look at those flames. we start this friday with breaking news. this is brand new video just in to our newsroom overnight. it's a devastating wildfire burning in northern california, already killing one person. thousands are evacuating. >> and flames reached reading late last night. overnight we learned bay area fire crews are headed north to help. we'll have the latest on the fire in just a minute. first we know on this friday morning you got to get out, plan your day. good morning, i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off. aura garcia-cannon. bay area which i we take a live kerry h look outside and palo alto, some clouds moving by overhead as you

start out. we'll get clearing as we go through the next few hours and start out with some cool temperatures in the low 60s, heading into the low 80s. look at our microclimates for our high temperatures today, reach up to 91 in livermore and 66 in san francisco. napa today 85. also 85 in san jose. we'll talk more about what's ahead for the weekend coming up, and mike has a look at the morning drive. >> which is very calm right now. overall you see almost everything green. we of course have your slowdown has been for the last two weeks. eastbound has that paving work and overnight roadwork westbound. the roadwork should be picking up. the last couple minutes good for 280 southbound. one lane was blocked for almost two hours but the speed sensors are back to green in the last five. south 280 minor vehicle crash. getting across the bay bridge the speed sensors move fine,

live camera from emeryville shows you the low clouds hovering just above the deck here and in a number of other shots around the bay. we'll track it but no problems reported right now. back to you. back to the breaking news, people living in and around reading, they're literally running for their lives. there's a wildfire burning out of control. "today in the bay" is live where firefighters left to help the crews up north. big fight they have against them. >> reporter: yes, as you mentioned there, firefighters here in couthe corte madeira. the fire exploded overnight and a ton of other fire agencies in the bay area headed up there as well. the fire increasing due to aase. i want to show our viewers what allior t firefighters. that is what they'll be battling when they show up.

officials say it was the wind, hot temperatures and humidity that contributed to the fire, tripling in sis since monde ini. it jumped the sacramento river and reaching the reading area, that's the big concern right now. reading is the largest city in this region, with about 92,000 people. as far as the size of this fire, it is more than 28,000 acres and only at 6% containment. bun bulldozer operator on the fire lines has been killed as a result of the fire, firefighters as well, civilians taken to hospitals for injuries, as well as dozens of homes destroyed, structures are threatened and thousands of residents are being forced to evacuate this area as e we'll continue to follow the story and have another update for you at the top of the hour. we're live in corte madeira, pete suratos for "today in the

bay." >> people are using social media to share photos and video, we're tracking all of it being posted. you can just look at the size of the flames out there, there's red-orange glow in the air. send us photos to ic@nbcbayarea.com. coverage continues all morning long on "today in the bay," new details every 15 minutes and tells nbc news cohen is u can t ready to tellnv knew in advance his son and russians in which the russians promised dirt on the clinton campaign. trump has always claimed he learned of the meeting after the fact. trump's new attorney rudy giuliani calling cohen an outright liar.

this morning confirmation west nile virus tested positive in martinez, and two dead crows tested positive in sunnyvale and santa clara. crews did mosquito fogging in the cities. there's not been any human case in the south bay since 2016. by the end of the year, there may be a plan in place for a secondary downtown in walnut creek. for years, developers have been trying to create a north downtown district, this would cover the area between civic, california and parkside. last night planners held a study session, their goal is to have the city council approve a> i sh headache for commuters beyond the usual delays and crowds. muni has an operator shortage, the reason is training issues. operators are getting lessons on new trains, buses and shuttles for the twin peaks tunnel project and they're training fewer operators that can run scheduled service.

some buses aren't hitting the streets which means longer waits. >> for instance, like the one california, might see a bus removed from that line to one of the smaller commuting lines, and that might mean someone might have to wait longer or might have a fuller bus on the one california. >> it won't last forever. muni says delays and crowding will just last a few more weeks. operators will return to regular duty when the twin project is complete at been dreaming about. we'll tell you the changes google is making. pluscoming up. let's take you out live to the bay bridge on this finemoin. we'll be back in a moment to talk about how dark it is out there. we'll be back in a minute. ybyouy

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good morning, i'm contessa brewer at cnbc global to open higher this morning, the dow futures are up 45 following a mixed trading session yesterday. the dow rose more than 100 points but the nasdaq fell by about 1%. facebook really dragged down that tech sector. facebook lost roughly $120 billion in market value, the largest one-day loss by any company in u.s. history. on today's watch list for investors, a report on second quarter gdp, which may show the u.s. economy grew at the fastest pace in four years. the dow closed up 112 points,

the nasdaq fell yesterday 80. watch shares of amazon today. the company reports quarterly profits that topped $2 billion for the first time in its history. sales came in just shy of wall street forecasts, though. amazon continues to be powered by its dominance in online retail butrvses. google is lize results. now, when you search f dor apla details like ticket costs and venue reviews, the time and location. you can save the events to visit later or click right through and buy the 60s via ticketmaster or stubhub, and there's also a for you tab that shows events that google thinks you'll like based on your personal interests and based on all the interests google has in you and all the spying it does and the fact that it knows you probably better than yourself does. >> no kidding and to think we used to wait in line for tickets. >> back in the day. contessa, have a great weekend. weekend. it's been so warm across the bay

area. let's check the forecast for tobearable, like bay area. as we get a live look inse ts it has been in some parts of the clouds clearing out fast. at 8:00, 64 degree, headed into the upper 80s today. we'll talk about what's ahead for the weekend coming up next. right now a view of fremont, a clear view of clear roadway, moving nicely. we're talking about folks getting on the roadway and what the patterns may be as you get toward the midday. we will also continue to bring you the latest on the fire raging near reading. see the moment a local television station had to sign off, actually fearing for their lives.

good friday morning to you. look at that. it's pretty early in the morning, when you can count the cars out there. counting cars, that's an old one. live look outside at richmond this morning. we'll have a full look at the morning commute in the forecast of course coming up in a few. it is quarter to 5:00. also happening today, garlic lovers probably can taste it or smell it, the start of this year's garlic festival in gilroy, the festival fires up a little later this morning. over the next three days, more than 100,000 visitors are expected to descend on the normally serene city of gilroy and when it comes to food they will sample all things garlic, not to mention live entertainment and celebrity chef appearances. the gates open today at 10:00 and if you want to impress your

friends with your extensive knowledge of all things garlic, we can help you with that. the nbc bay area digital team put together a video, featuring fast facts. you can look for it on our facebook, twitter and instagram pages today. >> impress your date or something? california's largest producer. >> pull up that a on the date and you're like, spray comes out. >> get a garlic forecast, i'll throw it out, probably going to be kind of warm. >> kind of warm, pretty hot but not as bad as it is for the gilroy garlic festival. normally in the triple digits. how about 92 for tomorrow, better than recently, coming out of the upper 90s for the early part of the week. let's get you out the door with some cool temperatures this morning, as we take a live look outside, and it is a spare the air alert day again, and there still will be some moderate air

quality, if you are outside and you start to have shortness of breath, you might want to head back into some air conditioning and that on m ave high levelsn those ozone if you are on your way out the door to fruitvale bart station, nice and cool, upper 50s to start out and temperatures in the low 60s by noon and then looking at some low 90s for the south county today, morgan hill 90 degrees, milpitas, 81 for today, and we're also seeing some slightly lower temperatures, but still pretty hot in antioch, reaching 96 degrees, 92 in walnut creek and oakland today, 70 degrees, cool for half moon bay 62 there, and then redwood city reaching 79 degrees. 68 today in the mission district, and looking at some upper 80s for parts of the north bay, novato today 89 degrees, and then you may be kicking off your weekend tonight at music on

the square in redwood city, we'll be at about 80 degrees and dropping down into the 70s as we continue to enjoy the evening with some live music. if you're following me on facebook, let me know about your weekend plans. i'm @karihall weather and we'll talk about what's going on in the bay area. i keep you up to date on the forecast. not too bad. still a little warmer than normal. we continue on with some very warm valley temperatures, while san francisco keeps it cool, mid-60s, some upper 60s as well throughout the weekend. heading over to mike now, tracking a new crash. >> it's not a major crash but it affects at least the person involved there at movarno at the top of the screen. smooth drive, southbound 101 you'll get crowded headed toward christmas hill park where the garr rick festival is all weekend. over here, very calm, south 680 no problem out of walnut creek or coming out frest. we'll show you in a second.

the lavorna off-ramp is partially affecte what i was ta about, contra costa c4, that's and no major issues toward the bay bridge, a smooth flow through the maze. we have alternates for you if you don't want to drive this friday, bart shows no delays for the 28 trains on time, good stuff, getting around the bay. live look of the golden gate bridge, even though you can see the lights, you can't see anything above them. there are clouds hovering right above the roadway in many parts of the bay, but no problems as far as any drivers reporting any issues for chp. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. we're going to continue to follow our breaking news, a destructive fire in northern california, that is threatening homes and lives. this is an overview map of where the car fire is burning, northern california, near reading. already one person was killed so far, and nearly 29,000 acres

have burned. that's a little bigger than the size of santa rosa itself. now the fire is only 6% contained so far. 15 structures are gone and another 500 at least are being threatened so far. it's really tough for the firefighters up there. in fact, the bay area is sending crews as well. social media being flooded with photos of the devastation and the flames. look at that. there's just an orange glow in the sky. reading television station as well suddenly became a part of the story last night, when that car fire forced the news team to evacuate. >> right now we're being evacuated, that's why we are closing out right now. we are going to leave the station because it is now unsafe to be here. >> isn't that amazing? that's what people watching krcr saw a little after 10:30 last night. the station is providing updates online on their

a big and a half by north korea, the country turned over what may be the f u.s. kild dure korean war in the 1950s. about 7,800 u.s. servicemembers were lost aheremains is part of an agreement made between president trump and kim jong-un during their june summit. u.s. transport plane brought the remains from north korea to south korea, lengthy forensic tests still need to be done to determine if they are authentic. a family devastated when a tourest duck boat went down during a storm in branson, missouri. nine members of the coleman family drowned last thursday, only two survived. some funerals start this afternoon in indianapolis, where the family was from. other funerals family are tomorrow. in total 17 people died in that accident. it's 4:51, new answers from roseanne barr, she's against trying to explain rsth racest t

very racest tweets that got her booted from her abc sitcom. she appeared on sean hannity's show on fox news. >> america is a place where i, a loud mouth, old, gorgeous jewish woman comedian am allowed freedom of speech. >> is this the freedom of speech you wanted to use? because -- >> well, of course i look back and go, come on, sean, get real, i mean it cost me everything, no, i wish i had worded it better, but i'm not going to let them tell me what i meant, and that's what makes me so mad. >> of course the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech doesn't cover sitcoms. as she has in the past, barr insisted any suggestion of race was not the intent, when she tweeted about obama adviser valerie jarrett. barr insists the tweet was a reference to the obama administration and it stands on iran's nuclear program. responds. >> thousands of kids who need help getting ready to go back to

school and how you can get involved today. i'm consumer investigator chris gamora, nbc bay area responds, yex. greek authorities believe a deadly wildfire near athens was started deliberately. at least 82 people are dead. rescuers say between 60 and 100 people still unaccounted for. in laos, hope prevails, new video of a baby rescued from floodwaters. dam collapsed earlier this week, killing at least 27 people. more news after the break. suppoa

. happy friday. gloun major way, helping to collect thousands of backpacks for kids in need. >> chris chmura has been our tour guide all week showing us every step of a hes. this morning we're aimed at getting you involved. >> good morning. this is what it is all about, stuffing backpacks with supplies, so less fortunate kids are fully prepared to go back to school. hundreds of volunteers, several

generous companies and one nonprofit, family giving tree, are hoping to get 37,000 backpacks into the hands of kids in need before the first day of school. it's a big job, packing 27,000 backpacks, but sadly, that's just a small fraction of what's actually needed. >> annually there is a need of over 350,000, so with our goal of this year of 37,000, we're going to reach about 10%. of course, we would like to do way more thanppor hopefully we can. >> that's your cue. you can donate a backpack today. we'll be collecting them at the jamba juice on al monte between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00. you can build a backpack virtually, head to nbcbayarom hope to hear fromne mountain view. please join us in supporting our schools. i'll be back at 11:00 a.m. and

6:00 p.m. with more on the backpack drive. see you then. >> we'll look forward to it. coming up next, more on the deadly fire raging in northern california and the effort in the bay area to help. also talking about weather and traffic together for this friday morning. another warm one, kari. >> yes, it's going to be warm. one cool place will be at&t park. see the crews there now already cleaning the stands, getting ready for tonight's game, andar. wet h first for the rest of the bay area, coming up next. pitch. we'll talk about how hot it gets as you come down toward the city san rafael southbound 101, easy drive right now. it's friday, so we expect a lighter flow around the bay. we'll show you what's going on with the updates for the lavorna and 680. other headlines, when will it be legal to start 3-d printing guns? the worry some people have, back in a minute. ayorning

with breaking news. thank you for joining us on "today in the bay." we start friday morning with some breaking news. the fire raging right now in and around reading there, you see the flames. firefighters in the bay area are on their way to help. >> we want to show you some new time lapsed video. the flames are really kicking up. people are posting incredible pictures and videos online, as thousands evacuate. complete coverage on the story in just a moment. we realize that you're trying to

plan your morning as well. >> that's why mike and kari are here, they'll get you out the door, we'll return to fire coverage. traffic in a minute but we start with kari. >> just trying to get out the door in contra costa, we go to brentwood for the morning commute, nice and cool with low 60s and starting to warm up again pretty fast there. we'll be at 90 degrees by early afternoon, at 1:00. in san jose, diridon station forecast in the 50s as you head out the door and sunshine, we'll have a slightly cooler day in san jose, looking at slight cooling for all across the bay area, and our