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developing this morning-- the search is on for the suspect in a deadly double stabbing at the macarthur bart station. it happened just before 10 last night-- and police say it appears to be a random attack. today in the bay )s pete suratos is live at the scene this morning with what we )re learning about the victim-- and what police are saying about the suspect.

happening today - the northern california man suing the manufacturers of "roundup" - claiming it gave him cancer... takes the stand. we )ve been covering this case for years. in his lawsuit against monsanto... dewayne johnson alleges the active ingredient in the popular weed killer - caused his non-hodgkin )s lymphoma. the debate over the potential that roundup causes cancer has been going on for decades. the f-d-a says it probably does (not ( cause cancer... but the world health organization says it probably (does. ( new video this morning...

...of the memorial growing outside a los angeles trader joes. this is where one worker was shot and killed during a tense hostage standoff saturday. trader joe )s says the store wil be closed indefinitely .. to give workers the chance to grieve .. and to process what happened. new details are emerging about the chaos before and during that standoff .. along with the worker who died. relatives say 27-year-old "mely corado" was a trader joe )s store manager. police say she was shot when the suspect crashed his car outside the store - and exchanged gunfire with officers during a chase. the gunman then went into the store. one customer says everyone dove for cover. the suspect surrendered some 3 hours later and freed the nearly 50 people held hostage. police say he had already shot two women including his grandmother .. at his south los angeles home.

live pictures this morning from branson, missouri... where crews are trying to recover the duck boat that sank during a storm. 17 people were killed when the boat sank on thursday. the coast guard is overseeing the recovery operation this mroning. meantime, mourners gathered last night at a chapel in branson to remember the victims. the service included a message for victims ) friends and families .. and words from branson )s mayor. investigators are now looking at the safety of the boat .. and why it was on the water at the time a thunderstorm warning was posted for the area. at the peak of the storm waves were 6 feet high with winds topping 70 miles per hour. developing this morning--

there )s tough talk between the u-s and iran-- after president trump posted an all-caps tweet over the weekend-- warning iran (not to threaten the united states. today in the bay )s tracie potts is live on capitol hill with the rising tensions-- (pls the new fallout from the russia investigation. good morning, tracie.

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san francisco leaders will reportedly weigh two separate measures this week .. that may have a long term impact on massage parlors. one measure would crack down on businesses that illegally operate as brothels. according to the examiner .. supervisors will vote on the plan tomorrow. today .. the examiner reports a committee will debate lifting a ban on massage parlors for the union street commercial corridor. the area stretches from van ness to steiner .. which includes a segment of fillmore. the planning commission approved the plan in march. new this morning - a new record at berkeley. the campus paper reports: the university raised over 569- million dollars last school year. that )s the most ever. the money comes from donations , grants, and pledges... and comes from about 66-thousand

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888-996-tips. >> thank you. it is 6:24 right now. a black san francisco business owner hopes to speak about an incident he believes was racial profiling. the business owner recently opened up a lemonade shop. he was standing in front of his store trying to work on his security system and that's when police approached him. it's like they are saying you're breaking into your own store. >> he says a neighbor called police and he had to prove it was his store. he is hoping to saver enough attention. it is 6:25 right now. teslaceo has one less issue hanging over his head this

morning. >> this story first started in february when he tweeted a photo of a mug made by a colorado artist. he was flattered about it en. >> coming up nekts, the progress firefighters are making on the county fire burning in the south bay as we track more hot weather in the forecast. >> plus a high profile visit at stanford university. two of the trump administration top officials visit the campus. taking a live look outside. check full weather and traffic in two and a half minutes for you. 6:26 right now. you're watching today in the bay. want to unleash your inner

"piano man?" taking a live look outside from downtown danvi right now it is 6:30. you want to unleash your inner piano man? this is in downtown danville. it has been placed in popular spots for anyone to use. they will be in front of the danville community center and senior center through september and then they will be put away when the weather gets a little bit cooler. kind of cool they do that. >> that is cool.

>> good morning to you. >> we want to head over to kari hall. the sunrise looks hazy. if you're on your way to the bart station it will be at about the low 50s and sunshine warms things up. by early afternoon we are at 86 degree degrees in dublin. temperatures will spread out livermore 96 degrees. for napa today expect a high of 75 degrees. we'll take a look at the weekend ahead. you'll want to avoid the bridge. >> behind me this is all of the brake lights. it is jammed up all the way

across. this shows up right now. chp was trying to remove a disabled vehicle. they may have cleared that now. speed sensors, we don't have an update on the report. they quickly trying to address that. do expect 880 for more slowing. the rest of the bay moves nicely. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you. we do have a live look at the macarthur bart station. a deadly stabbing there last night. there was a large police sprens there. a man stabbed two women.

one of the women died. in update on the other victims so far this morning. police say the two were stabbed as they exited the station and they had been riding a richmond train. the father was there before it opened this morning. behind him cameras picked up the sound of grieving relatives. continuing coverage this morning of a brush fire burning in the hills. this was yesterday afternoon and quickly grew to more than 300 acres. >> close to the fire zone with some of the progress that firefighters made overnight. somehow it looking, tom? >> it is looking really good

this morning. they made a lot of progress after the fire started moving up the hills here. one of the things that really helped them was to get all of the air support, the truck and the man support, the firefighter support out here quickly. i talked to a fire captain a few minutes ago. he told me that air support, being able to get the resources to pound the flames quickly really helped keep this small. they thought it could get to 500 acres or more. they line it with water drops and one of the things they try to do is to keep these fires as small as they can by moving the resources. it looks like they were moving up the hill.

now they have about 40% containment lines. the fire captain expects numbers to go way up, maybe 80% contained. they expect to have those in the next half hour. they will have a briefing in a few minutes. there is still weller road. it is evacuated. they are not sure if there's containment around all of the homes up there. they expect people to return to their homes later this morning. >> good to see they are making such great progress. it is 6:34 right now. firefighters joined family and friends far farewell. the service will be held in no modesto. he was married with two young

children. the fire is mostly out of control. it burned more than 32,000 acres. ryan visited the kpland center yesterday. >> we have improved on being more jint and having an interior add department of ag and the sheriffs department. >> 3,000 firefighters are working to battle the fire which is burning for nine days. happening today two top white house officials are visiting the bay area. secretary mike pompeo are going to be here to meet with the australian minister of foreign affairs. we are really expecting to see protestors there as well. >> we are. good morning to you. we don't see any as of yet. this is the hoover building. you can see sanford university around that building to keep people out of what is going to

be a public -- a meeting that's closed to the public taking place today and tomorrow. this morning secretary of state will meet here with australian counter parts. mat tis will join talks with his counter part as well. they say russia did not meddle in our election in spite of intelligence reports to to contrary. >> taking a ledge hammer to democracy. we have to do something about it as citizens. >> we feel it is important for them to standby their oath, to

preserve, protect and defend their institution. today unfortunately that means keeping a close eye on president. they will be offered a minisummit today and tomorrow. reporting live here. today in the bay. >> all right. thank you, bob. at 6:36 a second person is dead this morning after shooting rampage in toronto. it targeted two restaurants last

night. a neighbor filmed it from above. 14 people were hit by gunfire. two people died. the shooter also died at the scene. one witness says it was hard to understand what was happening. >> everyone was sort of moving and going away. it was like it wasn't happening. it is hard to believe it was real. >> they say the gunman was dressed in black police are not ruling out terrorism. a home will not reopen. the pathway home stay closed after the shootings in march. they will end this next month. an army veteran shot and killed three workers. the nonprofit treated more than

500 veterans since it was founded a decade ago. raiders head coach dies. he was as interim head coach in 2014. county leaders will go over a plan to assess religious groups in helping provide affordable housing. they will discuss allocating $750,000 for the capacity building program. all right. i will go with there great source of information. we are talking about the san mateo bridge. i'll give you this where the san

jose has started a crash at tremble. it is off to the shoulder. it is a distraction. we are sitting here and westbound still very slow. the bridge is still a great alternative. south 880 shows a smooth but slower drive down here towards fremont. here is that westbound commute. very tough right now. i did see the second set of flashing lights. use that bridge. the bay bridge a little slowing down the east shore freeway. still under a half hour though. >> that's nice. >> yes. >> that's right. waiting for the weekend now. coming off of a great one. >> it will be a great weekend. it is still going to be hot for the valleys as we work our way

through the workweek. here is a look at our temperatures. look at the weekend. saturday and sunday a little warm. not bad. still cool weather. maybe you'll be heading to the coast. san francisco will be in the upper 60s all morning long. if you plan to go to oyosemite s not very much contained and burned over 30,000 acres. you can see here that the park is still open, that the air quality is fairly good and our high temperatures going through the weekend will be in the upper 70s. let's head through. it will be warm and a great weekend ahead as we will see a lot more sunshine reaching the mid-80s. if you're thinking of going to the beach this weekend monterey will be nice and cool for saturday and sunday. if you haven't done so already follow me on twitter. you may gate personalized

forecast for the place you're headed to. i'll keep you up to date on the weather happening around the bay area. ville a look at the temperature trend coming up in about three minutes. >> thanks. it is 6:41 right now. uber and lyft coming under fire after a driver recorded passengers and streamed the videos live online without them knowing it. the piracy concerns surrounding the popular ride share company. taking a look at stocks this morning. the dow is down. wall street looks ahead to the big tech earnings. it is 6:42 right now. you're watching today in the bay.

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it is 6:45. as we take a live look outside we'll see clouds rolling by and also some drifts of smoke there. we will see temperatures in the upper 60s reaching boo the low 80s. i'll have a look ahead coming up in about five minutes. >> very great. the smoke is a result of a car fire. it is just off of 101. we saw it go from gray and black. i'll l we'll see the impact here. a father flew to the midwest

to search for his missing daughter. the story is gaining national attention. molly grew up in oakland. she goes to the university of iowa. no one has seen her when he went out for a run. she lives in a small town between des moines and cedar rapids. her mother talked to us on the phone last night. >> people are thinking she went missing ton run but we literally know nothing. here is a question for you. how would you feel about being recorded in the backseat of a car? posted videos on twitch where people would comment and rate

the passengers. it might not be legal both lyft and sprks, uber said recording is not allowed by their guidelines. authorities say it started when the victim believed she was getting into a ride share car. it happened back in april. the victim was beaten and assaulted in front of a bar. she man ajd aged to escape. at 10:30 the u.s. senate will consider a new bill. it would set it for the next decade including testing and regulations. happening now the corpse

flower is now blooming. this is a live look at the plant right there. the only -- it only blooms seven to ten years and lasts for a few days. it is extending hours until 10:00 p.m. today through wednesday so people can actually get a chance to experience this rare event. that flower emits a strong odor. you can see and small that flower in the conservatory west gallery. it is not spring fresh. >> be glad they not on television. >> yeah. bad situation. all right. good situation for us in the bay area today. >> not bad weather at all. here is a look at a beautiful sunrise. we look across the bay and you

can see the fog as it rolls across the bay. elsewhere it is all clear. the temperature nice and cool, 56 degrees. as we take a live look it is cleared here but also some drifts of smoke coming by from the country fire. we'll have an update on that but hopefully more containment. as we go through the morning commute it starts out cool. upper 60s sunshine and temperatures start to heat up. early afternoon we are at 89 degrees. if you're on your way out the door in san jose our temperatures will be at about 62 degrees at 7:00. at noon 78 degrees. at 1:00 we are up to 80 degrees. there will be a fast warm up as we head up towards 86 degrees and low 90s for the inland

valleys. there may be some strong rip unders not only today but the next couple of days. so suddenly a big wave washes up over the beach. so never turn your back to the water. the main story is it will be hot the hottest day will be on wednesday. san francisco no major changes here. we'll see clouds and fog each morning with sunshine. you're following that car fire. >> thanks for helping us out there. we heard that the car fire was off of 101. we saw big plume of smoke turn from gray and black to white. it has broken up there. nothing else reported to the area. if you exit or enter you will

see that activity over the side of the roadway. it doesn't show any real slowing right there. a good alternate. the bridge continues to recover after earlier disabled vehicle. right now you see traffic jammed up once again. a birs of traffic as the bridge tries to recover. you saw that moving though. back to you. coming up, a quick look at the top stories and what we are learning about these victims. happening now, make sure you check your pantry for ritz crackers. we have a full list on our web site. a line rising in cost. the examiner is going up more

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here are the top stories on today in the bay-- we begin with live pictures from the macarthur bart station this morning-- where welcome back. here are the top stories. >> we begin where one woman is

dead and another in the hospital after an apparent random double stabbing. it happened just before 10:00 last night. police trying to figure out if it happened on a train or the platform. the suspect is on the run this morning. a white man in his 20s and 30s. johnson filed against monsanto. it is a debate on whether it has been going on for decades. the outcome could have major impact. the fda says it probably does not cause cancer buzz the world health organization says that it probably does. a growing memorial outside los angeles trader joe's.

trader joe's says the store will close indefinitely so workers can grieve. police say the woman who was killed was a 27-year-old store manager. they say the suspect had not two women including his grandmother at his home and lead police on a chase to the store. crews are recovering the duck boat that sank during a storm last thursday. sadly 17 people were killed. a memorial for the victims was held last night. the service include sz a message of support for victims and friends and family members. the major spoke. investigators trying to figure out why the bet was in the water. they are looking at the safety of the boat. the waves were over 6 feet fall and over 70 miles per hour. we had a brand new update. the fire is 80% contained.

it sup from 40% last night. the fire broke out shortly after 1:00 yesterday afternoon. a memorial service is set for today for the firefighter who died battling the ferguson fire. the fire still burning out of control. it burned more than 32,000 acres and it is only 6% contained. a live look here this morning. that's where barricades are set up. you can see them around the hoover building ahead of today's high level meeting today and tomorrow. mike pompeo will visit with his counter part.

activists are organizing a protest against the trump administration. today the senate is set to vote on confirming a new secretary of veteran affairs. they will considerate his nomination this afternoon. he earned high praise from most members of the veteran affairs committee last month including several democrats. coming up on the today show dangerous rain and flooding in the northeast. scorching triple digit temperatures are tracking the extreme weather and how long it is going to last. taking a live look outside from danville this morning, this is cool. two pianos have been placed in popular outdoor spots so people can share their talents. pianos are outside the danville kplunty center. two students came up with the idea. they will be put away when the weather starts to cool down.

>> they are inviting do you go play them. as we look at the seven day forecast we have had temperatures in the 90s and upper 80s. still, it will be very warm. the hottest day will be on wednesday for the valleys. san francisco upper 60s. >> checking for improvement. >> it has been a tough morning. >> you can take west 92 by the clock. we see the cars finally start to move once again. it is better than it was about 15 minutes ago. there is the flow across that span. the bridge was an easier drive. now getting over there using the onramp we have a car fire. we showed you the smoke. it is now gone. the con ramp may be we fektd but there's the bay bridge.

>> there you go. looks like the metering lights are on. we are back at 7:25 with a live local news update. thank you for starting your monday with us. have a great day. ♪ good morning. breaking overnight, mass shooting. a gunman opens fire on a busy street in toronto killing at two people and wounding 12 others. >> i would say i heard at least 20 shots and then i saw the carnage as i ran down the street. the sheeter also dead. the motive unclear, the police not ruling out terror. we'll have the very latest on the investigation. war of words. president trump fires off an explosive tweet overnight in all caps -- warning iran's leader to stop threatening the u.s. or else. what started the president's latest international incident. we're