as we look out here we get a live shot over here. back to you. we are starting out with hazy skies right now. we will start to see some of the hazy conditions improving as we go through the day. here is a look at the temperature trend for theuality today for san francisco and areas farther to the south. air quality was unhealthy yesterday. it shows the this moving to the bay area.

so looking at still moderate air quality for today. it will be improving as we go into the afternoon. but still this morning it is pretty bad. for the students trying to make kids for them it is best to stay indoors until later this evening. we have an update on our air quality this morning. >> hi there. so if you were traveling you waited far long time you can see

the south bay is a wash in the color red. orange is unhealthy for sensitive groups. the haze may impact outdoor recess. you might want to keep them inside today. the heritage soccer clubs is one of the sports teams cancelling because of the poor air quality. it is making things tough for those that work outside. >> it has been really bad lately. it is hard to work. the respiratory problems and what not. >> you may not have a choice in whether or not you work outside but try to wear a mask. if you have more respiratory sensitivity i will post updates throughout the morning.

we'll pose these reminders. if anything changes we'll let you know. let us know how you're feeling where you live. today in the bay. >> thanks a lot. >> a lot are on the go. you can stay on top of the air quality by downloading the nbc bay area app. new for you this morning six minors are in serious trouble after police say they lead officers on a chase in a carjacking incident vehicle. it started last night around 10:00. that's when police say the officers spotted that car in san jose. those teams eventually ran into a neighborhood. police say they set up a rtin a an francisco man arrested deadly wild fire back there july. they say he was burning debris

recklessly. one killed and three firefighters hurt. >> lawmakers put verizon under the mike cope. the news came to light as part of a deal brief. with. it verizon demanded they pay for a better plan. an adem bli hearing today will look at circumstances behind throttling. still no word on what caused yesterday's fire that briefly threatened a factory. they thanked the fremont fire a. smoke could be seen for miles

there. >> recycling area and a bailor was on fire. it was threatening a couple of other out buildings. power lines had caught fire awho think with a tent and to one was injured. >> a follow-up to breaking refirst brought you. this is after the shap. police say a 39-year-old homeless man woke up to someone stabbing him. this he is expected to live. 5:05 right now. a f answers. releasing a flier with information about a cold case. the bodies were found on august

25th 1975 in sunol. both shot in the head. the couple had just gotten married. the last time their family had was a week before at a picnic. the iowa state medical examiner, autopsy reports are confidential in iowa. tibbetts was going to the universityov of iowa. officers say undocumented ungrants. if you're a parent or student. people are asked to weigh another big option. should your teacher have gun? the u.s. department of education is considering allowing school

districts to pay for training for teachers. her staff isn't commenting specifically on the idea. they are always evaluating school safety. the program begins late september and opens to city high school students 16 and up. they say that that program is designed to show students how aspects including how officers make split second life and death decisions. right now it's 5:08.

we walk out the door to mostly cloudy skies and cool temperatures. we will see clouds mixing in throughout the morning and early afternoon with temperatures heading into the upper 70s eventually reaching low 80s. it is 78 in san jose. you're seeing a clang. >> we saw sensors. it is cleared up from the grid. it is too early for that. it's 5:09 now. looking at this. i saw it appear. i have been it.

traffic flows nicely past it. traffic is moving from what we can tell. this is an interchange. a huge flow of traffic westbound in your kplut. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:09. coming up next, saying no to football. >> people are getting conscious. parents are getting conscious. >> new this morning, the alarming amount of kids making the difficult decisions to walk away from the sport they love. am has a thousand dollars phone. a warning about the doorbell cameras. coming up at 5:25, the limits they are creating for police departments across the nation.

mike traffic tease this afternoon another has si day. updates on hurricane lane coming up in less than five minutes. we are looking at oakland a smooth drive here.

we'll talk ability what i will find at the golden gate as well. >> happy friday morning to you. the world of central bankers meet this morning. powell will speak. he says he is stepping down and this number, yeah, it is eventbrite hasn't started trading yet. bad news out of the trade talks between the u.s. and china. two days ended with everyone going home, not agreeing to wil access to data. outside companies have been able to use the raw data collected. from here on out the company says third party companies will only be able to use reports, not raw dna. samsung note 9 hits stores

today. it costs about the same as iphone 10. they say the samsung may be as powerful as a laptop kpluter and says few people need something that powerful. the local burger shutting down. that's the name of the company. this is video from the san jose location. the first local burger was in the neighborhood of los angeles. take a look. >> part of that disconnect is that you don't have people that look like me in leadership roles. one way to solve the problem is to hire more black and brown

people that understand the challenges. >> here is sunday morning at 9:00 right after meet the press. one of the issues is how do you pour investment into a disadvantaged neighborhood and not. people think of raising up a neighborhood is good. justification a lot of people say is bad, right? >> right. do one without doing to other? >> how about people that live in that neighborhood as well? >> right. how does the rent not go up if you build a major headquarters in a neighbor?end. new fewer high school students are cloozing to play football. many blaming concussions. it shows high school football participation is down 3% over the last year and 8% over the past five years.

>> we'll start to see if your a defensive line man there will be position specific >> you heard from a researcher. what do you think? are you a football family? are you worried about safety in tweet us at nbc bay area. we have been telling you about the fresh new bill sitting on the governor's desk. here is another one for you. it has to straws. a bill will ban full service restaurants from gave to give it to you. violators will be fined. it is supported by restaurant groups and environmentalists. happening today, pass the syrup day.

it is national waffle day. if you go to any white castle today you can get a free waffle with any purchase. we hear the closest wlihite case the las vegas. that's an expensive trip. yeah. let's talk about the ego waffle. did you know it was created in san jose? >> my grandmother used to work there. >> there you go. >> the more you know. >> watch today in the bay. >> the more you know. >> not the white castle family. >> no. today we have been talk about it, the more you know, clear the air thing. >> yeah. it was so bad yesterday i know if anyone saw pictures of

it. if you work outside wear a mask. catch the train or car pool because it will help reduce our ozone emissions and reduce our air qualities. temperatures will be nice and cool today. reaching 78 degrees, which is cooler than normal. it is 77 in napa today. it is 63 in san francisco. she here is an update. a category 3 hurricane. you can see it moving across all of the islands of hawaii. all of the islands will be impacted as it weakens over the next couple of days and makes a westerly turn. we'll have an update coming up at the 6:00 hour with a live

report. as we look at what's happening i had this sent to me yesterday morning. the view from mt. hamilton. it is through the smokey skies. send me your pictures on facebook and also on twitter. as we look at our inland forecasts for the next few days it will be warming up just a bit. it is 84 degrees by tomorrow and cooling down we are back in the 70s. it will feel more like fall for much of next week. no changes here. we keep that marine layer here and highs reaching into the 60s chlts you' . you're seeing slowing now. >> we are seeing a few more cars on the roadway. over here we have a slower drive developing. nothing reported for any crashes. going on overnight roadwork there. that's where we see the slower

zones. we'll see the metering lights on. we'll start to see that build as well. i told you i would keep an eye on things. we start to see traffic coming in near the golden gate bridge. building right now it shows a nice amount of traffic going across. it is moving very smoothly. it looks like a lot of traffic. back to you. >> sounds good.

thanks. it is 5:21. the new hospital about to open in san francisco. and chris sanchez writing now this sounds fun. bollywood in the village. it's a free event in the city of saratoga. if you go to tag me in a picture i would love to see them. you can follow remembering an id

the iconic guitarist behind it. "ed king" of lynyrd skynyrd-- iconic song. the co-writer of sweet home alabama died of lung cancer and had recently hospitalized. the city of walnut creek wants to get the word out to seniors. they have a free option. it's lyft. the city hosts the training session to help commuters learn

how to use the app. the long awaited opening of san francisco's newest hospital reportedly cost more than $500 million to build. it replaces the saint luke's hospital they were more advanced orthopedic care. don't post a video of the suspects until you speak with police. u.s.a. today reports people are quick to post videos without any confirmed information. they say it could create unnecessary hysteria and could target people unfairly. coming up, preparing for the worst. >> hawaii will be impangted. the question is how bad. >> we are live as hurricane lane barrels towards hawaii.

and new this morning, a scare in the air. what forced a united flight to turn around.

good morning and thank you smoggy conditions out there.

spare the air day laura garcia. >> we want to get a check of the traffic with mike. >> we will take you out here where all of these friends are joining us over the last five minutes. the back up looks a little different. a smooth flow of traffic. no problems heading over all the way over on slowing we see. we know about that. it's at 205 and 580. a better drive. >> we drifting by some of those areas. we are dealing with smoke moving in from regional wild fires. we will see improvement. if you can take public transit.

if you're on the way out grab a jacket. we'll stay in the mid-60s for today around oakland eventually reaching 69 degrees. we'll be up to 81 in concord today. it is 74 in palo alto. the storms are well to the south as they begin to turn to the west. it is still a category 3 hurricane. wind speeds of 120 miles per hour turning up some high waves and kicking up high winds as it moves closer to oahu we'll have

more as we head over to marcus and laura. >> that's right. we will talk about that. happening now taking a look the storm is moving. flooding is seen across all parts of hawaii. it has seen 20 to 30 inches so far. travelers try to visit the island. the surf has been building for hours. it is all right now. that's the good news.

you saw some of the other islands getting battered right now. the worst of the conditions are still on the pounding flood waters. the massive hurricane is a triple threat. rain, some areas, damaging winds and waves cresting at 25 feet or higher. if we are extremely concerned about the potentials for inland flooding, landslides occurring and damage to the transportation infrastructure. >> the dangerous conditions are expected to continue for 24 to 36 hours. >> it is going to hang around for a while. we are taking so much precaution here. >> so many are concerned as the

storm lingers so will the problems here. >> we are concentrating on critical lifeline. >> rain continues to churn and move closer to the coast. as this thing starts to wobble a bit hopefully making a turn to the west it is not expected until late tonight to early saturday morning. a lot of people anxious. >> understandably. >> thanks so much. >> kari hall has been tracking it. you can stay on top of what's happening. you do this by following all of our social media platforms. it is 5:33. new this morning some pretty frightening moments heading to singapore from sfo. a bird strike forces the pilot

to turn around. >> we have more on what has happened. good mornin pete. >> good morning. one of the passengers shared this cell phone pick. you can see a little bit of the damage. it is hard to make out there. you can see the plane that was effected in all of this. no injuries as a result of the emergency landing. this is from flightaware.com. it was flying roughly around 12:00 a.m. it had to make an emergency landing. here is what they are saying about that landing.

>>. >> they had mentioned that the engines could be involved, one or both. so everyone is calm. we turned around. we dumped around 100,000 pounds of fuel and headed back to san francisco. >> very detailed i count there. they said shortly after takeoff flight number one experienced a bird strike and returned safely working to get customers to their destination as soon as possibly. the last report i mentioned that our unit has done stories in the past on bird strikes here in the bay area. this was back in 2013 when they did this story. they were able to investigate it was to allow them to shoot birds that pose a danger. they can kill the engine. it was back in 2009.

i want to read off some of the numbers from 2012 when it comes to birds killed at our bay area. here at sfo the number was 410. over in oak lands the number was at 1,125. at san jose the number was 12. so learn more about these from our investigative unit go to nbcbayarea.com. today in the b valley is this weekend and the south bay is getting ready. >> owntyen san jose. it is already decked out in rainbow flags. they are opening up early on sunday. they say silicon valley pride is a party for everyone. >> it is a very mixed crowd. i don't think anything is really

100% gay anymore. everyone we enjoys coming to th clubs. we are a fun bunch of people. we know how to have a good time. >> all right. so things kick off saturday with a rally followed with a night festival. the pride parade is sunday at 10:00 downtown on market street and followed by the festival at noon. nbc bay area are sponsoring silicon valley pride. we are tweeting a link for more information for you. >> you'll need to check our web site for the information. as we look at the freeways no slowing. this is where downtown san jose is. typical on this time line right here. it is 5:38. a flow of traffic.

south of here no problems. this shows you where we expect to see slowing later on. oakland shows a good flow of traffic. i'm tracking this because it showsthis. >> friday traffic. >> fri-yay traffic. >> indeed. >> we should see improvement for the weekend. a lot of people will be heading out. your saturday forecast looks pretty good. mid-60s for the coast. the bay at 80 degrees and 85 for the inland valleys. we are going to see a repeat on sunday. still kind of hazy out there. if you're going to the king tut

festival it will be in the upper 60s at noon. low 70s throughout the day. really comfortable weather. you may be wrapping up the weekend with the silicon valley pride festival. it is in the upper 70s for the afternoon as the festivities continue throughout the day and we also have the bridge to bridge run in san francisco. it will be in the mid-50s and still some clouds and fog there. cool temperatures for the runners. if you're planning to go to sonoma this weekend here is a look at numbers that will be really nice. mostly sunny skies. still drifts of smoke. temperatures reaching into the upper 70s. let's check out kirkwood. highs reaching into the upper 60s. morning temperatures will be chilly dropping into the 40s. upper 60s throughout the day.

caramel valley will be nice going out to the restaurants, shopping or relaxing by the beach. let me know what you're doing this weekend. you may get a personalized forecast. let me know what's going on. i'll have a look at today's temperature trend coming up. >> looking forward to it. >> coming up, new this morning flames ripping through a home this morning, the intersection impacted overnight. a u.s. congressman is in court. we'll bring you the latest in washington when today in the bay continues.

mike traffic tease it is 5:43. low 60s throughout 10:00. temperatures heading into the low 70s for early afternoon. it will be a beautiful day. what do you have in your plans? we'll talk about that and the air quality. that's all coming up in less than five minutes. and looking over here the volume here. it is for north 101. we'll show you what else we are tracking. now this morning viewers texting or tweeting me this morning about this. this is what happened in the south bay. firefighters still at the scene of a fire that heavily damaged a

home currently under construction. take a look at this video from earlier this morning when the home was fully engulf offed in flames. it happened in campbell. crews had it out in about an hour. they are trying to figure out how it started. most of it reportedly not paying

off. it did not provide enough information to take action. that's an 8% rate. a new worry, what is the headquarters of national inquirer? >>. >> and ope that. good morning. the associated press says the national inquirer documents on hush money and repayments and other damaging stories about donald trump leading up to it. he was one of the president's closest supporters. in the last couple of days the president has a number of people turn against him. it could be more that are coming.

the president does have his wiech at his side this morning. they will travel to ohio today. the president will attend a fundraiser. duncan hunter, the california congressman who along with his wife was indicted accused of si siefenning a quarter million dollars. he got quite a welcome from the people outside the court building. >> they are accused of using campaign funds. he said it was his wife's fault. he will have to convince a jury he was completely unaware of their financial situation. we'll continue to watch that as we watch what's going on in washington. you can find me on twitter.

>> it is 5:00 right now. giants returning home. a live look from at&t park at this early hour. if you can't make it don't worry. nbc bay area is taking care of you. sit back, relax and watch all of the action right here. on sunday the giants game at at&t park. that's 1:00 as the unites wrap up their series with the rangers. y'all tuned up and ready to go. >> save your energy. >> it will be marcus washington performance. should be nice weather for a day game. >> yeah. we'll have great weather all weekend long. we have the raiders playing tonight. that's lot to do around the bay

area. the main concern is the air quality. last night it got to unhealthy. if you have breathing problems or have kids that will be in your class today keep them inside for early hours. improvement may not come until later this evening. if you can kbafrpt acatch any i in the upper 50s as you head out. we'll keep the cool temperatures throughout the day. livermore reaching 81, 77 in in

napa. you'll be comfortable. make sewure you have something keep you cowarm for the cool temperatures in the morning. maybe a coat will be needed along with all of the other gear that you'll be wearing. we are looking at music in the park and the forecast for san jose for tonight. last concert in the series fore we'll have perfect weather. upper 70s as you set up and get ready for to begin. it will be in the low 60s later on this evening. our forecast will go up just a bit for the inland valley for tomorrow and back douchb wn on sunday. it will feel more like fall across the bay area. catching a break for high heat. san francisco staying in the 60s throughout the forecast. now you a crash.

a little bit for southbound 880. those are typical areas for a friday. a little extra slowing getting over towards concord because of a crash that was reported leaving one vehicle in the middle of the roadway. it is west highway 4. it will be a problem. chp should be able to get there quickly. this coming down the west shore. metering lights were turned on just under a half hour ago. the cash lanes eased up. we see the fast track lanes have the most traffic there. if you bring cash it might save of time. i saw earlier flashing lights.

early slowing a burst of traffic sorting itself out. back to you. >> thank you, mike. a lot more coming up for you on today in the bay including under the microscope. it comes down to one thing, making money. >> the new way some sports francheroff the field. >> sas gone for about five minutes and next thick i know police were out the door. >> the big question after one mom got in trouble for alone. it is 5:51. welcoming more than 6,900 newly neighalized citizens come

from 124 countries. plus philippine says no to fighter jets. they say it would be useless because they need smaller jet to fight insurgents. more news after this break. it's 5:52. she wants to see your

the smoky skies. kari is on twitter at "kari hall weather" this weekend - follow kari hall on twitter. this weekend pope francis goes to ireland. his trip comes during a time of crisis. it shows 78% of people with catholic. many in the country say they want to pope to talk more about the problems this weekend. the original problem is to close out of the catholic family rally. new video of the school bus crash. it was all caught on camera. look at the highlighted area. this slams into a car and a school bus. they say the driver was being reckless. the driver did get hurt and so did a mother and child in the

other car. back here in california no use in crying over spilled tomatoes. look at this scene. two trucks carrying tomatoes tipped over. they spilled all over highway 33. they say no pounds of ground beef. cargill now says 10 pound packs of ground bee contaminated with e k.coli. no worreports of anyone getting sick. sports franchises are starting to on more. more professional sports teams are looking off the field.

texas rangers are the late toast develop land next to their stadium. >> there's only so many dollars you can generate from ticket sales. this is anneded revenue source. >> it is also happening in the sacramento area. for most of the year the team can make money ton same land with family friendly options like amusement parks, shopping. that land is how young allow a child to do things for themselves. >> an illinois mother let her eight-year-old walk the dog alone. neighbors called police. >> it was an obvious false report and not true that i was

neglecting my kids. you can see it when you walk there our door. >> the shofrt walk is sparking widespread conversation. a study picked out at the age we all have our highest is . they say self-esteem peaks around invested are confident and know who you are. you should by that age. air quality concerns across the bay area. this is something we'll deal with all weekend long. carjacking arrest, an ov overnight chase, the dramatic ending. >> people are getting conscious. parents are getting conscious. >> leading to a drop there kids wanting to play. the new numbers looking at

california high schools. today in the bay continues right now. friday.rn to go ying to yo ht like usual. we'll show you the bay bridge. we saw the metering lights turn on at 5:22. now we are starting to see the pattern we expect. bringing cash might bring you a back up. we'll show you the rest of the area. it moves very nicely except for highway 4.

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