now. i )m laura garcia. a very good monday morning to you. it is 6:00. thanks so much for joining us. we'll have your traffic in just a moment. mike is back from his vacation. >> ready to roll. >> the whole team is back together. >> yes. >> holding it down for us right now with the weather today. >> yeah. >> it will start out cool for us. >> nice cool and some parts of the bay area will have a nicer start to the week. let's gate look at what we are going to see as you get ready head out to door. it is a cloudy start there. we are seeing the return of a marine layer. we have kids going back to school today. we will be in the low 60s as you get ready to head out the door and a nice one, upper 70s by

1:00. we get a look at that coming up. you're starting to see the commute building. >> and we'll see that shift. parents try to stay home and shift to more traffic in the area the next few days. it might be the case for pleasanton and oakland. a smooth drive right now. it may be a factor. i'm tracking that. this disabled vehicle on the shoulder getting down towards north main. not showing any of this. the metering lights are on. it has moved onto the fast track lane we -- lanes. we are seeing this starting today. we'll track that getting into the city. you guys have another big deal over there. >> we do. the grand central station gets the first real test. >> commuters will start using the transit center. we are live in the city talking

to people using that brand new bus line. it is all shiney and new there. >>. >> yeah. they say it is being told they hope it stays clean and usable. what a way to start the day with balloons and confetti. one man came here and he said he was walking and he is really happy to be able to ride on into it. we talked with the spokesman and that is the goal to increase ridership. there are 37 bus bays here.

they will occupy 30 bus bays. we know they will come through here eventually and in the years to come we'll see high speed rail through here as well. we talked with another young man. he said it is great to see not only clean but also spacious. it won't outgrow the terminal in the near future. >> if it looks fancy, yeah. i see a lot of empty space which is cool for people and then the park, it's cool to have the park right on top. >> so there is still work going on here. the construction will continue daily on the ground level and on the second level 24 hours a day. the bus level where we are is the third level. there was an open house here on

saturday. so many people showed up to check it out they had to close the doors and turn some folks away. it will be here for the foreseeable future so people will have a chance to check it out. definitely even the ones that had to hurry got off the bus saying we really like it. today in the bay. >> good deal. thanks. it is 6:04 right now. the police department will hold a news conference. police say he is connected to 100 burglaries in the area. across california charged with 12 murders and is expected of

committing up to 50. there is a push to end late night jail releases. this is coming after a woman ov overdosed in dublin. 26-year-old jessica was released at 1:00 in the morning late last month. she was given a bart ticket. the nearest station was a mile away not to mention trains don't start running until 5:00 a.m. legislation being written to require day releases so people can have access to services. fliers inviting people to join the kkk. in several neighborhoods they were found inside small bags of rice near peoples driveways. those fliers even listed an out of state post office box and a hot line.

>> i don't like it. i know that. it's not for anybody. >> the police department is trying to gather more information about the fliers. they could charge those responsible with littering or soliciting without a license. it is 6:06. a group of students turning tragedy into action. a man plowed a track through a crowd. the terror attack took the lives

of 86 people. this week his lawyers will mount their defense. today we are live with details. good morning. good morning. it will be the defense's turn to prevent their case. we don't know how many they are going call. we don't even know if they will call any witnesses. the burden of proof in this case is on the prosecution. if they feel it hasn't made their case, hasn't made a compelling case where a jury will convict paul manafort they may not we don't flow what that

was about. possibly we'll find out more this week. we will start hearing from the defense as early as tomorrow and possibly experts who have been watching the case say we may get closing arguments tomorrow. i may be in the hands of the jury by midweek. >> as other national stories develop today lester holt will follow them all. watch right here on nbc bay area. right now it is 6:08. as you get ready to head out the door it will start to heat up. at noon at 79 degrees and low 80s at 1:00. the temperatures continue to go

up. we'll see upper 50s and upper 60s for the afternoon. here is a look at all of this spread out at half ploon bay to 86 in palo alto. santa rosa today 87. san jose reaches 89. i'll have a look at the temperature trend coming up. you're tracking two crashes? >> i am. over here looking at 880 at 92. it may be blocking your two left lanes. waiting for chp to arrive. you do see slowing as a traditional comes off.

coming up controversy about who has not shown up. the technology being designed right now that could one day revolutionize your commute. you're watching today in the bay. it is 6:10.

let's check out our temperatures for today going from the mid-60s at 10:00 to mid-80s by early afternoon. now, today for parts of the bay area, i'll show you how hot it gets by the weekend coming up in about five minutes. this is south 680 both slow because of crashes. the hayward crash may be in lanes. it sounds like they are right now. >> thanks so much. now to business in tech news. wall street set to lower tech

news. the market turmoil in turkey. the currency fell sharply sparking concerns over other immerging markets. the dow had its worst day in about a month. more federal government officials are heading to reading today. secretaries of agriculture willing holding meetings on the car fire this afternoon. secretary of homeland security, so far president trump has not visited any wild fire effected areas in california. the fire is more than 60% contained. in southern california ash from the holy fire is forcing health officials to sound the alarm. river side public health office is warning people that ash can be toxic.

people are warned to dampen the ash before wiping it. >> this is new footage to show you this morning showing the moments the nelson fire closed in on the spca. this is body cam footage. officers were racing to get the animals out. when the fire broke out it looked like the spca would be destroyed by the flames. officers work with staff and volunteers to get 60 animals out safely, but they didn't. in the meantime the nelson fire is fully contained. one home was destroyed more than 2,000 acres burned. saving animals in the fire

zone is the focus of our story tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. we take a look at how shelter workers jumped into action during the deadly north bay wild fires. this is part of the clear the shelters campaign. we'll have plenty of coverage this week leading up to saturday's main event. new video coming into our news room right now. take a look at this. powerful flood waters. this is actually at a nissan car dealership. incredible flood waters there. >> it caused so much damage there. >> brand new cars. >> yeah. >> i don't know. >> do you want that?

>> i don't know. >> luckily we are not dealing with any of that. >> no. with reseeing from flooding out east to hot and dry weather here in the bay area. we haven't been able to take a break from the heat inland. san francisco sees the fog this morning and cool weather. you can barely see getting across the bridge this morning. allow extra time to get going. let's head from morgan hill into the bay area. we are seeing some spots looking at upper 50s. a cool start heading out the door. if first day of school. we have nice cool weather. might wear a nice warm jacket. mid-60s by early afternoon. let's get a look at south bay temperatures reaching up 94.

we are going to see a wide range of temperatures reaching into the upper 90s in parts of the tri-valley. san francisco upper 50s. mission district reaching 65 today and 70 in mill valley. where we see the greens and blues shows elevated humidity. it will feel warmer even though temperatures are coming down for the inland areas. it will heat up once again. some of us see mid-90s. there will be triple digits and then looking at san francisco

mid-70s by saturday. im ha i'll have more updates on that one. 680 we talked about that. that is in the center divide. it is a distraction baa slight slow down through pleasanton. off 238 westbound it has cleared up. southbound 880 slowing a bit heading towards the crash. the lanes should be cleared in the next few. we have seen no additional backup. now more traffic flow towards the san mateo bridge. >> westbound also the commute

over here buses through the nn transit center. no delays right now. >> thank you. >> we are getting closer to a flying car forecast. >> yeah. uber is trying to make all of that happen. nbc bay area responds next. -plat

lake city -pilot is dead breaking news. we have a look at live pictures. a tragic plane crash into a home. this is near salt lake city, utah. people inside the home were said to be okay. the pilot died. as the camera zooms out you can see emergency personnel there at the scene. it happened in a neighborhood near pay son canyon. we are following it as breaking news this morning. simply tragic though. it is 6:23 right now. nbc bay area respond to a family that want today turn their trash sba a treasure. >> they decided to cash in their cans and bottles. they needed chris's team to actually get their money. >> good morning. her parents collect cans and

bottles to recycle. they took it to san francisco and got a check for more than $133. that check, yeah, it bounced. they say they went back and forth but never got paid so they turned to us. we asked what happened. it said it recently switched to a new payment system and it was going online as they were paying the family. that's why the check bounced. they told us to make sure it doesn't happen again we changed the internal policy. it also gave a new check for $145 which covered recycleables plus a returned check fee. this one cleared but some times bounced checks, they happened. the fees are capped but not cheap at all. if you have to pay a fee because of someone else's account being

empty you have the right to request they pay those fees. keep your records like the chins did. got a payment problem or consumer issue? call 888-996-tips or online at nbc bay area.com/responds. >> thank you. it is 6:25 right now. a new school year and a new school. when students return to campus today they will see a massive makeover underway. we have new construction of the science building which will feature science, engineering, robotics, bio tech and computer technology courses. they are putting measure aa funds towards improving infrastructure as well. uber is one step close tore getting the fleet of flying cars off the ground. you might remember them unveiling the future plan. now uber air's aviation program

teaming up with university of texas and u.s. army research laboratory. that team will design new technology needed to help vehicles take flight. it is expected to take about 18 months. did you hear about the plan that landed on the bay area freeway this weekend? we have video of the moment it landed. but first as schools start up several communities the east bay teachers planning to protest today. a ground breaking first day of school for one local girl. the fight to make sure she can bring her controversial medicine with her to class. it is a story you'll only see on nbc bay area. take ago live look outside for our bay bridge toll plaza. we'll have your weather and traffic coming up after the break.

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that commute already underway. we are still going to have some moderate air quality for the inland east bay. the rest of the bay area does see improvement today. good luck with the school year. we'll have upper 50s to start and upper 70s for early afternoon. >> it will be slightly cooler and reaching the mid-90s in parts of the tri-valley. it is as well as the south county. san jose reaching 89 and 72 in oakland. san francisco 65. we'll gate look ahead to the weekend coming up. you're tracking the crash in hayward. >> we had duplicate reports but we'll watch this entire area. south bay moves smoothly. folks are getting over there. they are getting to the san mateo bridge. this is a pleasant shift we see.

a little more slowing we see coming through hayward. starting to ease up as you travel southbound 880. it does look like at least one of those crashes, if they are different crashes, has cleared at 92. there may be a second crash right around here. that is what the pattern shows as well. we'll track that and i'll let you know as things develop. we are developing a nice smooth fl flow of traffic. this is out of concord. a slower drive there as well. this is west highway 4. another crash should be over on the shoulder. there is a bay bridge toll plaza. it is finally filling in as you approach. it moves smoothly. back to you. >> thank you very much. many schools start back up. one little girl's first day could set a new precedent for california. this is brook adams. she is five years old. she is bringing cannabis oil to

class. today we are live in santa rosa this morning with a look at the fight that her family is making to make sure she has the medicine they say she needs. good morning. >> good morning to you. this will be the first of its kind in california history. let's explain why she needs the cannabis oil. she suffers from a rare form of

epilepsy. they say it provided different results compare today prescription drugs. here is her dad explaining they now last only three to four minutes. >> she takes a nap and she is back to normal. >> medical marijuana as well as. >> it is still illegal to bring it on school campuses. her family brought it to court and a judge issued a temp trar stay allowing her to attend class. they had this to say saying the school district is happy to have the opportunity to serve brook.

>> many will show how much unpaid work they do. they say contract negotiations not really going any where. they say starting salary $46,000 which is causing teachers to leave for higher paying districts. today demonstrations at the state's coffee shop. all right parents in oakland i want you to listen up. today is the day kids are tu turning to school. this week is earlier than normal. we checked and they say that they are close to fully staffed but still looking to hire teachers in areas like special education. skyline high school students will see a new skilled trade lab

where they will get hands on work experience and working with their hands. it is 6:34. a tragic weekend. a car plunges off a freeway ramp killing two people. it happened just after 4:00 on highway 24 at the 680 connector. police say 18-year-old from antioch was driving when a car flew off the connector. in addition to the drive ae totl of four passengers were in the vehicle. two were killed at the scene. police say two other female passengers were rushed to the hospital with severe injuries. they say he has been arrested and is facing multiple charges. continuing coverage out of washington state the fbi saying it found to flight data

recorder. >> fraends an family were stunned he did this. >> he did everything in life with saecertain amount of passii think everyone was enviou envio. >> it is a potential security gap at the nation's airport. now, today local leaders in washington state are discussing security protocol. this morning pretty incredible video showing the moment a small plane landed on 580 saturday night. take a look. >> oh my god. >> can you imagine driving on the freeway and seeing that? the plane lands in the middle of heavy traffic. >> the car started swerving

trying to slow down traffic and protect the plane. the pilot is from england and not familiar with the bay area. he was trying to get to the hayward airport. he had to make the emergency landing. remarkably no one was hurt. >> wow. happening today san jose city leaders talk about the future. as we have been telling you, there are big plans to expand and transform the current station. it includes bringing bart to the state by the year 2026. they will grow to become the south bays transit hub. tonight's meeting is at 6:00 at san jose city hall. >> we'll track that. right now no south bay delays. good stuff for the roads this is

south 680. the crash did clear around north main. this is your typical build. no big surprises there. we are going to take a little bit of a break from the heat for our inland valleys. it is reaching the upper 80s.

89 will be the high on friday. it will feel very much like summer even though some of our kids will have their first weekend from school we will see those temperatures still very warm there as well reaching into the upper 70s and low 80s. nice hiking weather. if you're making plans to go to santa cruz staying cool all weekend long. i'll have a look at that for the south bay coming up in about three minutes. >> thanks a lot. a nightmare overnight. a crash left a minivan upside down. the possible calls and how everyone is doing this morning. students head back to class this morning. and taking a look right now at the big board. you can see the dow is up slightly. we will continue to follow this morning on this monday as things get on the way. you're watching today in the

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>> we'll have a nice cool start. low 80s in spots. i'll talk about the range in temperatures and what's ahead for the first week aschool

coming up in about five minutes. over here we are looking at slowing at highway 37. bottleneck right there. south bay typically showing that there. amazing delay. there is a build. we'll show you that coming up. >> thanks so much. it is 6:43 right now. in you this morning southbound highway 101 back open after at least eight people were injured in an overnight crash. it happened about 1:00 this morning. chp says it was a multi-vehicle crash with a minivan rolling over trapping six people inside. it took nearly an hour to get them out. chp says at least one person was arrested for driving under the influence. today is the first day of school for a number of students including hundreds of high

schoolers in the south bay. students returning to extra levels of security there. campbell high school district -- or campbell union installed tall fences around both of the high schools. here is a live look ahead of first day of school. you can see them right there. those fences will add an extra layer of defense against possible school shooters. there are a few entrances to the campus. those fences lock once class starts and there's new software that will allow them to access campus security cameras remotely. >> i think one of the important things to realize is that high school kids are really good kids especially here. they are really facing a lot of challenges beyond, you know, having to think about school shootings. and so having this is one more

thing that we'll say to them at school. >> in the meantime another milestone. for the first time all students grades 9 through 12 will receive chrome books to take home to use. they believe it will help those kids become better students especially those that can't afford a computer at home. >> there was a feeling of feeling valued and feeling like they were given a responsibility and there was a level of trust there that was really valuable to those students. >> a select group of students provide computer tech support for their schools as part of this nonprofit program. they are really one of the reasons the district agreed to fund the extra chrome books. happening now smoke advisory in north bay point. it is for the area near north broadway avenues. they say there is heavy smoke in

the area because of a vegetation fire. it is an area contaminated by hazardous waste. people are being told to stay inside. if you experience eye or skin irritation you're urged to wash with water. >> so many eyes are glued to the sky overflight fnight for the m shower. the showers happen when the earth passes through which was discovered in 1862. >> these particles of dust is what the earth runs into every august. we see that in our sky, streaks of light. >> the shower was visible from the naked eye there but our net yo network of cameras didn't catch much. if you have pictures and videos you want to share with us you

can share them at nbc bay area. >> you can see the cars. make a wish. >> yeah. spin that. zbli always look for the silver lining. take a look at sunshine. here is a live look outside. we will get those kids ready for school. first day, good luck with this school year. we are going to see clouds through about 11:00 and then getting some sunshine. temperatures staying in the low 60s there. seven day forecast is up at the bottom of the screen. t temperatures from 7:00 to 9:00 still in the 60s. it starts to heat up.

we'll see temperatures jump up pretty fast. antioch up to 96. san jose 89. it is 65 in santa cruz. it is 87 in santa rosa. as you're getting dressed this morning it will be a day to try to stay cool as our hot weather continues in some areas with a t-shirt and shorts will be comfortab comfortable options. this is a break from the very hot weather we have had. going into the next several days the heat will start to nudge its way over as a large area of high pressure that causes the air to sink and returns for the end of the work week. so here is where our temperatures go. we go from upper 80s for the inland valleys. we'll see spots reaching into the 90s and then have more widespread mid-90s by saturday

into sunday and we could see triple digits in a few spots. i'll keep you up to date on that. >> not really a problem but we see a little slowing from mission up towards about fremont. it is over on this side. this is on the other side of the freeway. we do see a little slowing for that pattern as they clear the vehicles. i think the slowing the blocked there. to the north everything is fine. southbound coming into the area. a little slowing north of mission boulevard. it will be a factor for the next few minutes. getting towards the bay bridge

an easy look. look at this. 25 minutes slowing from highway 4 to san pablo. a back up through the bay bridge. over on the peninsula side here is an easy flow of traffic. this is southbound towards university. no major delays, guys. back to you. >> thanks. top stories are next including the first real test for the grand central station. plus another bombshell from omarosa. >> have you known he was a liar? >> absolutely. >> why would you work for him? >> savannah, slow down. >> a new recording of president trump revealed hours ago, his message after her firing from the white house. >> netflix chief financial

officer is stepping down. he will stay on the job until he can help choose a successor. he has worked there for 14 years. plus north and south korea set a date. north korean leaders will meet in the fall in pyeongchang. they meet in a highly publicized summit. more news ahead. it is 6:51 right now. before you

here are the top stories on today in the bay-- first breaking news just into our newsroom. the associated press is reporting aretha franklin is seriously ill. that )s according to a person close to the singer. welcome back. aretha franklin very ill. she cancelled planned concerts earlier this year after she was ordered to stay off the road and rest up. when we have more information we'll send a push alert to your phone. a plane crashing into a home leaving that pilot dead. fortunately everyone inside that home is doing okay. an investigation is underway to

find out what exactly happened. the so called grand central station is open for business this morning. these are live pictures from the transit center. it is finally up and running for bus service. today is the first true test of the kplcommuters. hundreds came out over the weekend. the first permanent transit center in decades. it also has a new rooftop park. we are expected to learn more about the golden state killer. he became the prime suspect in the 1975 murder in a colleague teacher. police say he is connected to 100 burglaries in the area.

he is is charged with 12 murders and is expected of committing up to 50 rapes. it is 6:55 right now. she has taped a conversation about her firing with president trump. >> what's going on? i saw on the news you're thinking about leaving. what happened? >> general kelly came to me and said you guys wanted me to leave. >> no. nobody even told me about it. they run a big operation. i didn't know it. i didn't know that. >> she is promoting her new tell-all book. she questions who is in charge at the white house based on a tape you just heard. >> who is running this country when donald trump says they run a big operation who is the they? is he truly running this

country? >> in you this morning president trump responding to omarosa on twitter saying whacky omarosa now got fired for the last time. she never made it, never will. she begged me far job, tears in her eyes. i said okay. people in the white house hated her. she was vicious but not smart. i would rarely see her but heard really bad things. so much more to the story. she is getting kol combative on the today show. you can see the whole exchange yourself coming up in a few minutes. now to a story you'll only see on nbc bay area. it will be a historic day as she heads to school there santa rosa. the five-year-old girl will be allowed to bring her medical cannabis oil for her first day

of school. she suffers from a rare form of epilepsy and her school will have the opportunity to administer emergency thc oil if needed. dozens of wild fires burning. the large zest nst is now 68% contained. the carr fire is now 61% contained and the holy fire is more than 50% contained. 6:58. at 5:00 and 6:00 we take a look at how shelter workers jumped into objection during the deadly north bay wild fires. it is a part of the clear the shelters campaign. we have plenty of coverage all week leading up to saturday's main event where you can adopt a pet. you also find it on participating shelters. head to nbc bay area.com.

we will be out broadcasting live on saturday morning. >> bright and early. >> maybe check out the animals this year. >> yes. >> we'll see. >> come on. >> yeah. i'll go play with the animals. let's take a live look outside at at&t park. the giants are on the road and will be playing the dodgers tonight. you'll be able to watch it right here. this evening starting at 7:00. inland areas will be heating up into the upper 80s today turning very hot again for the weekend. just get ready for that. this is a little break from the extreme heat. >> looking over here at the live shot it is kind of muddy. some parents try to stay home or

later. pleasanton shows a nice light drive. join us at 7:25 far local news update. >> thank you for starting your morning with us. good morning. first on . good morning, first on today, omarosa and president trump, of the conversation she secretly recorded. >> omarosa, what's going on, i saw on the news that you are thinking of leaving. what happened? >> the president's one loyal aid. >> every detractor will have to bow down. >> turns on him saying he's racist and mentally not decline. >> was it legal to make this record ng the white house situation room.