able to come home. overnight a new grass fire broke out in the east bay. now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax. >> a hoax. those comments coming just hours after the nation's top intel chiefs gathered together to confirm russia is still attacking america. the confusion in washington. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning, everyone, thank you for joining us on this friday morning. >> it's going to be a rough one for firefighters? >> unfortunately, yes. winds will be picking up. temperature is on the rise, humidity is dropping through the day and staying pretty low at night, too. as we look at the temperatures, a cool start. you certainly want your jacket if you're around napa this morning. 40s and low 50s.

we'll have highs approaching the mid 80s this afternoon as you'll see around the bay area. we'll have a closer look at the red flag conditions coming up in a morning. now for another check of your commute. our 6:00 a.m. commute is looking better than our 4:30 commute. i want to take you quickly through some of our traffic maps. i want to show you how much better this map looks. at 4:30 we had an issue on the san mateo bridge. i'm happy to report the earlier crash along northbound 680 has cleared out. all lanes are open. i've seen that traffic recover quite nicely. i was noticing some light slowing in the south bay along northbound 101. i think it might have been a couple people slowing down. you know there's moments when you're driving, what happened why are people slowing down? i think it's one of those. 21 minutes northbound 280 from

oh highway 101 to highway 85. firefighters are still at the scene of a small grass fire at fremont. they put it out before it caused any major damage. it started near the vulallejo ml park. firefighters across the start are in northern california trying to contain several fast moving wildfires burning right now. we'll give you the latest on the mendocino complex fire. new evacuation orders are underway as the flames move further east. right now, the fire is 125,000 acres and 39% contained. as we come back here to the studio, this is a look at all of the fires that are burning in northern california. the other big one is the carr fire. that's in shasta county near

redding. sam brock filed this report overnight from one community just cleared to return. >> reporter: good morning. i'm at the sunset development in redding which was just given the green light yesterday morning for people to come back. the guy who lives in this house is an 85-year-old korean war veteran who could not believe what he saw when he got here. i know it's dark but you can see the front grass area in front of his house is singed. this went all the way along the perimeter of his house, got the trees up there. skipped the home and then burned the fence on the other side. but the structure itself is fine. now, families walk through barricades to go and see what was left of their home, if it was still standing. even so, an entire street here was wiped out. >> we're very thankful and very blessed we came back and it was like this. that was all. this can be repaired. i can live in the house. i'm not injured, my wife's not

injured. friends and neighbors are not injured. we can handle that. >> reporter: at nearby shasta high school, which was turned into a makeshift local assistance center, displaced people came for insurance questions, money, permits, peace of mind. even those who lost their homes tried to keep things in perspective. >> i look at this as a big bummer, not a tragedy in our lives. you know, people lost their lives, people lost their homes. people, you know -- we're alive, we're well. we've got a community that's helping us out. >> reporter: the city did a very smart thing and brought in the city manager of santa rosa to pick his brain. the most important lesson learned, not to repopulate too qui quickly. reporting from redding, sam brock. as firefighters begin to gain some ground, the wind is expected to pick up in burned areas potentially fuelling those flames.

>> let's bring in our meteorologist for kind of some perspective on this and what we can expect on the fire lines today. >> unfortunately, the three things firefighters don't want to see, strong wind, lowering humidity levels. lake county, starting 11:00 this morning until 11:00 saturday, increasing wind. the wind speed is not too strong this morning, but by 7:00 tonight you see the areas of gold and yellow picking up there in the hills. those are wind gusts approaching 25 to 30 miles per hour. the wind shift we're seeing will impact us here. dropping into the north bay and east bay, the air quality management district does have a smoke advisory up for us today. we'll see the highest concentrations in northern napa county and lake county. coming up, we'll let you know about the warmup we're likely to find here for our weekend

forecast about ten minutes away. thank you very much. our social media pages are great way to keep up to speed on the fire weather. this is a graphic that rob just tweeted out showing where you're likely to see more smoke in the air today. you can plan your day around that. it's 6:06. today the man accused of an unprovoked attack on a homeless person is expected in court. this video is disturbing. san francisco police say the 58-year-old samuel yantab kicked the homeless man on a sidewalk. he was arrested when officers spotted him walking on market street. he's facing aggravated assault charges. one man is in custody on theft and drug charges after a bus at a home they say was also an unauthorized daycare center. that home is located on meadow drive in mill valley west of highway 101.

authorities investigating a burglary and grand theft case went to that home with a search warrant. while they were there they say they discovered fentanyl and they say part of that home was being used for unauthorized daycare, but that no children were there at the time of the arrest. two people were arrested in connection with high profile robberies. police say 51-year-old susan mattson broke into a middle school last month. 31-year-old eric lewis was charged with armed robberies. happening today, a federal judge may provide clarity on how to reunite immigrant children still separated from their parents due to the white house zero tolerance policy. in today's federal hearing the aclu will argue the justice department should bear the burden. white house lawyers believe the aclu should take charge because it can easily contact deported

parents. the aclu says they're willing to help. hundreds of children remain separated. mixed messages, meanwhile, from the white house. the president's national security team insists russia is trying to influence november elections. but the president himself calls it a hoax. tracy potts is live from washington to break down what we know. good morning. >> reporter: hey there, good morning everyone. what we know is that the president doesn't sound like he's on the same page with what we heard from his national security team hours ago at a rally last night in pennsylvania. he calls it a hoax. his national security team seems to think it's anything but. >> integrating -- >> reporter: president trump's national security team united. they are all convinced rez ussis targeting november's election.

>> we continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by russia to try to weaken and divide the united states. >> reporter: but hours later, a different message from the president. >> now, we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax, okay? >> reporter: despite president vladmir putin admitting he wanted trump to win. >> i tell you what, russia is very unhappy that trump won, that i can tell you. >> reporter: but what will he tell the russian special prosecutor? the trump legal team is trying to work out questions for a possible interview. collusion? yes. obstruction? no. >> i really think this is a bit of public posturing on his part. >> i don't really think the prosecutors need him because he is obstructing in plain sight. he is communicating openly. >> reporter: the president's lawyer, rudy guiliani says they'll decide whether he'll do the interview in the next ten

days. and that decision will include whether or not the president answers any questions in person, in writing, some combination, some in person, some in writing or maybe even not at all. >> all right. we'll see. >> thanks. as the president continues to make news today, watch nbc "nightly news" with lester holt at 5:30 tonight. he'll cover all the day's national headlines. at 6:10 this morning, we're seeing a contrast to your morning temperatures. close to 60 inland. a clash between the fog we're seeing around san francisco. 54 degrees. smoke is moving into the east bay from those north bay fires. you can see 59 in concord at the moment. as we get into the afternoon we'll see high temperatures approaching the low 90s. a sign of things to come starting today and into the start of the weekend. notice areas south of san jose,

still some 70s in oakland. a closer look at your weekend forecast in five minutes once we get a check of your friday commute. 6:10 right now. i did notice as i was saying it's gotten a lot better. a collision popped up along 280. overall i was noticing slowing in the tri valley. there is a fender bender that may be affecting your drive time. westbound 580 from grant line road to 680, 23 minutes and then slowing continues along westbound 84. slight slowing, about ten minutes. i'm going to check on that crash and get back with you in just a bit. making rvs smarter. the tech upgrade that could make your family safer. we're seeing dramatic new video of a dust storm in arizona. the impact on air travel that could impact you here. later a warning for anyone

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at 6:14 on this friday morning, clear skies start overlooking the santa clara valley. temperatures are close to 60. later on mid 80s. could we see 90s in your weekend forecast? we'll check coming up.

that's what you want to see on a friday morning as you're getting ready for your weekend. this is the last day of the work week. the bay bridge toll plaza is doing your a favor, no metering lights just yet. we have breaking business news. china says it's preparing to retailar retaliate on tariffs. the import taxes would range from 5% to 25%. china says this will happen if the trump administration does, in fact, place more tariffs on chinese imports. let's take a look at the other business headlines this morning as well. it includes a possible expansion for california based video game companies. contessa brewer is live for us this morning, good morning. >> good morning there. we just got the july jobs report. 157,000 jobs added last month, that missed expectations but still it's a strong pace of

hiring. we're watching what happens with apple this morning, since it became the first u.s. company to top a trillion dollars in market value. apple stock has risen 9% since reporting earnings on tuesday. dow futures now have reduced some of their gains of the morning. in fact, dow futures are in the negative. activision blizzard, the video game maker between candy crush is in talks with several cloud computing providers to offer streaming games. the three largest cloud service providers in the u.s. are amazon, microsoft and google. all three are involved with video games themselves. cloud gaming is still in the early stages here. activision's rival has unveiled a demo, not a full product. maybe if that happens i'll join the rest of the world in trying out candy crush. airstream is bringing smart technology to its iconic rvs. owners will be able to use their app to adjust the lights and the

temperature, the awning, monitor the battery, the propane tank levels. and if they're the kind of people who happen to misplace an airstream their app would help them find it again. it gives them access to customer service and roadside assistance. i'm thinking this thing might just replace the spouse. >> honey, where did i leave the airstream? >> they always know. i mean, you can always ask them because they always know the answer. >> that is true. >> if you lose your camper you'd probably lose your phone, too. >> thank you, contessa. families rebuilding from the north bay wildfires may face unforeseen hurdles because of a shortage of construction workers. the mercury news just talked would a website that links contractors with homeowners. they say 20% of the construction workforce left the state over the last ten years. and nearly half of california's construction job postings don't

get filled for at least six weeks. they say the problem is worse in the north bay where there is incredibly high demand. new video shows a massive wall of dust hitting phoenix, arizona, bringing damaging winds and flash flooding and hail north of the city. a storm did that. heavy rains flooded streets, prompted evacuations as well. the dust storm delayed or canceled more than 100 flights. we want to get a look at your traffic picture in case you're trying to drive away from whatever weather you're in. 880 seems to be a problem? >> we've got an issue there. i'll get to that in a bit. i know we're tracking that smoke. >> smoke and it's starting to show up now in some of our east bay cameras. concord, walnut creek, you're probably noticing the smoke dropping in from the north. a change in the wind is bringing an increase in fire danger. right now, it's a cool start. grab your jacket. santa rosa, napa, that doesn't look like august. 40s and 50s to start things off.

san francisco, a foggy start to the morning. that looks more like summer. 54 with misty skies. san jose, clear start, this time yesterday there were a lot of low clouds. a sunnier start to your morning. 63. we'll see numbers climbing through the 70s and mid 80s later this afternoon. now the view around mount diablo. look at the smoke. that's the smoke from the mendocino complex fire. bay area air quality management district has a smoke advisory up where the highest concentration should be in the north bay and east bay. the smoke is dropping in from the north at noon. as the sea breeze picks up we may see the smoke move off to the east today. temperatures are starting to climb. mid 80s around downtown san

jose. tri valley, low 90s. same for concord and up towards vallejo. you see numbers in the 70s, upper 60s around san francisco. north bay, beginning to see temperatures climb closer to 90. just a slight cooldown for the coast. high pressure will turn stronger again by the time we get towards the middle of next week. the change you're seeing in the seven-day forecast, san francisco may get closer to 70. look at the valleys. temperatures rising mid to upper 90s possible towards the beginning of next week. now for another check of your friday morning commute. i know earlier i had mentioned i was going to check on that crash that popped up on my map. it's exactly what i did. unfortunately, it's not looking too good out there. there's a crash along the southbound 880 side. this is at industrial parkway. our speed censors are picking up heavy delays now.

as far as how far back this traffic goes, i tracked it all the way back as far as winston avenue. if that's your morning commute, jump on surface streets and get on after industrial parkway. i have a feeling we'll catch slowing there as well. that traffic is starting to build up as we inch closer towards the 6:30 hour. i'm definitely noticing it in our drive times. slowing along southbound 880 where that crash is from 230 to highway 84. you're looking at a drive time of 17 minutes. the rest of the east bay is not doing too bad. back to you. thanks. next and new this morning, do you know who your kids are talking with online? >> how scary it is that this guy was able to talk to charlie into doing something behind my back. >> why this little boy says he sent a picture of his mom's driver's license to a stranger he met on the internet. first, nbc bay area

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have a great weekend. 6:25 now. a warning for parents this morning. a minnesota family wants you to know the dangers of online gaming after their 8-year-old was convinced to share personal information online. >> this is charlie pearson. he was playing that popular online game fortnite with teammates from out of state. he says late one night the other gamers convinced him to share his mother's personal information. his mother discovered phone calls and texts from north carolina prompting charlie to secretly send photos of her driver's license and other items. >> i just didn't really want to do it. and then they just kept on telling me to. and then i didn't want them to get mad at me so i just did it. >> police are still investigating, working to get transcripts of the chats. they say prosecuting anybody will be difficult. it's not technically a crime to ask someone to send personal information. they need evidence that it's used illegally.

let me point out as a parent and video gamer myself, do not give your child that headset. they can play any game without it. the minute you give a headset to a child, he is in contact, or she, with strangers all over the nation. >> i was concerned they were using that driver's license to find out where he lives. they could take him. >> entirely possible. yes. play a video game, that's fine. the minute you give your child a microphone to the world and a speaker as well, you're connecting them to strangers. that's a little advice from me this morning. you're very, very welcome. surveying the damage with technology. one bay area fire department is using to help with the devastating wildfires in northern california. first, a final good bye, plans today to remember nia wilson. ♪

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downtown san jose. right now, looking live outside our window over san jose this morning. this is from the allen rock park area. you can see some haze there in the distance, or is it a little fog? we'll check with rob in a bit. thanks for joining us. both laura and marcus have the day off. for that matter, kari and mike do. it's like a coup d'etat around here. let's check in with rob and the weather. >> i can tell you this morning as we look at the conditions around san francisco, we have fog and mist. 54 degrees.

what's changed is the return of smoke atop the summit there. east bay, 59. smoke pollution will be in our north and east bay communities. mid 80s in san jose. starting to see 90s make a comeback in the valleys. more on that in your weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. now for another check of your friday drive. you know, and to add to scott's comment about everybody having the day off, it's fun. this group is never together. rob and i are usually weekends. do you know who is not having fun? folks along 880. i've got to get to the traffic. right now we have major slowing along southbound 880 because of a crash at industrial parkway. it looks like the speed censors only show red in that area with a little bit of yellow. they haven't cleared that out. definitely seeing some added time on those drive times. i do have a flip side, this is a

good one, no metering loiights the bay bridge toll plaza. today family and friends will say good bye to nia wilson, the young woman whose tragic murder made national news. we're outside the local church where people will gather this morning. >> reporter: yes, it's at 11:00 this morning. the family of nia wilson will hold a private funeral here at the acts full gospel here in east oakland. yesterday there was also a private viewing at a funeral home where a number of people showed up to pay their last respects to this 18-year-old girl who was stabbed to death last night while boarding a train with her sisters. police did arrest the suspect the next day. since last thursday, there's been a group of men who go by #wecare. that's the name of their group. they have stationed themselves outside various b.a.r.t. stations in response to the murder.

they're offering to walk riders to their cars. these volunteers are trying to send a message to anyone who might want to harm someone else in their community. >> we're not law enforcement. we're a security blanket and somewhat of a deterrent. >> it take as community to heal a community. >> she was a beautiful young lady in life and she's beautiful right now. and it's just so sad what happened. >> reporter: as we reported yesterday, the family of nia wilson intends to sue b.a.r.t., alleging her murder was quote, foreseeable and preventible. reporting live in oakland, bob redell, "today in the bay." now to the latest on the wildfires. the battle continues across northern california this morning. new evacuation orders are in effect for the mendocino complex fire as fires move east towards clear lake. as things stand right now, 125,000 acres are burned. the fire is 39% contained.

more than a dozen homes are destroyed. that number could grow today as winds pick up in those fire zones. to the carr fire burning in shasta county, nearly 1,000 homes are gone. menlo park firefighters are sending a drone to the area to take a closer look at the destruction left behind. we're live in menlo park. you've been there all week. you know that there are a lot of homes damage or destroyed? >> reporter: more than 1,000 homes burned in shasta county. crews need as much help as they can get. the fire department's work ing with the alameda county sheriff's department. the team arrived in redding on

tuesday. they'll be working with city representatives. they'll be smarexperimenting wi new mapping software. the fire chief says this is, quote, breaking new ground with the mission. the drones will help document the damage in the areas destroyed by creating high resolution interactive maps. he says those will be helpful for homeowners to not only locate their property, but will also help them send the information to their insurance companies. the fire captain says that's important because it could speed up the rebuilding process by allowing the county and city to prioritize when and where to begin reconstruction. the fire department and the sheriff's department have worked on joint projects like this over the tubbs fire. this current project, they hope to take about three days to complete. reporting live, "today in the bay." don't be alarmed if you see a lot of police activity near piner high school today.

santa rosa police are conducting their final active shooter training drill. there will be all kinds of emergency responders there in the area of fulton road this morning through 5:00 tonight. the high school is off limits, but the exercise is not expected to impact traffic in the area. also at 6:36, new developments in a murder investigation in concord. police released images tied to the crime. they say this man, terence boyd dixon, whose picture you're looking at killed a 64-year-old michael downey a week ago. police don't know why the killing happened. the victim's car was also stolen and they believe the suspect is driving it. this is a picture of the car they're looking for. it's a 2013 hyundai velocitor. it's a california plate. dixon is considered armed and dangerous. you are urged to contact police immediately if you see him.

happening tomorrow, the first of two days of b.a.r.t. closures. crews will be working on the tracks between the 19th and lake merrit stations. buses are going to connect passengers from west oakland to each station. there will be two special event trains as well from san francisco that will serve as fans headed to the colosseum. this is the first of several weekends of similar closures between now and the end of september. it's 6:37. the east bay remains a hot spot. if 880 is your commute, listen up. the rest of the bay area is doing okay. we have light slowing. i do want to get to the major slowing along 880. there was a crash earlier, you can see that has caused delays. it's definitely reflecting on

our drive times this morning. let's check out those. southbound 880 to highway 84 you're looking at 20 minutes. definitely take some coffee to go if that's part of your early morning drive. if the bay bridge toll plaza is part of your early morning drive, you won't be stuck in that this morning. we've got no metering lights on at the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge also moving along quite nicely on a friday morning. >> looks great. almost as great as this. >> yeah. >> sorry. >> the weekend weather, you know, it's been a fun summer so far. a lot of folks going out and having family time. a lot of folks pushing to get that last bit of fun in this weekend. >> santa cruz will be a good spot. mid70s in the forecast. you want to watch the wind forecast. we have a red flag warning to start the weekend. as you're seeing today, smoke at

times. napa, temperatures trending upwards. maybe a bit of a cooling trend saturday. santa cruz, that looks great. temperatures in the upper 70s tomorrow. lake tahoe, hazy skies. 80s today. upper 70s through the weekend. a little bit of smoke around the sierra and a red flag warning there, too. our temperatures to start the morning, 40s and low 50s across the north bay. 63 there. we have misty skies moving in. clear, fog free at 63, but look at what we're seeing around walnut creek. you see the smoke right there. that's the reason why we do have a smoke advisory up. we'll show you those areas coming up. 59 in concord. it's the north bay and east bay as winds will change, redistricting the smoke over the bay area. the bay area air quality management district has a smoke advisory up. we'll likely see more smoke in

the air as we begin the weekend. temperatures begin the upward climb with low 80s and 90s inland across the east bay. livermore, 92. 85 in san jose. 92 in morgan hills. 60s and 70s still from san francisco to oakland. briefly on sunday we may see temperatures come down a bit. what's changed, is it doesn't look like it's going to be to the pacific northwest, the high pressure will build back strongly. you'll notice by next tuesday and wednesday, the temperatures are going to take off inland. san francisco, not much change for the weekend. morning clouds. maybe closer to 70 by wednesday. the bottom line, enjoy the relatively mild weekend temperatures we'll see for today through sunday. back to you. we could use them, thanks. up next, what a woman is saying about her dad, steve jobs.

no signs of a young oakland moment in a small iowa town. >> missing persons posters hang on every store front. we're hearing from the parents of molly tibbits. >> blake mccoy tells us about the family's plea for answers. good news about jobs has been crushed by new news that china will respond to our latest threats on added tariffs. dow industrial is barely climbing this morning. you're watching "today in the bay."

6:44. sunny skies as we look at your forecast today. sunnyvale. the only change you'll see is smoke over the next few hours. walnut creek, a closer look at the air quality forecast and the rest of your weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. you know when there's not bumper to bumper traffic on a live camera, you can appreciate the sun gleaming there. we have a smooth commute. i'll have a look at your bridge drive times coming up in a bit. 6:44 now and the family of this missing college student who

grew up in oakland hopes a big reward will bring molly tibbits home. blake mccoy is in iowa with their new plea. >> reporter: it's been more than two weeks since molly tibbits disappeared in brooklyn, iowa. her family has issued a desperate plea. they have a big new reward to incentivize people. $172,000 so far. they say donations are pouring in from coast to coast. this family hopes that someone knows something and will come forward. >> i've been telling all of you, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. so come forward. share that information with the authorities. and let's bring molly home. >> reporter: coming up this morning on the today show, we'll hear more from molly's parents, including her mother who broke

her silence this weeki. law enforcement is suspected to hold a press conference later this morning in iowa. also knew this morning, a disturbing story out of arizona. that's where a worker at a youth migrant shelter in mesa is accused of molesting at least eight unaccompanied immigrant boys. according to documents that worker molested those eight boys during a one year period ending last june. are all between 15 and 17. the suspect is apparently hiv positive as well. he managed to work there for four months without ever having a background check. new this morning, the world is getting its first look at an upcoming book separating fact from fiction. the book, small fry is a memoir written by steve jobs' daughter. if you saw the movie steve jobs, you remember the two had a complicated relationship. new excerpts seem to support

that. for long time jobs refused to acknowledge he was even her father. though he name d a computer aftr her. you can see more during the 8:00 a.m. hour of the today show. happening today, the first of two benefit events for victims of last fall's north bay firestorm. it will benefit a relief fun victims in sonoma county. tonight's event includes community storytelling by local fire victims. tomorrow night it's an acoustic event featuring country music star brad paisley. we're going to check your weather and your traffic. let's start with rob. i know as we deal with the fires up there in the northern part of the state, winds are an extreme hazard. >> localized winds. that's been the focus of a lot of research with our partners at san jose state. the fire weather lab have been studying things like this, fire

whirls. this video shows you a smaller version of a whirl crossing the road. what's significant is that back on july 26th, a fire whirl ripped through the communities. yesterday it was confirmed the damage we saw, the uprooted trees and other debris that was thrown around was more in common with tornado-like behavior. in fact, an ef-3. you'll be able to see the toppled trees we had that came down that was associated with that fire whirl. there you go right there in the communities there. it looks like a tornado went through. all of this is wildfire driven. transmission tires toppled over like that. wind speeds of 143 miles per hour documented with that particular fire whirl. this new reality of massive wildfires behaving more like severe thunderstorms and tornado-like winds are possible. amazing research done by the folks at san jose state's fire

weather lab. 54 right now in san francisco with some low clouds. misty skies this morning. sunny in san jose at 63. we'll see mid 80s later on. look at the smoke now beginning to pour back into the east bay around walnut creek and concord. 59. due to the change in the winds higher up, we've got a bay area smoke advisory from the bay area air quality management district. one of the weather models that can guess where the smoke will be during the day, brings more smoke down into the bay area during the day. obviously in the north bay communities will see higher levels. central bay may see improvement through the evening. hazy skies today. look at the 90s coming back for the inland east bay. inlands south of downtown. as the seven-day forecast shows right there at the bottom of the screen, weekend maybe just slightly cooler on sunday as the

sea breeze picks up. we hoped this area of high pressure would park over the pacific northwest. instead it's staying too far to the west. high pressure will build back towards california now. that's the reason why temperatures in the seven-day forecast come tuesday and wednesday are going to get a lot hotter inland. not much change in san francisco. the weekend may be a little bit cool by sunday. look at these temperatures inland. by next week, unfortunately, no break from fire danger. temperatures are going to be much hotter by wednesday. enjoy the weekend weather. coolest temperature likely arriving on sunday. now for another check of your friday commute. we're seeing slowing in the south bay. but i do want to get to the one that seems to be causing the heaviest delays. this is from an earlier crash along southbound 880 at industrial parkway. you can see the heavy delays through there. take some surface streets, jump on after industrial parkway. this backup is all the way

through winston avenue. it's definitely reflecting on our east bay drive times. your drive times from southbound 880 from 238 to highway 84, about 19 minutes. it does seem to be getting a little better. it was at 20 minutes -- there it goes. this is live. it's picking it up as the speed censors kind of merge through that traffic. san jose, live picture right now. that's a nice shot of a smooth commute in the south bay. i'll have another update coming up in just a bit. thank you. >> coming up next a look at the top stories on "today in the bay." including a new brush fire breaking out overnight. we'll tell you about the big response and where things stand this morning. happening now, breaking news out of afghanistan where 25 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack on a mosque. dozens more have been injured. this is in the eastern part of the country. officials say the mosque was filled with worshippers at the time of the attack. also, parts of virginia are underwater where severe storms

dumped several inches of rain around lynchburg yesterday, causing major flooding there. this is not going to end. there are more storms expected to move through the area today. it's 6:51. you're watching "today in the bay," we'll be right back.

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welcome back. it's friday morning. before you head out the door we want to give you your top

stories. we're live at acts full gospel church in oakland where friends and family will say their final good bye to nia wilson. >> she's the 18-year-old woman murdered why standing on a b.a.r.t. platform last week. wilson's family intends to sue b.a.r. b.a.r.t. a number of people attended her viewing yesterday afternoon. her funeral today starts at 11:00 this morning. new this morning, firefighters are still on the scene of a small grass fire in fremont. they put that out before it caused major damage. it started after midnight near the vallejo mill historic park near mission boulevard. there are some homes in the area, but firefighters say those homes were never in any serious danger. there are massive wildfires burning in california. we are tracking them all. here's the latest on the mendocino complex fire. new evacuations are underway as the flames move further east. right now, the fires consumed

more than 125,000 acres. 39% contained. there are new concerns in shasta county this morning, the carr fire, that's the big one. high temperatures, windy weather could fuel the flames against today. so far, the fire has impacted 180 square miles and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes. 37% contained. a live look at the menlo park fire district where firefighters will provide a boost from the skies in surveying the massive carr wildfire. the department is providing a drone fleet to help survey damage left behind in shasta county. the carr fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes there. the department's drones have thermal imaging cameras. 6:56. new this morning, china says it's ready to slap tariffs on $60 billion on u.s. goods. we also got the july jobs report

an hour ago. payrolls rose 157,000. mixed messages from the white house. the president's national security team gathered together to say they are convinced russia is targeting november's election ahead. but the president himself still calls it a hoax. he did it again at a rally last night. the president's lawyer, rudy guiliani says they'll decide whether to do an interview with the special counsel. you can hear from the president and his advisors in just a few minutes on the today show. in ten years, men may be able to go on the pill, so to speak. at least that's the hope of researchers who today began a global study on a male contraceptive pill and gel. a company introduced the drugs, scientists say both products show a lot of promise and may be available in the year 2028.

new video shows a massive wall of dust hitting the phoenix airport and the surrounding area of arizona, bringing damaging winds, flash flooding, hail, north and east of the city. heavy rain flooded streets and prompted evacuations and the dust storm delayed or canceled more than 100 flights. if you're looking for something to do this weekend, look no further than fremont. >> tens of thousands of people will celebrate all things art at the festival of the arts in downtown fremont. this is the festival's 35th year. city leaders say it's the largest art festival and wine festival west of the mississippi. it's a big one. there's more than just music and art. >> we have a lot of new food vendors this year with a lot of exciting foods we haven't had in a long time. i'm really excited about that opportunity for folks. and we really have added today t the mix of beer and wine. >> some of the best knownalit s

personalities will be there. storm ranger is going to be there. no storms. >> that's why it can be there. >> exactly. what is the prediction for the art festival? >> 80s this weekend. temperatures not all that bad. right now we're having a cool start to the morning with a few spots. jacket weather for sure. santa rosa, 48 degrees this morning. 63 in san jota rosa. air quality, smoke, unfortunately, drifting back in from the north. we have a smoke advisory up for the bay areaed . >> a quick look at the traffic? >> we've got so far a very smooth commute on the bay bridge. look at that. it looks like a holiday. i'm able to count the cars. no metering lights. this is going to be great friday morning. east bay, you may get caught up in southbound 880 traffic because of an earlier collision. aside from that, traffic is pretty good. >> that sounds great.

that's what's happening "today in the bay". >> join us for nbc news bay yir at 11:00, have a spectacular friday. good morning, breaking overnight, on the verge, a dam in virginia about to break. residents forced to flee, and it keeps on pouring. those heavy rains and high winds now threatening millions from the carolinas to new england. this morning, the severe storms are moving up the east coast and al is tracking it all. mixed messages, president trump telling supporters one thing. >> now we're being hindered by the russian hoax. it's a hoax, okay? >> but hours earlier, his own top intelligence officials sounding a major alarm, the russian threat is real, and actively coming after the u.s. election. >> our democracy itself is in the cross-hairs. >> we are live at the white house.