heat up fast today. going from the low 70s with sunshine at 10:00 to partly cloudy skies. higher humidity, and low 90s today. a seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen, showing san francisco, not much of a change here. but it will be definitely hot for the inland valleys where today in concord, expect a high of 97 degrees. san jose, 89. and 83 in palo alto. a live look outside in san jose. getting dressed this morning. standing in front of the closet. if you're starting out in one of the spots with cooler

temperatures. maybe some light long sleeves and sunglasses, but you'll be rolling up the sleeves as the day goes along was the humidity will be higher. looking at the surge of the monsoonal moisture coming in from the desert southwest as a response, we're getting a few more clouds and even some lightning off shore. we're starting to see the clouds moving in farther to the south, and with that, we will have a chance of some lightning. are you following me on twitter? i'm @karihallweather. and we will have the lightning possibility and of course i'll keep you up to date on social media. if we start to see that happening during this afternoon or tomorrow afternoon. highs reach into the 90s, not only today but the next seven days. heading over to mike, what's happening at the bay bridge? >> we have a backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, but look, the fast track lanes that have the worst traffic flow. and that's pretty much what we have seen all week, and we see that summertime pattern. that's westbound. eastbound, we also have that closure at treasure island. the exit off eastbound out of

san francisco, still closed for a crash investigation. and there was a fender bender on the westbound side. despite the activity, it does move smoothly and a mild build. we're zooming down to the rest. san jose, a little more slowing. a few more clouds. san mateo bridge, just this slowing westbound heading to the peninsula side. back to you. >> thanks a lot. >> 6:52 for you right now, coming up, a quick look at the top stories on today in the bay, including new concerns for firefighters on the front lines of the ferguson fire. this is near yosemite. the reason firefighters are keeping an extremely close eye on the forecast this morning. >> first, happening now. australia's prime minister calling on pope francis to fire an archbishop. the country's leader said archbishop philip wilson should have resigned when he was convicted in may of failing to report the repeated abuse of two alter boys by a pedophile

priest. >> plus, the british cave diver involved in a spat with tesla founder elon musk is on his way to london. the man says he had been approached by lawyers and would seek legal advice after musk insulted him on twitter. musk has since apologized and deleted the tweet. more news right after the break.

before you head out the door, here are the top stories on today welcome back.

the time now, 6:55. before you head out the door, here are the top stories on today in the bay. >> contra costa county deputies investigating a deadly shooting. it's a homicide. here's a look at the scene. it happen eed at the san pablo m road, not far from interstate 80, just before 11:00 last night. one man was shot and killed. once police arrived, there dectives search the area but no suspect has been found. right now, the street is back open after being closed for several hours. >> we're awaiting a news conference this morning on the tent collapse at a central coast military base. nearly two dozen soldiers were injured last night when the tent collapsed at ft. hunter liggett. within the past hour, we learned all those involved are released to their units. an army spokesperson said a helicopter kicked up too much wind as it landed during an exercise. and the structure suddenly gave out. two soldiers were airlifted from

the scene. the rest had minor injuries. the news conference is planned for about an hour at 8:00. >> a tanker driver is in the hospital after he was seriously hurt in an explosion in santa rosa. we brought you this breaking news coverage all yesterday afternoon. the tanker driver was delivering liquid oxygen to the kaiser medical office when a leak caused the explosion. patients and employees were evacuated, and highway 101 was shut down for about two hours. >> and we're tracking, really keeping a close eye on the ferguson fire burning near yosemite national park. more than 19 square miles have burned since friday and more than 100 buildings are threatened. right now, firefighters are trying to keep the fiefr out of yosemite national park. it's only about three miles away, and other big concerns this morning, the thunderstorms moving through the area. those storms could bring lightning, which could spark another fire. >> pictures from san francisco

this morning where the suspect in a ride share rapist case is due back in court. orlando lazo is accused of picking up women and sexually assaulting them. lyft confirms he worked for the company but was fired after the allegations came to light. investigators say the crimes happened when he was off duty. his dna linked him to four victims going back to 2013. in each case, investigators say he took the victims' phones after picking them up from bars. >> your next trip to the dmv could be shorter than you think. you can fill out the driver's license and state i.d. form online. now, first, you have to make an account on the dmv website, type in your information, fill out the forms, and you're good to go. you'll still have to go in to the dmv to finish applying, but the new online forms will get you home a little faster. >> taking a live look outside from los gatos where we're off to a school start but expecting another warm day.

they just ran the sprinklers there. you may need to run through the sprinklers if you're in inland spots this days. >> you want to find something to do to cool off. we're heading back to the 90s, and we'll have higher humidity. i'm watching for the potential of lightning over the next couple days. that will especially be the case by early tomorrow into the afternoon. but it's still going to be hot, even as the humidity decreases over the next few days. the weekend looking very warm in the valleys. reaching 92. >> good to go. we have a quick check of bridges. >> humidity in the air. chp gave a warning, again, they just reissued this note saying there's fog at the golden gate bridge. just at the upper deck level. you'll have an issue mostly on the north bay side. be careful. not bad on the bay bridge westbound. eastbound, we have a closure at treasure island. the exit still closed for crash activity, but light commute out of san francisco. and commute over to the peninsula, san mateo bridge,

pretty standard. >> sounds good. that's what's happening today in the bay. we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> don't forget to join us for nbc bay area news at 11:00. we'll leave you a live beautiful picture of golden gate bridge. have a good day. good morning. talking tough in an abrupt change of tone just 48 hours after his controversial news conference, president trump now holding vladimir putin accountable for russian meddling. >> as the leader of the country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes. and in an nbc news exclusive, the president's own fbi director defends robert mueller's russia investigation. >> i do not believe special counsel is -- >> we'll get reaction to all of this in an exclusive live interview with the former white house press secretary, sean spicer.