for the most part. some days we don't see that much. >> yes, so many lights. >> thanks so much for starting your morning with us here "today in the bay," i'm marcus washington. mike will have a look at your commute in a moment. kari has a nice look at the forecast. i love these temperatures. >> it's going to be a great week, cooler temperatures. it was kind of warm in some spots over the weekend inland. in fremont, visibility is clear and we're going to see temperatures going from the upper 50s, nice cool start and a fairly comfortable afternoon with high there is reaching into the upper 70s. we do still have some upper 80s in the inland valleys. more on that and also some cooler air for the middle of the week, and mike, we have an update on what's been happening out there as we head to the south bay. >> we saw that slowing for san jose, the crash on 680 there, look at the rest of the bay, looks great. there's still a crash on the shoulder somewhere between grant line and north flynn road westbound, any commute direction not presenting much of an additional issue. the slowing we saw has cleared over the last couple of minutes.

it was just as the tow truck arrived before we took to the air and that's why the sensors read a little bit of slowing toward the jackson lee overcrossing for the pedestrians. smooth drive throughout the rest of the south bay but there is a new crash on the grid. i'll track that, might be off 101 a little farther south. farther north this is 580 coming across richmond to san rafael, an easy drive, a steady flow of traffic there at the toll plaza. back to you. >> 5:01 right now. new this morning, today we get a back story there including what went into producing that new tell-all book "fear," about the trump white house. bob woodward will be on the "today" show later this morning but already talking. "today in the bay's" tracie potts has more on that and another former aide speaking out, tracie? >> we've heard from amarosa but since then bob woodward himself moments ago on the "today" show saying there are serious concerns about national security inside the white house, based on his reporting, which he says

includes more than 100 interviews and hundreds of pages of notes. president trump this morning tweeting that his book is a joke. >> that people better wake up to what's going on. >> reporter: bob woodward tells cbs he was meticulous and careful, interviewing more than 100 people for his book "fear," detailing chaos inside the trump white house. >> people who work for him are worried that he will sign things or give orders that threaten the national security or the financial security of the country, or the world. >> reporter: now backing woodward's claims and those in an anonymous "new york times" editorial, former white house aide amarosa. manigold. >> when he would do something crazy unhinged, foot positions from one hour to the next we

hashtag it tfa. >> 25th amendment, removing a president from office. "the times" editorials said aides discussed it often. >> absurd. >> reporter: the white house dismissed her as a person with no credibility as they hunt for the "times" writer who claims to be part of a resistance working against the president from the inside. and another "not me" on that one, vice president pence says he's willing to take a lie detector test to prove he didn't write it, marcus. >> wow. we shall be waiting to see that. thank you so much, tracie. later analysis of all the news out of washington, scott mcgrew has your checks and balances, coming up at 5:45. of course you can also follow him on twitter and facebook. right now we continue to track the snell fire burning in the napa county. evacuations remain in place for people living in the berryessa estates. the fire broke out saturday afternoon.

so far, more than 2,400 acres have burned. cal fire says it's 20% contained and the flames are threatening almost 200 homes. but so far, no homes nor structures have burned. one couple we spoke with chose not to evacuate. last night, they sprayed down their home as that fire burned within yards from their neighborhood. >> we lost our house in the valley fire, and we didn't want to do that again so we've been through that once and that was it. we're going to stay and protect our house. >> nearly 500 firefighters including a crew from san mateo are on those front lines. right now we want to brings in meteorologist kari hall to get a look at the weather because a lot of times the weather can fight against what firefighters are trying to do. >> right. >> the conditions we're experiencing this week, will they help or hipd nder in. >> it's going to help. we'll see cooler temperatures and breezy wins winds kicking up

and that will bring in more humidity. our air quality today for the north bay will still be moderate as we are going to see some smoky skies there, but the rest of the bay area not as smoky and here is why. our winds coming in from the north will have more of an easterly turn as we go through the day. even as the winds pick up it's going to carry some of that smoke away from the bay area, mostly into the central valley. our conditions out there now, we've had some good recovery as far as humidity, right now coming up to about 76% and the wind is calm. temperatures are cool now only in the low 50s and as we go through the day we have some comfortable air with those temperatures by noon in the upper 70s. so these conditions as of now will continue to help those wildfires for the snell fire. we'll have more updates on that, marcus. >> thanks, kari. 5:05 right now. steps are being taken to address a long-standing issue of sex workers in the mission district of san francisco and it's more than simply just arresting those

involved. it's part of a bigger problem. "today in the bay's" been following this story he's live at the golden gate bridge. pete, tell us about what's being done. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus especially in that shot in the cap area i spoke to them back in july who feel that the sex workers and the issue there has brought a lot of crime to their neighborhood so at least this is a small step that police in that area are taking to address this issue. as far as what they're doing, police announced this at the latest community meeting at their police station ray new sex work ear baitment unit, a four-officer unit that's currently in operation in the area. according to the captain of the mission station he says arrests have already been made to the johns who are soliciting sex workers and also the pimps who the sex workers are working for. another issue that folks are concerned about in the area are looking out for those sex workers in the area, and police

are offering what's called lead referrals. lead stands for law enforcement assistance diversion. instead of issuing a citation or arrests they'll bring the sex workers to the police station and offer them social services to get them out of the business. looks like police are addressing this problem that's been going on in this area for decades. we're live here at the golden gate bridge, piece serratos for "today in the bay." >> thanks for the update there. >> another successful launch and landing for spacex falcon 9 rocket. >> three, two, one, zero. ignition, liftoff. >> look at it go. this is new video showing the rocket take off from cape canaveral about eight hours ago. it put a communications satellite called tellstar 18 vantage into orbit. the satellite will give broadband service to asia. the rocket came back down to earth and stuck that landing on

the drone ship in the atlantic ocean. this marks the 13th falcon 9 mission this year. happening today, chucky makes his return under the bright lights in oakland. of course, we're talking about the return of the raiders head coach jon gruden. here is a live look at the coliseum right now, all quiet for us, but in just a few hours, it will be rocking. the raiders host l.a. rams on monday night football. for gruden, this marks the official return to raiders nation. 17 years since he last filed the sidelines as a leader of the silver and black. kickoff is scheduled for you at 7:20. as we get started this morning it's a cool one, temperatures for most of us in the 50s starting out, but antioch getting a little bit warmer at 60 degrees. it's 52 in morgan hill. 55 in san jose, and 58 right now in oakland, and as we get ready for sunrise in concord, our temperatures will be in the low 60s there at 9:00, we're at 63 degrees. we go from the 60s to the upper

80s. it's still going to be warm there today as we look at all of our microclimates reaching up to 89 in antioch today and san jose 80 degrees, a nice breeze, cooler than yesterday and in oakland today 72 degrees, 85 in napa and 67 in san francisco. we'll talk about some cooler temperatures in the forecast coming up and mike in san jose has it cleared up yet? >> it has. the crash cleared and the other incident that popped up looked like it was off the 101/85 split on surface streets. disabled vehicle so not a problem and not a major concern for our commute. we're looking at the rest of the bay and a smooth flow of traffic. we'll check over here. we have the slowing still of course out of the altamont and that crash on the shoulder for west 580, it's a distraction as you approach north flynn road but not a major problem. the slowing does its typical gradual speed increase as you come out of the altamont corridor and by the time you're toward livermore, the dublin interchange everything is at speed. over here a great drive here, walnut creek interchange. the rest of cocoa county toward

the bay bridge moves nicely but the toll plaza shows this big backup and it's blending in, first the cash lanes, they never really cleared at 5:00 which often is the case, in the clearing, i mean, but today no. we have the build already starting a little bit early and i'm a little concerned about some slowing i see for the eastbound direction out of san francisco as well. we're watching the bay bridge carefully. i'll give you an update with another view coming up. 5:10 right now. september is national suicide prevention month. while many of us want to help often that question of what to do, what to say to someone who is struggling comes up. here is a script from the national suicide prevention lifeli lifeline. they say if you have a friend who is thinking about suicide, ask him if they thought about how they would do it and separate them from anything they could use to hurt themselves. this is part of their be the one two campaign. in this instance you could be the one to keep them safe. that number for the national suicide prevention lifeline is

1-800-273-talk. 5:10 right now. coming up, a lot of parents worried about their children's use of social media. it turns out they're not the only ones. details in an eye-opening new study. plus apple this morning souring on the idea of a trade tariff. we'll bring you the latest in business and tech. and the emmys show is still days away, but some awards have already been handed out. little later, we'll explain how two well-known artists have joined one elite group.

mike traffic tease the time is 5:14 on this monday morning. let's head over to cupertino and see how our temperatures shape up for us today. we'll have more weather in five minutes. >> the bay bridge things look fine in the foreground. i'll point out what i'm searching for on the san francisco side and also in the east bay. happy monday to you, happy new year as well. companies in focus this morning, tesla moved lower again. it's been under great pressure. ford says it won't import its

new low-cost car into the united states from china because of the tariffs. president trump says hey, build it here instead. apple just sent this letter to the u.s. trade representative detailing the problems it expects from president trump's tariffs on goods made in china. apple says the watch, the ear pods, wireless headphones and chargers and cables are going to get more expensive because of the president's tariffs. the iphone won't. when a country like ours slaps tariffs on another country they lift the certain types of products that will face tariffs. the iphone doesn't qualify yet. once president trump heard the letter he tweeted there is an easy solution there would be zero tax and a tax incentive, make your products in the united states instead of china, start building new plants now, exciting. mr. trump claims tim cook promised to build three major apple plants in the u.s., he said that back in the summer of 2017. of course, apple iphones aren't built in factories owned by

apple. it's a factory supplier which is being a tv plant in wisconsin though not for apple. i talked to the california attorney general's office about an upcoming meeting between states attorneys general and the department of justice to talk about the power of twitter, facebook and google. you might think since all three are based here california would be invited to the meeting but the ag's office says they haven't heard anything. the meetings are supposed to happen later this month. session also talk today about immigration. we'll talk more about that as we talk about politics in half an hour. and china's richest man, jack ma, is retiring from the company he created, allien baba. yahoo! is a major investor that helped keep yahoo! afloat and we have an unnamed food maker to thank for the name. jack was sitting on the cafe on 17th street in san francisco and came up with alibaba and asked

the waitress if she heard, she said of course alibaba and the 40 thieves. he said great and there you have it. >> histoi have made. thanks, scott. parents aren't the only ones concerned about their children being glued to their devices. new report by a non-profit called common sense finds teens themselves are concerned about social media addiction. seven out of ten teenagers use apps like snapchat and instagram multiple times a day. this is up more than 30% in six years and teens are aware of that impact is having on their lives. >> more concerned about overuse of social media, even if they admit to being addicted, and constantly distracted, they're worried about that. i think that's a positive, that can lead to behavior change. >> that reports finds teens think social media is good for them and only a few said a few makes them feel badly about themselves. if you use social media in the

right way it is a good thing. you post a lot of the forecast for the bay area a lot of times, think that we can look out for us. good way to use it. >> it can be inspiring, too, and a lot of good things. >> in moderation, like anything. >> right, that's what we're doing this morning, keeping you connected and also looking at some nice weather in the forecast this week, keeping you informed. here is a live look outside in us so with a nice clear start. temperatures are cool, so as you make your way out to diradon station this morning ul wiyou we in the mid-50s at 6:00 and temperatures from the mid-50s at 6:00 to 5 at 10:00, so a nice little warmup and it happens fast, at noon we're at 74 degrees, continuing to go up from there as we head up to 80 degrees in downtown san jose. it's still going to be hot in gilroy with a high of 90 today, and we have some upper 80s and even a few low 90s in a few spots for the inland parts of the east bay, vallejo up to 86 and oakland today 74 degrees, as we look at the peninsula, half

moon bay reaches 62 and redwood city 76 degrees in san francisco, staying in the 60s today, and some very gusty winds picking up. we'll also have some breezy winds for the north bay, and still some hazy skies with a high in santa rosa reaching 87 degrees. if you're planning to go to the raiders game tonight kickoff is at 7:20 and going to be cool and breezy. we'll be at about 64 degrees and the temperatures dropping back into the upper 50s. right on the other side of the bay we have the giants game and first pitch at 7:15 so it's going to be busy around that time on the roads and we're looking at some temperatures that will stay cool. make sure you're dressed appropriately because it's going to be hichilly out there. this swirl of clouds, this area of low pressure will start to drop down as we head toward the middle of the week, bring us more clouds and a nice little cooldown with some gusty winds by wednesday. our high temperature for some of our warmer spots will only reach into the mid-70s. we'll see that for a couple of

days and then it rebounds, as high pressure moves back in. we'll be back in the mid 80s for the weekend with san francisco staying cool in the 60s all week long. mike, you're a little concerned about the bay bridge. >> i am, kari. we saw some slowing, sensors for both directions were lighting up orange and red, slow speeds for this time of morning out of san francisco. look where i'm pointing right here. that is the lower deck. over on the san francisco side of treasure island two decks and we had the lower deck for eastbound 880 showing slowing from the city over to mid span. i think it was just one set of trucks as they cleared some of the overnight roadwork. we were tracking to see any problems, we did see a steady flow of lights you see the headlight there is. things appeared to be moving smoothly but that was in the area of concern, we saw also this early backup for the westbound direction. it formed in the cash lanes and the metering lights must be turned on and all lanes are backing up to past the 808 overcrossing and continuing to build for all the feeder routes

toward the bay bridge toll plaza. we are starting to see the sensors out of san francisco just cleared and we see this slowing up the incline but nothing worse and no incidents reported. again i've got my eye closely on anything that might be affecting the bay bridge traffic flow, but it may be a few more cars heading there a little bit early now. there is a crash reported in the area but doesn't look like it's affecting the toll-taking lanes and the south bay cleared of an earlier crash, same thing out of the altamont and easy flow outside of the bay bridge. good note as well we have b.a.r.t. service and the rest of the transit agencies on time. note for b.a.r.t. for folks fram yar with the warm springs line after 6:00 you had to transfer to make the last leg of the stretch fremont to warm springs. that's not the case monday through saturday. good note for folks travel back home tonight. coming up, nbc bay area responds. >> if last year's wildfires damaged or destroyed your home, your input is needed to perhaps help everyone in the state. i'm consumer investigator chris

chmura. we'll show you how, next. deadly.

a first of its kind emergency alert system will be put to the test today in sonoma county. 5:24, nearly a year after being ravaged by deadly fires an emergency alert system will be put to test in sonoma. people can expect a call to their land lines or cell phones if you're signed up for the so co alert system.

on wednesday the county will activate its wireless emergency alert system. our investigative unit recently sat down with sonoma county emergency manager and you can see our report on nbcbayarea.com. just click on the "investigate" tab. nbc bay area continues to respond to north bay fire victims and we've been helping people tackle insurance issues. chris chmura is here to tell us about a new research project and how people who lost their homes last year can speak up and possibly trigger big changes. >> it's been almost a year since the devastating fires. in advance of the october anniversary, a nonprofit group is trying to gauge how fire victims are recovering. san francisco-based united policyholders wants to know if insurance companies are treating survivors fairly. if your home was damaged or destroyed, the group invites you to participate in a survey about your experience. the group is hopeful the results will shed light on insurance

practices. >> lawmakers look at them, so we want to go back, if we want to go back to sacramento again and try to get some reforms through, we need that survey data. >> so far, attempts to pass new state laws that protect consumers have not been successful, but advocates say the fight is not over. if you'd like to add your voice to the survey, we put a link to the united policyholders website on ours. nbcbayarea.com/responds. while you're there, you can send us your consumer complaints or call us, the number is 888-996-tips. new for us this morning, we're a week away from the 70th annual emmy awards but some early awards have already been handed out and history has been made. nbc's live version of "jesus cries superstachrist superstar" which means john legend, composer andrew lloyd weber and lyricist tim rice joined an elite group, winners of four of the biggest prizes in show

business, that's the emmys, tony, grammy, as well as oscars egot winners. "saturday night live's" kenan thompson won for original music and lyrics. it's the first emmy of his career. and you can see next monday's emmy awards show right here on nbc bay area, that starts at 5:00. coming up on this monday edition of "today in the bay," cutting down trees in the name of public safety in contra costa county. new this morning, the fight by some residents to keep the chainsaws way. plus some east bay restaurants may have to shut down their pop-up locations. what some county leaders are debating today to keep them up and running. and a former police officer in the central valley accused of causing quite a scene at a south bay school over the weekend. the reason why he ended up in gilroy. good morning and thank yu

for joining us. i )m laura garcia. a very good monday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's head over to meteorologist kari hall with a look at the cool forecast. >> it is nice, cooler this morning and cooler as the week goes along. live look outside in san jose this morning as you get ready to step out the door. here is a look at our temperatures that will start out in the upper 50s and then we'll go into the upper 70s by early afternoon. are you going to get outside today? if you're just going to walk to school this morning, in martinez, our school day

forecast goes from the upper 50s to 77 degrees at noon. it's still going to be warm, reaching 81 by 1:00 as our highs reach into the upper 80s for the inland east bay, as well as the south county and then for oakland today 72. san jose 80 and a high of 67 in san francisco. it's already time to talk about the weekend. that's coming up in about six minutes and mike, you found something on the bay bridge. >> i did. i'd rather be talking about the weekend. we're looking over here. behind me on the incline flashing lights that paused, looked like there was a disabled vehicle. the crash reported at the toll plaza was farther down. the metering lights were not on but people are januarying up. the incline is moving smoothly. i believe they cleared whatever the issue was over there. we see some cash lanes at the left approach they have cleared up but we have a fast track build so the early start for the backup at the bay bridge may be calming down right now. we'll see how that next half hour plays out and that could determine that 6:00 hour which is critical for the entire east bay of course heading over

there. right now the rest of contra costa county the feeded routes in toward the maze are moving at speeds, nothing really unusual. slowing pittsburgh, bay point highway for the south bay peninsula and the tri valley are moving nicely. back to you. >> looks good. thank you, mike. >> 5:32 right now. pg&e plans to cut down dozens of trees in the east bay and it's landing with a big, huge thud. number of residents in lafayette want the utility to put away the chainsaws. >> later today they'll be able to voice concerns at a special meeting with the utility. ed to ed "today in the bay's" b riddell what do they have to say? >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and marcus. as part of the community pipeline safety initiative pg&e wants to cut down a number of trees within ten feet of their high pressure transmission gas lines, just over 200 trees within the city limits and another 240 in brionas regional park, something that pg&e has done in other communities

throughout the state. the utility tells us the trees need to be removed to allow first responders access during an earthquake or another emergency but michael and gina dawson behind the group save lafayette trees sued to stop the tree cutting. they say pg&e has their safety priorities backwards, they should be focused on section of exposed gas pipeline that runs along lafayette maraga trail or lack of automotive shutoff valves. when a pipeline burst and caught fire in san bruno it took pg&e 90 minutes to manually turn off the gas because there wasn't an automatic shutoff valve. eight people died, 38 homes were destroyed. >> it's brought nothing but a lot of confusion, frustration to communities. not that feeling of pipeline safety, which is why we started this. we don't trust now the pipeline being used.

>> we want to tell pg&e we want to work with them. we don't think taking down trees is the right priority. we're willing to work with them on setting those priorities. >> reporter: pg&e tells us they are aware of and evaluating what if anything to do about that exposed gas pipeline along the lafay yaet marauga trail. their safety engineers say trees are the number one priority, just like you can't park a car in front of a fire hydrant you can't have trees blocking access to a high pressure gas pipeline. residents submitted about 150 questions and concerns to pg&e not only about trees but about pipeline safety in general. you can see on your tv screen the utility did respond in this 72-page long document. we'll be sure to link that to our website nbcbayarea.com. the city of lafayette is facilitating this afternoon's meeting. this meeting will be at 4:00 at the learning center behind me in downtown lafayette. reporting live, bob riddell, "today in the bay." >> a lot of people want to take part in that. thanks for the update.

5:34 right now. police chased through south bay streets, ends with gunfire and a suspect in the hospital. santa clara police arrested this man, 38-year-old manuel rico. officers say he's a known gang member who stole a car early yesterday morning. when an officer spotted the car and tried to pull rico over he allegedly sped off. rico rammed several patrol cars and ditched the stolen car near may ellen avenue and scott street in san jose. as he ran off officers fired. the suspect suffered non-life-threatening injuries and police took him into custody. terrifying afternoon in gilroy a suspect drove a car onto a field next to where hundreds of pop warner players were competing in a tournament. >> everyone is safe but there are a lot of unanswered questions. kris sanchez is live in gilroy with the suspect and how he ended up so close to the children. good morning, kris. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus and laura. we will show you video in a

moment that does not capture the chaos of the moment when the suspect was driving on a field here behind me, close to all of those players who were on the field, along with their parents and other fans. and when gilroy police arrived on scene, the suspect was trying to drive away from the location. the suspect allegedly drove his car into an officer on foot, gilroy police say that officer was basically cornered and had no way to get to safety, other than to discharge that officer's weapon, so that officer is now on administrative leave pending the investigation. the suspect after that gunfire happened lost control of his car, and eventually did surrender to police. so here's what we know about that suspect. according to the initial law enforcement bulletin out of fresno, the suspect is a former police officer and has access to firearms. he twice called 911, mentioning the football tournament under way here at gilroy high and mentioning the potential kidnapping of a woman in fresno.

police say he has no ties to gull roy, no ties to the high school, no ties to pop warner, so why he ended up here is really anyone's guess at this point. now, as you mentioned, no one was hurt in that shooting, including the suspect himself, but the suspect is in custody, and now there are a lot of questions that remain unanswered, including why he did end up here in gilroy? we are working to get to the bottom of all of that and will keep you posted. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> a lot going on there. thank you so much to walk us through that story. >> 5:37 now. happening today, almeida county leaders try to cook up some potential regulations for pop-up restaurants. unlike other bay area cities and county, almeida's permit process for pop-up restaurants has slipped through the cracks. health inspectors have recently shut down some popular pop-up restaurants due to health code issues. eye sa a supervisor's health committee will host today's hearing. a couple of bay area mayors

turned into modern day firemen in downtown san jose, rappelling down 16 floors of adobe's headquarters part of the second an unidowntown drop-down. the goal was to raise $300,000 to support the homeless. >> downtown streets team is doing such incredibly important work in our cities. it's really showing in terms of improving the aesthetics of our community, these are teams out there cleaning up our streets and parks and we know we need a lot of work in that regard. >> the cape and everything. downtown streets team is a local nonprofit dedicated to helping homeless men and women get back on their feet. this is the original digital content first posted on nbcbayarea.com, check it out. >> have to see if our digital team went the whole way down. looking over here toward the bay bridge, i found something else on our live camera. i turned it toward the metering lights because a second crash had been reported over near the

toll plaza. i did see some flashing lights pausing and then moving up the incline and everything looks like it's cleared now, but what i did see also was the fact that these folks here started to really back up. the metering lights are on. you see how everybody's stopped here and off to the races as you pass by that expansion overhead. that indicates the metering lights, metering the traffic keeping the bay bridge itself moving smoothly over toward san francisco, that yash clearcrash over the last couple of minutes, the south bay, tri valley, east bay looking good. palo alto bay shore freeway still at speed right here. all right, welcoming off of a great weekend, you know we are always thinking about the weekend. all the great things to do. >> yep. it's only monday. >> that means we're four days away from the weekend. >> we're just thinking about the weekend. >> we're already thinking about it on this monday morning. let me show you how the week shapes up leading into the weekend. we are going to be very warm today for the inland valleys, a

nice little dip in our temperatures but we're not headed straight to fall. we're going to have our summer with some mid 80s for the inland areas on saturday and sunday. san francisco still sees the clouds and fog and highs this weekend headed up to 66 degrees on saturday, 67 on sunday. if you have plans to go to the sierra this weekend, squaw valley is looking really nice, a little bit cooler there, low 60s for the highs. of course those morning temperatures are going to be chilly, dipping back into the 30s but then we're looking at upper 60s on saturday and sunday. if your weekend plans include the tri valley or this gives you a good idea, we're looking at some highs reaching into the upper 70s by sunday, with mostly sunny skies, and then for monterey we are going to see the mid-60s all weekend long. clouds and fog, some breezy winds and staying kind of chilly there but you have your mountain, valley and beach forecast so time to start thinking about what to do. now we'll just get through today.

i'll have a look at that temperature trend coming up in about three minutes. >> sounds great. 5:40. coming up, speeding up the process. new this morning, how one transit agency is going above and beyond to get you where you need to be. president trump tweeting a lot about bob woodward's new book, comes out tomorrow. we'll have all the latest coming up when "today in the bay" continues.

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let's get a look at our temperature trend in evergreen in east san jose we're going to see temperatures in the mid-50s as you get ready to head out the door. nice cool start. we will have a nice and comfortable day and it gets even cooler as we go toward the middle of the week. i'll have a look at that and also another look at the weekend forecast in about five minutes. >> over here, look at the volume of traffic for the headlights west 580, your commute. we'll show you what is shaping up. we have one new incident maybe a crash in oakland. >> thank you, kari and mike. new this morning a continued shortage of drivers reportedly has muni starting to take new measures to avoid further bus delays. >> the agency is lowering its training standards to get more drivers into service. sf muni officials are reducing the amount of training hours needed to become an operator, according to "the examiner." number of hours spent with certified trainers has been cut

as well. ever since schools returned to session last month muni has at times been overwhelmed with the amount of riders on buses and trains. experts will be taking another look at the cracked window at san francisco's millennium tower in the week ahead. in the next few days a worker will rappel down the side of the building to do another evaluation after an inspection saturday hit a snag. drone set up to help inspect the glass crashed. two years ago, nbc bay area's investigative unit broke the story that the skyscraper was both sinking and tilting. experts are now trying to figure out if the cracked window is linked to those problems or being caused by something else. the president says the new book about his white house is, in his words, a scam. >> scott mcgrew, the book comes out in less than 24 hours. >> written by two-time pulitzer prize winner bob woodward who has written a slew of books on presidents like george w. bush, barack obama.

woodward "the washington post" reporter along with carl bernstein helped bring down richard nixon. "fear" is based on hundreds of interviews with white house officials and to be clear the white house knew woodward was writing the book and talking to people inside. >> were you shocked by what you uncovered in this book? >> well, i've never seen an instance when the president is so detached from the reality of what's going on. >> bob woodward on the "today" show. you'll see that coming up at 7:00. president trump tweeted a lot this morning, including this. "the woodward book is a joke, just another assault against me, a barrage of insults now using disproven names and unnamed anonymous sources." the anonymous letter printed by the "new york times" from a senior official in the white house describing chaos in the administration, here's president trump talking to a reporter in north dakota. >> i think it's a national security matter.

they should look at it, they should look at it very strongly and we should find out who it is, because why should we live with somebody in the white house who is really subversive in a sense. if you look at it, it really is subversive, so we'll take a look at that and we'll take a very good strong look. eventually we're going to find the person. >> vice president pence asked by a fox news reporter if he'd take a lie detector test to prove he didn't write it. he wrote he would take it in "a heartbeat." jeff sessions speaking to new judges on immigration. when he did this last year, sessions adressed the same group he said u.s. policies that allow immigrants to seek asylum and protection in the united states are broken. watch for that interview with bob woodward on today's show around 7:30 and of course we will bring you the latest. follow me on twitter, i am @scottmcgrew. i don't know what you did this weekend, but maybe you dared to dance. more than 300 people turned out to audition for the new warriors senior dance team. >> some of the folks actually

showed some serious dance moves. look here, this is new video sent to us by the warriors, those tryouts took place over the weekend at the ultimate fieldhouse in walnut creek. to be a senior dance combat team you have to be 55 years or older, a combination of 20 men and women will make the final cut. the team will perform during various home games this coming season. living our best life. >> shake it but don't break it. >> 266, you're hired. that's just my opinion. >> you use it or lose it. that's great. >> they got professional dancers like people doing this their whole lives. >> for sure. >> and they're like i'm a warriors fan. >> great opportunity. >> they've been doing it for a long time. >> we have great weather to get you up and dancing on this monday morning. here is a live look outside in san francisco, with no low clouds and fog as of now. clouds will lift it up a little bit. we will start out with a few

clouds here and there, and our forecast to get you out the door to the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station will be a cool one, 59 degrees at 6:00 and then with some sunshine, we'll see those temperatures heading up to about 76 degrees at noon. so it's a good day to take the lunch outside, enjoy the comfortable weather. it's going to be slightly cooler in san jose, but still pretty warm for the inland parts of the east bay, tri valley, livermore 87 degrees and also 87 in concord. napa today 85, and in san francisco, 67 degrees. as we start out this morning, you're getting dressed, you need a jacket for the chilly temperatures to start out during the morning, but later today, short sleeves will keep you comfortable. here is an update on the tropics right now. tropical storm paul just to the west of cabo continuing to move away from the mainland and then as we get a look at olivia, category one hurricane, wind speeds at 85 miles per hour, i'll be watching this through the week, because this is heading straight toward the

hawaiian islands and may come through as a tropical storm, bringing in some high waves and wind along with some high amounts of rain. and then the other big headline will be hurricane florence, now a category 2 hurricane out in the atlantic, and this could strengthen to a category 4 before it makes landfall near the carolinas over the next few days by midweek. we'll see a lot more updates on that, and hear a lot more of where this could be headed. as we get a look at our inland forecast, temperatures today reaching into the upper 80s, a little bit cooler tomorrow and much cooler on wednesday, as a trough drops in, brings us some breezy winds and cooler temperatures, but then warming uhm again in time f up again in time for the weekend. b.a.r.t. just announced a delay. >> as you were doing the report, talking about a 20-minute delay out of west oakland, toward sf or in any other direction throughout the east bay and so we are looking at some sort of police activity there. that's all we know right now. i'll let you know as they update

us, that's one note for b.a.r.t. riders. the rest of the rail services report no delays. another note for b.a.r.t. if you take the warm springs line in the evening at 6:00, you had to transfer around fremont. you don't have to do that anymore monday through saturday. that's good news for the b.a.r.t. system, will you not have to transfer weekdays as you travel down to warm springs in the evening. overall the rest of the bay shows a nice smooth drive, a little slowing for the south bay, san jose north 101 and over toward the castro valley wide as well. learned of another crash south 880 at marina boulevard, as you leave oakland, travel through san leandro there may be a dist traction. sounds and looks like it only affects the marina boulevard off-ra off-ramp. the exit is open still, back to you. >> thank you, mike. it's 5:51 the college experience means a lot of things to a lot of people. when it comes to the best bang for your buck, what is your ideal major? some answers just ahead. and one san francisco neighborhood considered a hot spot for sex workers takes the

new steps to address the problem. the measures they're taking. and breaking news, authorities in southeast france say police arrested a man who rammed his car through two glass doors at leon's international, it happened at the airport and then he just sped onto the runway. we've got brand new video to show you. flights have been diverted away from the french airport, and there is a ground stop. plus in pennsylvania, we're getting new video, after a gasoline explosion sent flames shooting into the sky near pittsburgh. so far, no reports of injuries, but there are evacuations. we're back in two minutes with more news. it is 5:52.

here's to the stair takers, breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers, cholesterol lowerers cell phone silencers. the new lease on lifers, and the positive thinkers. here's to you all that see every day as an opportunity to thrive your way. and taking a live look on

this monday morning, take a look, this is my favorite shot, a beautiful shot. >> it is beautiful. >> the bay bridge there, starting out our monday in a beautiful way. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. 5:55 for you right now. when it comes to picking a major in college, there are all sorts of factors involved, and some of us go for our hearts, like the subjects we like or maybe others going for the money and for those people, a new list ranked the most valuable college majors, according to

bankrate.com, a degree in actual science pays the most, typically lead to work in finance, management and marketing, with a six-figure average salary. not too bad. zoology comes in second, nuclear engineering is third and the least bang for your buck, miscellaneous fine arts. >> hmm. miscellaneous fine arts. >> they're doing well, supporting themselves. >> there you go. 5:56 right now. here in the heart of silicon valley, pay services like paypal and apple pay, apple pay rather have become the norm. however a new study shows we're the exception, not the rule. >> in other words, cash is still king. according to the report, coins and paper money still are alive and well and people still prefer to use cash. in fact, 42 billion u.s. notes with a value of $1.7 trillion

are currently in circulation. the most in history. if you're among the many who believe it's better to buy than rent your home, some experts have an opening suggestion. researchers for retailer.com say right now renting may be the better option. that's because they say the pace of rent costs in some places are not keeping up with the spiraling home prices. researchers consider property taxes, insurance and maintenance costs and found monthly home costs jumped 14% in the past year. >> owning a home is kind of like owning a money pit. you never know what you're going to be paying for next. >> diana olick from reality check on cnbc says renters can accumulate wealth instead of investing in a house, she says that investing in the stock market until home prices settle. 5:57. millions of americans start their daily commute to and from work, a new on the go today series looks at the future of

commuting. >> with roads, trains and buses, more crowded than ever, a lot of folks are looking for alternative and futuristic modes of transportation. tom costello reports from a driverless shuttle being driven from a remote location. >> reporter: good morning, i'm tom costello in california, and we are in a vehicle that is driving itself or so it seems. the truth is, the driver is in an office building and is he he can using cameras to remotely drive the vehicle with a 360 degree view and also got his own steering wheel, brake, his own gas pedal. the idea is that someday if we go to autonomous cars, we need a human backup system, and this is at least one of those options. coming up on the "today" show, we're talking about the future of commuting, what's going to come down the road soon, whether it's semiautonomous vehicles, autonomous vehicles, what about hyperloops, what about mass transit systems that may be dlp

da dilapidated. all of that back to you. prostitution problems in a san francisco neighborhood just won't ease. the next steps the city will take to address the issue. plus evacuations under way as fire threatens homes in napa. the new numbers in this morning. and after a hard month of elon musk, success overnight as the spacex falcon 9 rocket launches. "today in the bay" continues right now. very good monday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike will have a check of the traffic in a moment but first the weather, meteorologist kari hall. what's so funny? >> the way those two were looking at each other. >> hey, hey! happy monday. >> here on a monday the cough see starting to kick in. a live look in dublin, and we'll see clear blue skies. we haven't had as much haze in

the skies as we get out the door in san jose. our temperatures start out cool, mid-50s headed into the mid-70s today. highs up to 80 today. 89 in antioch and 85 in napa. today in san francisco 67. we'll talk about the air quality coming up in a few minutes and mike, better news for b.a.r.t. riders. >> i do. that's why i'm a little happy now. the earlier issue we thought would be a problem with the critical part of the b.a.r.t. line cleared up. police activity, nothing big, maybe a fare jumper, that happens sometimes. west oakland in recovery mode. minor delays, but the rest of the system on the transit agencies looking great, golden gate bridge ferry, sam trans, no problem. contra costa concord 680 slow and highway 4 slow from antioch through pittsburg and bay point. no big surprises for oakland. crash south 880 at marina o