pleasanton. stopping wild fires, the pledge to work with states like california to help prevent wild fires. an excruciating year. the revealing new interview. the problem he says he is dealing with. today in the bay continues right now. good morning to you. thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> let get a look at that forecast. we had a slight cool down. now it is ramping up again. >> yes. temperatures peaking tomorrow. if you have a late lunch it will feel very warm.

temperatures will heat up fast. you have a crash in the south bay. >> i kind of missed this one. it has been relatively light around the bay. right here northbound 101 coming up here. a crash and a little bit of an oil leak. there may be a little car fire as well. over here we have been tracking this. it is a fire on surface streets. i'll hand it back to you. >> that's right. it is breaking news we have been following since we have been on

air. on early morning fire destroyed a warehouse. the flames were huge earlier. firefighters arrived about 3:00 in the morning. the building was said to be vacant. he has been talking with firefighters. sl more and more school starts back up a disturbing arrest. >> a teacher was trying to get to a teenager to send him explicit pictures. we are live in san jose with the very latest, chris. this is christopher floria who

was arrested. they say he had inappropriate sexual conversations with a 16-year-old girl during school functions. investigators say he also kplun kated through social media. the 39-year-old teacher interacted in at least two places here in san jose. also a california youth symphony. they say he was a music teacher here. i did reach out to the school for comment. i haven't heard back. i haven't heard back from the california youth symphony. he was a conductor for the symphony. we are waiting for comment from them as well.

we don't know at this point when he is going to be in court. we will continue to follow this for you. if your children had contact you might want to have a conversation with them. if your students had no contact it's not a bad idea to talk about what's appropriate in dealing with adult and content. today in the bay. >> all right. thank you very much. happening today the family of nia wilson plans to file a claim for an -- stabbing. wilson'stister was also stabbed. it happened on a platform. wilson's family believe bart failed to provide at adequate protection. today the suspect in the warehouse fire are back in

court. plea deals with off the table. a court document says they want to two men to go to trial as soon as possible. the judge rejected a plea deal for them. defense attorneys are pushing for a chachk of venue. we'll continue to follow. >> neighbors stunned after the confession by a colorado father. he says he killed his wife and duoyoung daughters. christopher watts appeared in court yesterday being held without bail. prosecutors say he now admitting to killing his wife and their two young girls.

>> he is very doting and a little show. he lead them to the boy dis. authorities are looking for the man you see right here at the register on your screen. within seconds you can see the man as he pulls the register across and he smashes it on the ground. police say he is behind another robbery at a pizza parlor. out of control wild fires causing massive devastation. in each of the past two years california's largest fires have

broken records. now the white house promises to work more closely to prevent this from happening. they say a new effort is in the works to try to reduce the severity of the fires. >> good friday morning. here is a live look out there now. we do have the low clouds and the fog. we'll see if it causes any delays. heading to school this morning we will have temperatures starting out nice and cool. mostly clear skies here and then as the day goes along get ready pretty fast. smoke moves into the bay area. it is 75 in oakland. san jose reaching 88 degrees.

we reach the peak of our temperatures tomorrow. expect widespread 90s icnland. you're tracking slow spots. >> yes. it is significant. you expect no real slow spots on a friday. we are looking towards the south bay. we'll zoom into northbound 101. it is something dripping under the car there. no injuries reported. it will be a distraction. two of your lanes are blocked. this is back here before you get to great american parkway. it is a significant back up for this time on a friday. 280 is looking good. you'll stick to that. west 237 is also clear. westbound 680 should be clearing up. construction crews are to the north. you're showing a little more

slowing as they get the vehicles off the roadway. a nice easy drive. no major problems southbound. it slows a bit. back to you. >> all right. thanks. still ahead, it's 6:25. the big game a lot of folks are looking forward to. >> opening up about the pressures he is under and why he tweets the way he does. we'll take a look when today in the bay continues.

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it is nice and cool and we are heading into the upper 80s. we will talk about the range in temperatures and the hot weekend ahead coming up next. a car fire on the two right lanes. you see north 101 a lot longer than 85 coming up. >> and a very happy friday. news about walmart that i told you before the bell.

also talk of new negotiations with china as we gave you a heads up. chipotle suffering again after they confirmed bacteria caused customer to get sick in ohio. this is the moment they decided to land the company in so much controversy. musk announced he had funding to take the company private and he didn't. among the things he learned he wasn't trying to make a marijuana reference when he said he would buy tesla at $420 a share. he said he was just rounding up. >> he said he approached. he said he will consider

changing the requirements. the companies report quarterly to every six months. this is really big news. it is something companies would think is a fabulous idea. we'll watch for progress on that. i want to introduce you to phil. he is an executive. he works with artificial intelligence. this is interesting. he doesn't eat for days at a time. that's right. he doesn't eat. >> i want you to describe -- i know what it feels like to have stayed up far too long. what does it feel like that you haven't eaten in four days? >> it feels really good. our bodies have two engines. we can burn carbs or fat. all of us basically have never turned on the fat burning engine because of the way we eat. we have only been using one of

them. you use the other it feels great. all sorts of different things happen. >> so we talked about artificial intelligence. we have a young man trying to dress up the san francisco. fascinating interview there. had to ask phil about this. >> you heard about it? >> yeah. it is something he tweets about and he is pushing people to give it a try. executives get into really interesting ideas. let's go now. interesting ideas. this is one of them. i had to -- i couldn't even feel it. >> apparently it feels great. >> hungry. >> starving. >> i should mention press:here sunday mornings at 9:00 a.m. >> it is a quarter after 6:00 right now. police helping host a gun buy back program tomorrow. it has a creative angle.

you bring your gun unloaded and you'll get up to $200 in gift cards. also the metal will be melted down and repurposed as material for a bay area art project. it honors an artist shot and killed four years ago. remember the food fight scene in animal house? it strikes a cord with some. >> yeah. but what you're about to see stak stakes -- takes the scene. talk about insanity. this was a planned night there at the ballpark. food started flying after the fifth inning. this was in minnesota. that team says they did it to mark the movie's 40th anniversary. every fan received a waterproof

pancho so they couldn't get all dirty. the aem also -- >> that's a minor league. >> >> and then a baseball game broke out. [ laughter ] we will see the fog during the early morning hours quickly clear out. we'll have a sunny and hotter day. here is a look at what you'll see as you step out the door. upper 50s and low 60s. in the next hour or so we'll be at 61 degrees. by 9:00 it is at it is going to reach 88 degrees in downtown san

jose. for the east bay up to 75 in oakland. livermore reaching 95 degrees. you have probably heard a little something about this, clear the shelters happening tomorrow. so if you're making plans to up you head to we will have hot

temperatures tomorrow as our highs reach up to 80 we'll. >> a dra ♪ they say it shouldn't take more than 30 minutes. that was 32 minutes ago. look. it is jammed all the way back here. you can see the runways over there and merge with highway 85. this is becoming a big issue. let's time it out and we are showing that stretch untowards mountain view and about a half hour if you're driving through this that mess they saying it is still a great option for you.

we'll help navigate you through the changes expected on a friday. back to you. we are also showing a little bit recovering. there is still a crew there. bay bridge toll plaza, we'll bring you live shot in a few minutes. >> back to you. >> thank you. coming up here, a big night ahead for one school, what they doing for the first time in 50 years. plus nbc bay area responds. online scammers often tug at your heart and your wallet, with your part. we'll give you an introduction to a free pass. i posted this photo on my

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i will tweet it out now so you can share it to warn other pet sbieers. this ours free or reduced spries pet adoptions. we have a full list on our web site, nbcbayarea.com. i'll be at the san jose animal shelter tomorrow. my colleagues will be at many of the other shelters. we hope to see you there. >> all right. now back to my day job. if you have ever been cheated call us with your consumer complaints. 888-996-tips. >> thanks a lot. it is 6:25 right now. happening today have you ever heard of friday night lights?

they are turning on the lights. the school completed upgrades to sports facilities including the stadium. others also received some major upgrades. so friday night football is kind of a cool tradition. >> yeah. it lwill be a lot of fun. a big fire burning overnight, where the fire is put out and where it stands right now. san francisco about to make history. the con ver stroversial move an we will learn this morning. first, how you can take part of a ceremony today honoring an officer killed in the deadly crash. you're watching today in the bay. taking a live look outside

s-f-o good morning and thanks for joining us. >> let's take a live look outside. we will check your forecast coming up in moments. thanks for joining us. let's head over to kari hall with a look at what we can expect today. you have been telling us about this warm up. >> yeah.

it will be hot for the inland areas. we are going to see hazy skies today. we will see it continuing until the wild fires are put out. the second day of school, we'll see temperatures starting out with cool temperatures in the low 60s. warming up as we go through the day. heading up to 88 in san jose. it is 75 in oakland. >> i think all week we have had a light build for the kplut car fares and two lanes blocked. it is before tremble. half your freeway is currently

blocked. you can use central expressway or 280. they are all clear. this is exiting northbound. no problems here. tr traffic starting to build. this big fire burning this morning. he watched the fire fight. bob, what can you tell us now? >> that fire is contained and almost out for the most part. you're looking at what used to be a commercial warehouse located in a large field not far from pleasanton.

it took a while to put the fire out. you have the city of dublin fire department and alameda county out here as well. i did speak to them and they expect to be out here all day long as they clean up the warehouse. not clear what caused this to start. today in the bay. before we came on the air we sent out a push alert. download the free nbc bay area

app so you never miss important headlines. a final farewell for the officer killed in a tragic class one week ago. family and friends will say their final farewell. >> reporter: colleagues and family mourn the death of a 19 year veteran of the force. it took place last week. we can show this when the chp officer was struck and killed. he was in a traffic stop behind the right shoulder of the highway. a man speeding in a pickup truck killed the officer and the man in that suv who has been identified as 49-year-old. the driver of the pickup truck

as sean walker from rockland. walker faces gross vehicular manslaughter charges. he will be set for arraignment in september. as for details let's show your viewers that information. it will take place behind me here at the father's house off of 4,800 horse creek road. it is set to begin at 11:00 a.m. we will be live streaming that service on our web site. we are live, today in the bay. >> all right. thank you is much for that update. >> last night several people who live in willow glenn showed up. our report says things often got

heated. it's because in recent weeks they have seen autothou thefts burglaries. >> a lot of frustration and anger in there. i'm right there with them. it's super scar y. >> we found in our neighborhood that the absolute best thing we can do is get to know our neighbors. >> as you just heard, some people we spoke to say they neighbors need to come together to keep their streets safe. happening today plans to open a drug injection center called take a major step forward. we have been following this story. it has drawn a lot of continue ver -- controversy. >> what we expect to hear today are san francisco board of supervisor members to be at that meeting to show their support.

what these centers are places they can bring their own drugs and shoot up under the care of trained staff. they are actually illegal in the u.s. in san francisco alone about 200 people die each year. it is also to reduce the amount of needles on the street, which is a problem if you have been in the city lately. earlier this year one of these sites is already open and thriving. we will have a crew and we'll brick you more on nbc bay area knew at 5:00.

starting next month they will be closed three straight nights. the closure will last every night to 4:30. something to take note of. >> that's right. webster goes left we are looking where northbound so 1 a car fire blocks your lane. this is a tough drive, unexpected to be slow.

looking at 101 the back up has not reached 680. >> okay. got that there. >> yeah. >> when you save that you save a great thing. 98 degrees will be the peak. high of reaching 70 for the coast. expect more of the same on sunday. a lot of sunshine all weekend long. we are clearing the shelters. it will be up to 76 degrees. it is 86 degrees at noon and look at that reaching into the low 90s. head out there early in the day. festival of india. fremont is where that will be happening. we'll have beautiful weather and

temperatures into the mid-80s for afternoon. in san francisco the blues festival happening. mid-70s with mostly sunny skies. expect the highs close to 90 degrees. sunshine and cooler with more clouds in monterey. we see the fog returning. sunday is looking like your clearer day. you may get a personalized forecast if you tell me the place you're headed or event you're headed to. zb thanks. it is 6:39. next a congressman determined he

is considering a run for president. >> if i had the money i would. >> would you pay for someone to stand in liene for you? >> the president just cancelled his military parade. let's take you out live where the dow industrials are mildly higher. you're watching today in the bay.

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we took the idea of folks waiting at the dmv. >> would you pay someone to wait in line for you? >> no. >> why not? >> i'm broke. >> i wouldn't pay for that. >> if i had the money i would. >> you check out how much time he actually saved by hiring a stand in. >> city of santa clara is fighting a judge's order to hold district based elections rather than the current city wide model. it was handed down earlier this year. the judge ruled the city was in violation of the voting laws. the judge ordered the city to be flipped into six districts. rumors circulating that he

is considering a presidential run in 2020. he wrote i'm doing all i can do win my seat, help elect a democratic majority and have a healthy baby due on november 4th. after that i'll consider running in 2020. >> it is 6:45 right now. president trump cancelled his military parade. >> yeah. actually cancelled. estimates went from around $10 million to $92 million. president trump got the idea for a military parade from his visit to paris last year. mr. trump says he will return to paris for another military

parade marking the 100th anniversary this november. a number of highly ranked intelligence officers are repelling against the president's decision to revoke security clearances. in the past 24 hours william websters and james clapper among others have joined in blasting the president's actions. he writes through your actions you have humiliated us andy v d and divided us as a nation. it is worth reck amembering

the white house knowledges that it isn't for the been fit of the official. it's for benefit of the white house so they can get advice when they need it. we examine the president's tweets every day right here on today in the bay. i really enjoy your feed back. 6:47 right now. this might be a story a little bit. this is what the dog was named after. they always name animals after us. we cross our fingers they get adopted. mike actually checked in and one year later the owners have not clanged the dog's name to mike tyson. mike has no plans to give them an earful. to find a list of participating

shelters head to nbcbayarea.com. marcus and i will be out at the big event. it's the whole bark around the block event. >> nbc bay area, we have a booth set up. we'll have dog tags out there for free. >> that's where they picked it up. >> right. >> and you saw how tiny that dog was. >> it is big now. >> i want to know how big ryan is now. >> yeah. >> i was always crossing my fingers? >> i think all of us were adopted. >> eventually. >> it will be heating up for the inland areas. we are talking about some of our valleys. we are going to antioch this morning to check out our temperatures. the way they shape up today going from 62 degrees to 75 at

11:00 and 86 degrees at 1:00 p.m. we know it will heat up more from there. if you're on your way out the door it is 58 degrees with sunshine and then we'll be at 87 degrees at 1:00 this afternoon. so no matter what time you're leaving out at least for the early hours it will feel a lot more comfortable. look at where we end up today. it is 95 in concord. san jose 88 degrees. mid-80s for santa rosa. keep it in mind that it will be hotter today than yesterday. maybe a sleeveless shirt and shorts will be good ochptions f you. temperatures peak up to 98 degrees. on sunday just as hot. we'll feel relief and more ocean breeze kicking in. low 90s for the beginning to

middle of next week. we are looking at for san francisco the same temperatures, just a little bit less fog fortomorrfo for tomorrow as well as sunday. it is a different situation in the south bay. this is northbound 101 right before you get there. it is also where traffic merges in. it is friday, a lighter volume there. this is actually helping the rekr recovery. it has been cleared from the roadway. north of there you're just fine. things are starting to slow. let's time it out for you. we can do that. they let us use this utility. it has you driving from 880 up to mountain view that takes around 40 minutes. purple route then green route.

it will save you 10 to 15 minutes. over here this is where i would love for you to join. we'll share this information with you. the rest of the south bay looks great. a lot of folks are feeling that slower drive. the rest of the area looks nice. this is all looking great heading towards the bay bridge. no real problems. we have a problem with san mateo bridge camera. it has been going back and forth. the fast track kicking in right now. back to you. >> thanks. next a look at the stories including a big warning for parents of young kids this morning. the new report overnight raising concerns about what's in your baby's food. >> happening now 6:51,

reparations underway. a funeral will be held on saturday for the victims. the funeral will also mark a national day of mourning. at least 39 people died when a highway bridge collapsed. sadly they expect the death toll to rise. >> more than two dozen people recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning. they say it came from a beverage machine. more news right after this break. welcome to the xfinity store.

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$3 munchie mash-ups, from jack in the box. here are the top stories on today in the bay-- breaking news right now. welcome back. here are the top stories we are covering. breaking news. a live look there pleasanton. a lot of smoke in the air. this is near stanley boulevard and valley avenue. firefighters arrived about 3:00 in the morning. it was fully involved as you see here. right now no reports of injuries. the building said to be vacant. so far no word on a cause. other top stories, the family of nia wilson plan to file a claim in connection with the random stabbing that killed her last month. they arrested the suspect within one day. the stabbing happened on a platform. wilson's family believe bart

failed to provide at kwdequate protection. today the suspect in the ghost ship warehouse case are due back in court. the da wants two men to go to trial. they face 36 countsover involuntary manslaughter. the judge rejected a plea deal. now defense attorneys are pushing for a change of venue. we are live this morning where a teacher accused of inappropriate behavior with a minor. he was arrested at his home yesterday. they say he had inappropriate sexual conversations with a girl back in june and asked for sexually explicit photos on social media.

authorities looking for the man you see here. it happened last month. within a few seconds it got pretty dramatic. that's when he yanked the cash register door and tried not to open it. he was also at a robbery at a pizza parlor. out of control wild fires causing massive devastation. in each year california's largest fires have broken records. now the white house promises to work more closely with california and other western states to prevent this. the agriculture secretary says the new effort is in the works to reduce severity. parents of newborns, a warning about baby food out.

they just tested 50 different types. each of them has measurable level. most of the protects came from the two biggest baby food manufacturers, beach nut and gerber. follow me online and also on twitter. here is the stories that may pull strings of your heart. i can tell you things deaf any nit -- definitely looking up for this little guy. some one noticed him trying to cross highway 101. he has been nursed back to health and is ready to be adopted. he has been fixed and needs his

shots. all he needs is a lovable home and people to love on him and hold him and love that little thing. >> what did you call him? >> tuxedo. >> yeah. so a lot of us will be out at animal shelters this weekend. it will continue through the weekend. >> it will heat up today heading into tomorrow. here is a look at our micro climates. inland reaching 95 for today. 98 degrees tomorrow. still hot on sunday. we'll catch a break. staying in the mid-60s most of next week. we saw the back up forming. they slowed it down and i was watching the live camera. it looks like the stall that was on this area has cleared. what it looks like is the back

up is still slowing. the rest of the bay looks great except right by the airport. >> all right. we'll have a local news update in half an hour at 7:25. >> have a great weekend. we'll see you back here monday. good morning. paying r-e-s-p-e-c-t. now tributes pouring in after the passing of aretha franklin ♪ you make me feel like a natural woman ♪ >> this morning, the legend's impact being felt by millions of fans and some of the nation's biggest stars. breaking news overnight, police recover the bodies of two young girls missing in colorado. their father appearing in court for the first time since reportedly confessing to