shot. thanks for starting your day with us ontoay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. the weather forecast the if you have some outdoor plans today, get it done early, if you're making your way out the door to the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station on the way to work. it's going to be cool, grab a jacket, only mid-50s and at 9:00 at 65 degrees, mid-70s. look at our highs today, notice it's going to be warmer today compared to yesterday. you may have to turn on the air conditioning for a little bit in antioch, headed up to 88 degrees. i'll talk more about this and also the increased fire danger as our temperatures heat up, that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right, kari. folks are wrapping up their work day. folks working around the clock around the bay area, i saw a big line at starbucks around 4:00 in the morning. in the south bay we see a smooth drive on the peninsula, affected later in the commute, tend to see later work there.

overnight roadwork here may be picking up as folks on highway 84 should be finishing right about now and we see the sensors start to lighten up a little bit, overnight road crew also start to clear. over here this will get a little more red and orange out of the altamont and in toward livermore. grant line where things start to move better, northin is no problem. the other crew over here at westbound 80 through hercules looking at those crews clearing right now as well. we'll get the all clear from chp and cal trans once the lanes are moving at speed. slowing highway 4 into san pablo. peninsula side palo alto is easy and light. back to you. >> thanks, mike. developing right now, the hearing in washington monday with the president trump's supreme court nominee and the palo alto professor accusing him of sexual assault may not happen. >> this is up in the air because christine blasey ford is asking the fbi to investigate first. tracie potts is on capitol hill

developments. tracie, we've never seen anything like this before. >> , haven't, and we certainly have seen a situation like this, but now, she has said that she's willing to tell her story, but wants the fbi to get the facts before lawmakers start peppering her with questions on monday. >> that she felt strongly that that was the right -- >> reporter: lawyers for christine blasey ford say she's getting death threats, had to move her family and that the fbi should get the facts on her 36-year-old assault claim before lawmakers start asking her questions. >> rushing forward into a hearing when she's under this much pressure isn't the way to do it. the hearing should be as a result of the investigation. it shouldn't be a subste republy no more delays. >> if she does not want to come monday, publicly or privately, we're going to move on and vote wednesday. >> reporter: judge brett kavanaugh denies assaulting ford and says he's ready to testify today. president trump is standing by his supreme court nominee,

reluctant to involve the fbi. >> they don't want to be involved. th if they wanted to be i would certainly do that but this is not really their thing. >> reporter: ford's accusation drawing parallels to the 1991 confirmation of justice clarence thomas and anita hill's testimony before an all male panel. >> i want to say to the men in this country, just shut up and step up. dot rig do the right thing for a change. >> reporter: on monday they may not be doing anything at all. and now we're starting to see republicans really push for ford to show up at this hearing. couple of them tweeting this morning about this being a delay tactic, even jeff flake, who had said a republican who had said he wanted to hear her out before voting, now says he implores her to show up on mond we don't know yet, though, if that will actually happen. she wants this fbi investigation, and it looks like it may not happen, certainly not before monday. >> we know a lot of the women in

her neighborhood have been trying to help her along, offered to take care of the family, deliver meals so that she can be there. they want her to be there and fe tracie. what do you think about paying for 911 calls? >> i thought we were already doing that. >> sort of. it may be happening for some folks in eastern contra costa county. some say it doesn't make sense because it's paid for in your taxes, like you said. >> "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live from brentwood with details. people are asking why, since we pay through with taxes. what's happening here? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. lot of questions, when you hear about the idea of paying for 911, but when it comes to the east county contra costa county fire district, they're saying it will essentially add another revenue stream for them especially when it comes to possibly building more fire stations and also serving a growing area of contra costa county, like a place where we're standing here in brentwood. now, i want to point out these are for specific incidents that

we're talking about. probably the most common one that would happen is a car crash. there would be a fee for that. helicopter landings, water rescues. you see the list there on your television screen. now this won't kick in for another few months from now but for car crashes it could be a fee of $400 and other incidents it could cost more. the fire district says this could bring in potentially $50,000 annually to the district as another line of revenue, but residents as you mentioned there, aren't too happy about it. >> if we're not getting the same coverage anyways and to pay addition ol on tal on top of th totally wrong. >> the district is trying to find ways to get revenue in the district. we need more stations. >> reporter: now that video you guys are looking at right there is a fire district finance chair joe young who voted against this, because he said that nickel and dime revenue won't really fix the problem.

he could be saying because the cost to build a new fire station is roughly $10 million and another $4 million just to operate it. we're live here in brentwood, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, pete. developing right now, san francisco police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened around 9:00 last night at 46th avenue in the outer sunset near great highway. we know the victim is a man, but that man has not been identified, and so far, police tell us there are no arrests. and new this morning an east bay middle school student is arrested for allegedly making social media threats against diablo view middle school in clayton. police say the student hacked into swunlomeone else's social a account and the arrest comes after livermore high school yesterday and two schools in contra costa county monday. the fbi is making a new public awareness campaign called think before you post, aiming to stop people from making false threats

against schools. we'll continue coverage for you right now, there is hope for san jose's hope village, which is a homeless camp. the city and santa clara county are working on an agreement where the county would lease city-owned property, next to the original hope village homeless camp. the new property would serve as a temporary site for up to six months, located not far from san jose airport. this comes as governor brown signs a bill to allow unused cal tran plan to house the homeless. this law will only apply to two cities, san jose and los angeles. both cities will be able to lease up to ten parcels of land for just $1 per month. >> interesting that we're part of that pilot. happening today, santa rosa's water warning for the fountain grove neighborhood first issued after last year's fire storm may finally be lifted. that warning went into place right after the tub fire virtually wiped out the neighborhood. santa rosa leaders today are supposed to hold a vote on

lifting that warning. a warning about higher fire danger from sonoma county sheriff. he sent out this tweet, warning everybody the fire threat increases starting tonight. kari hall has been tracking this for us this morning. what are we talking about here? >> it means conditions will be favorable for any wildfires that develop that could spread in the hills, as we head through tonight into tomorrow, and it's for these areas shaded in orange, this put out by the national weather service saying that because we will have an increasing wind, decreasing humidity, and those hilltop wind gusts to 35 miles per hour, you do have to be very careful with any flames, because they could cause some wildfires to spread, and our winds will shift in from the north, bringing us the lower humidity and the higher temperatures, but we'll see those winds picking up once again between tonight and throughout the day on tomorrow. so we'll continue to monitor that as our temperatures go up for the north bay. we're headed into the upper 80s, and it's going to feel very much

like summer, slightly warmer temperatures for the rest of the bay area. so i'll have an eye on that, and i'll have a l palo alto's temperature trend coming up. mike, you were looking for a mattress on the reporoad? >> this is down in the south bay. we take a second for everyone to look at sensors, almost everyone is at the limit. we have one delay on the upper east shore we were talking about earlier but i want to point out 280 at 680 right around where the 101 shield is there, where they all come together and reports of a mattress in the middle of the roadway. chp will take a swing through the area, we'll also look with our live camera to see if we can find anything but no slowing showed up on the sensors. there is slowing right here, the upper east shore freeway and through hercules we talked about that road crew about ready to clear from lanes westbound 80 right now, is slow from highway 4 just past the hercules exit and clear by the time you get to san pablo. the overnight crews should be cleared in the next few minutes. i'll watch that carefully because we don't want any complications early in the commute. over here dublin we have a good

volume of traffic, the tri valley moves well. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much, mike. coming up, it was a proposal seen and heard around the country at the emmy awards. next, you'll hear from the newly engaged couple for the first time since their big, big night. plus, men only. facebook sued over a set of job postings. we'll look in business next. plus it may be partially open but san francisco's trans bay terminal center is still under construction but not for long. when it's expected to be complete, coming up for you next. 5:10 right now. you're watching "today in the bay."

the time is now 5:13. on this wednesday morning, time to get up and out the door, as we take a live look outside and palo alto, a few people already on the way to work. our temperatures will start out in the mid-50s, at 9:00, we're going to see those temperatures going from the 50s to the low 70s today. logical b a little bit warmer than yesterday but a bigger difference inland. i'll talk about that and what's ahead for the weekend, coming up in about five minutes. >> we're looking at the san mateo bridge getting to palo alto where kari just showed you how light the traffic is. the tail lights we have a number to deal with but no problems for the speeds and the bay bridge a little to the north, completely clear. we're ready for that commute. i'll show you what's in store. >> a very good good morning to you. happy wednesday. glad you're with us. stocks rallied tuesday despite another round of tariffs by the

u.s. and china. netflix higher after its big wins at the after that now infamous tweet from ceo elon rumusk saying he was considering taking the company private and naming a price. there's nothing wrong with speculating per se, but you can't try to deliberately affect a stock price, and the stock price of tesla was affected immediately. the question is, was it deliberate or was it just a really dumb tweet? facebook has been sued by the aclu and a at first glance there appear to following advertisements. be nothing wrong with the advertisements. it was out in maryland but it only targeted men. this is for one of the police departments there and they wanted people about 18 to 25 but not just regular people but only people who were men. facebook has been accused of doing this with housing as well

or allowing it anyway. kris and marcus, look at this. this is a mansion, it is out in los altos hill once owned by robert noyce. they are spending a lot of time in their second home, you know how that can be. they're going to sell t five bedroom, three bath, $21.8 million. it is apparently on the golf course so if you're in the market -- >> i don't play golf. that's the only reason i'll pass. >> my first reaction with the kids and craziness in my house, three ro bathroom. >> and all that white furniture, too. i don't know. no kids in there. thank you very much. so how did you sleep last night? a lot of folks are turning to a trendy new drink to try sep but morning, some doctors are warning you to be careful about

so-called dream drinks. they contain melatonin but also less understood ingredients like gava and leathenine. >> some have not been studied in breast feeding patients, not studied in the elderly and may potentially cause harm for some patients who suffer from depression. >> experts remind all of us to talk to a doctor before taking any kind of sleeping aid. meanwhile if you're a nursing mother, you don't have any trouble sleeping. we alsoet engaged live on national television here on nbc bay area monday night. cool moment there, this is during the emmy awards. touching moment for many. glenn weiss won an award and from the podium he called out his long time girlfriend and proposed. she said yes and that night we certainly heard a lot from him but here's what she's telling the "today" show this morning.

>> we always talked about we'd be together forever, and but we never really talked about marriage, so i was really stunned and surprised, in the best of ways. >> look at that. beautiful moment there. you can watch that full interview with the newly engaged couple coming up on the "today" show. that is right after "today in the bay." >> i don't know, i said no to the public proposal with my husband, i was like no thank you. he's like jumbo tron? no. >> there's a lot of pressure. national audience. >> live tv. >> better be sure she's going to say yes. >> cool way to do it. cooler temperature this is morning? >> this morning, but this afternoon, it's going to be, yeah, starting to heat up. we're talking about the return of summer across the bay area, and here's a live look outside in san jose, let's head to east san jose to evergreen, now normally reaching the low 80s and we'll already be in the mid-70s by 1:00 today and temperatures will continue to go up from there as we go into the

afternoon, if you're making plans to go out for a run or on your way out the door to the gym in antioch it's going to be in the mid-50s, a cool start and if you head out later on throughout the morning, it's still going to be comfortable at noon. we're at 73 degrees, and then making plans, head to school this morning. i know the kids are not up yet. pleasanton your school day forecast 53 degrees, a chilly walk to school, and we all will start out with some fall-like temperatures this morning, but then it heats up fast, at 1:00 we're at 78 degrees, as we head into the upper 70s, or upper 80s rather for the south bay, we've had some 70s. we'll be up to 85 in martinez, and 75 in hayward. not bad, half moon bay staying in the mid-60s and san mateo 72 degrees. san francisco 66 on the embarcadero and the north bay we'll see the temperatures there heading up to 85 in sonoma today. our seven-day forecast looks like this, we go from the mid

80s today, which is about normal, but then we head up even hotter into the low 90s for the next three days, and that's when we officially welcome in fall on saturday evening, but it's going to indeed feel like summer in the valleys, and then we'll still be in the mid 80s throughout early next week. san francisco not seeing as much in the way of clouds and fog, but staying nice and comfortable. now mike, someone checking on that mattress, anyone sleeping on it? >> try catch a few more winks. don't be sleeping on the road weis. that's right, kari, we have our live camera in san jose and 101, it shows a good volume, moving well, underneath that interchange flashing lights, we'll check on that. looks like it's okay, they're changing lanes. meanwhile 280/680 they go over 101. no slowing, no flashing lights, that mattress was reported right in that area where we have the camera so i did scan, still no slowing shows up. watch through the area if you're

leaving the house in the next couple of minutes and you have to travel through that portion of san jose, but the south bay, the peninsula, across the bay, all moves great right now, even the tri valley, no real slowing, except for over 84, a little slowing for that overnight crew, as you head down in toward isabel, and i circled this crew right here, west 80, we've seen a good deal of slowing for the last 20 minutes but cal trans just updated and gave the all clear for lanes so likely to see the sensors improve and everybody at speed from the carquinez bridge down to the berkeley curve in the next few. unfortunately it's the same time for the bay bridge wherehtset t on the map, a little slowing out of vallejo for west 37th, stan a you through mayor island. back to you. >> thank you, mike. coming up, the very latest on the construction of the trans bay terminal center in san francisco. it's still not complete but there is some good news why the end is near.

plus singer carrie underwood is on "ellen" today, what she's sharing about her frightening accident that left her seriously injured. the final peice of san

francisco )s sales force transit center is almost done --- the much anticipated gondola. the center officially opened last month. but the gondola wasn )t ready. the center officially opened last month we took you there live but the gondola wasn't

ready, we saw crews testing it earlier this week and there's a lot of buzz going around that it may debut in a matter of days. so far, no formal announcement, though. today they are holding one last construction update, so we'll see what comes out of that. also a little bit of controversy, where it comes to "sesame street" and probably not the first time that you've heard it. probably won't be the last time either. >> this is all about bert and ernie and for children, they're just bert and ernie, but a writer for the show now says that he wrote the duo as gay. this was based on his relationship with another man. the makers of "sesame street" insist as they always have that bert and ernie are muppets, and have no sexual orientation. they also say that they're supposed to teach children that people can be good friends with anyone, especially those who are very different from themselves. >> but we still don't know why oscar the grouch is so grouchy. >> this is true. 5:24 for you right now.

and this crazy stunt almost cost one man his life. this was a yellowstone national park, recorded by a stunned visitor. i want to you take a look here. this man walked up to the old faithful geyser and sat down next to it. >> stupid. >> of course the geyser explodes boiling hot water. this got the attention of park rangers who ordered that man to get up. he did, before the geyser blew and rangers arrested him. >> don't do that. all right, many of carrie underwood's fans have been waiting months to hear her talk about the accident that left her face badly injured. >> she finally opens up about it today on "ellen." here's a first look. >> so you hit like without protecting, you went right face first into -- >> i went to catch myself and i barely missed the step, and then kind of jammed my hand in there and hit face. >> so we'll see if ellen can get underwood to reveal thef her baby. you know she's pregnant. you'll see it on nbc bay area at

4:30, followed by the news at 5:00. all right, so the baltimore orioles, yeah, were a sight in their new uniforms last night. >> it was all to give awareness to those who cannot see. for the first time in u.s. professional sports their uniforms had braille on them. the orioles did it as part of a promotion with the national federation for the blind. the jerseys will be autographed and auctioned. the proceeds will go to benefit the nfb. the first 15,000 fans got a braille alphabet card on their way into the park. that is cool. >> i love the a's>> i know you . that's . san jose neighborhood on edge for months as crimes continue to rise there. todayer to take action. what residents plan to do, coming up in a live report. plus new video of a cruise ship rescue just miles from the golden gate bridge. we're going to show you what

prompted that woman to be rescued. -burlingame-

good morning to you. rook look at this beautiful shot, the in burlingame this morn show. >> wait until 7:00. thanks for joining us. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia today. >> i'm marcus washington. let's head over to kari right now, kari hall right now to get a look at the beautiful weather that we're seeing from that

picture. >> yes and my shot doesn't look as nice as the one you guys had but we're looking at the shark tank this morning as we start out in san jose. if you're at the diridon station it will be a chilly one, the low 50s across much of the bay area and after that chilly start it's going to start to warm up. we'll see a lot of sunshine at noon, we're at 72 degrees. still comfortable and also a cool start if you're headed out to the fruitvale b.a.r.t. station. temperatures warm up more slowly in oakland. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. mike, you've been tracking the morning commute and the issues in the south bay. >> two issues one out of the south bay, fortunately that mattress was not to be an issue. that's good stuff. two bridges we're focused on. first the bay bridge and over the last five minutes all the lanes kicked in. mid parking lot for the cash lanes, fast track lanes filled in faster, traffic tuesday was yesterday.

we saw a bigger backup quicker. so you see by comparison wednesday we have a good volume but no problems out of the maze up here. looking at contra costa county an easy drive and recovery for hercules for westbound 80. that crew did clear from the lane. the other issue we're talking about is the san mateo bridge westbound across the san mateo bridge, 92 may see an issue. reports of a disabled vehicle, actually some wood debris. two reports talking about west 92. no slowing just yet. we'll show you our live camera and check the area for an update. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:31 right now. one of san jose's most quaint neighborhoods is battling a series of crimes not used to seeing, a lot of people not used to seeing this, dealing with home invasions, burglaries, robberies, auto thefts and some of this is happening in broad daylight. >> today willow glen residents will get tips from the san jose police department and santa clara county district attorney's office how to protect themselves. bob riddell is live in willow

blo glen with how the conversation is going so far. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and marcus. that would be the second meeting in willow glen involving the community of the people who live in this area and law enforcement. however, this meeting will focus more on how people live here, how they can prevent the crime from happening. you will recall late last month, more than 200 people filled the willow glen community center, that was for the first meeting. san jose police department chief eddie garcia, he got an earful of how frustrated people are that criminals seem to be targeting this neighborhood, this part of san jose. chief garcia announced the creation of a "proactive burglary unit" to bust rings of thieves, soon to come "street crimes unit" and the fact that san jose police will respond to alarms, whether they're verified or not. so far people around here say they're not seeing that much of a difference. >> no, not yet, no. all i read is in the neighborhood watches that the

police officers are slow in responding. >> i don't think i would beat a night. >> we're putting some information on your tv screen if you want to look up and read this year. the willow glen crime prevention meeting happening today, it's tonight from 6:30 to 8:00 at the willow glen community center on lincoln avenue. the santa clara county district attorney's office will talk about prevention, crime trends in the city and the judicial process for people who get arrested or busted and you also see that we put a phone number up there, 408-277-4133. we're reporting live here in san jose, willow glen neighborhood, bob riddell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, bob. a man accused of stealing more than $100,000 worth of items from people's homes is now behind bars. san francisco police arrested 61-year-old george lima. they say over a four-week period

this summer, lima burglarized a string of homes in the mission and engelside neighborhoods, allegedly stole bikes, laptops, electronics and even cash. help coming from above. the coast guard rescuing a woman yesterday. this was about 35 miles southwest of the golden gate bridge, that woman in her 70s was on board a cruise ship when she started having stomach pains. they hoisted her up, taking her to get treatment. no word on her condition. new details on a story we brought you yesterday morning. the future of valco mall in cupertino. last night city leaders were expected to vote on putting a major housing project at the mall, which is now closed. last night's meeting was postponed until tonight, though, where officials tell us they will make a final decision on that site-specific plan. >> 5:34. happening today, san francis curriculum designed to prepare students for the next big one, focused on earthquake and it

utilizes san francisco and its earthquake history as sort of a learning campus. usgs scientists say there's a 72% chance a 6.7 quake will strike sometime in the next three decades. this next story is getting people talking online this morning. local lawyer says his passion project is rethinking the bay area's transit system. the maps piqued our interest. overnight, jacob berman uploaded redesigned transit maps to his own website. he tells "the sf gate" that he started sketching these out while stuck on b.a.r.t. in the trans bay tube. on his wish list, better rail coverage in soma and mission bay and expanding access to the east bay. he says that he thinks this all is doable by the year 2050. i guess we'll just have to wait around and see. after 80 years woodside is getting a new fire station. work on the $10 million skylonda

station on sky line boulevard is now complete and later today, leaders are going to hold the official ribbon cutting. always exciting. neighbors are expected to check it out. it replaces the old station which was built back in 1939. a live look at something newer, san jose's s.a.p. center, where things are starting to heat up on the ice. hockey season right around the corner, officially, though the sharks played their first preseason game last night. it was not on tv, but we do hear they won though. and if you're a sharks fan, you know who this is, two-time norris trophy winner eric carlsson. the sharks got him in a trade with ottawa. later today he'll meet with thet to speed, pucks drop tuesday. practice wite urry and get up >> they are up to speed already and sounds from sports media, people have high expectations all around the league. so we're watching for that. that's over in the south bay, while the ice moves nicely, a little slowing for 101, no surprise for san jose. the wood debris is what the

report stands at for west 92 across san mateo bridge. no update and no slowing chp or a bridge crew will head through the area but the live camera did look okay the last time i checked. north 880 a crash and a possible car fire headed north 880 just before you get to dakota, the second 84 exit. the first one is thornton takes you up through town. the one toward the dumbarton bridge is the one there may be an issue there. as we look at a wider shot we look at 680 north at bernow, a crash at the center divide. no injuries, it's been there for a while so i got my eyes on things, counter commute. tri valley,t crew cleared through hercules so no more lane restrictionsee some mr toll. >> getting started with the day, already thinking about the weekend. >> why not? >> it will be nice this weekend. >> it will be nice and warm. it will be a little bit warmer than we originally expected so it's going to still continue on with some summer-like weather. here is a look at my new numbers

now, as we look at the inlet valleys that will reach into the low 90s. the bay at 82 degrees and it will be comfortable for the coast, with highs near 70 degrees. we'll bring it down, oh, not that warm, that should be 67 degrees for the coast. the bay 80 degrees. let me just change this. oh my goodness. all right, so on saturday, you'll find disaster preparedness day. i'm going to bring storm ranger. i'll talk about the truck and all of ouralk about emergency preparedness, get you ready, as we get ready for the fall season, and heading into winter. our temperatures in san mateo are going to be at 77 degrees, reaching into the middle of the afternoon. i'll be there from 10:00 until about 1:00 so it's going to be nice and comfortable. if you're planning on sunday to head out to viva yayei in san jose, this time it's on monterey

road, find the details online. our temp you aeratures are goine warm. the earlier the better. temperatures will be rising quickly going from 69 at 10:00 to 80 degrees at noon. so if you're planning to hit the road this weekend, maybe going to heavenly, it's going to be a beautiful weekend with those highs reaching into the mid-70s with some sunshine, the tri valley will have warmer temperatures reaching up to 93 degrees on friday, and then i guess a little bit manageable by the end of the weekend, looking at some upper 80s, heading out of town to santa barbara. expect those beach temperatures to be in the upper 70s. we'll talk about what's going on with our forecast for today, that's coming up in about three minutes. >> all right, coming up, fugitive of the law, why authorities believe an escaped inmate could headed here to the bay area. along the california/mexico border, a prototype for the president's proposed wall is revealed. new report also revealing

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mike traffic tease coming up on 5:43 and a clear look at san jose, headed down to campbell our temperatures at 9:00 will be about 58 degrees and some

sunshine today, looking at another day with some comfortable weather, at least the start, and we'll be heating up a little bit more this afternoon. we'll have some hotter temperatures for our inland valleys. i'll have more on that and also higher fire danger. details coming up in less than five minutes. a live look at the san mateo bridge westbound with the tail lights. that's your commute direction and also where they reported wood debris. chp don't see a problem looking at either side of the bay. an escaped inmate is on the run and authorities believe he may be headed here to the bay area where he's from. justin tyquinco walked away near a minimum secure correctional facility near nevada city early yesterday, that's where he was serving six years for armed robbery. he was sentenced in contra costa county back in 2015 and supposed to serve one year in alameda county for second-degree robbery. the popular drug humira may be helping doctors and hospitals a little too much.

now california is going after the drugmaker. the state's insurance commissioner is suing abbvie, accusing the company of providing cash, gifts and medical software to doctors and hospitals to push humira on to patients. health insurers have paid $1.2 billion in humira's claims over the last five years. the commissioner is calling this the largest health care fraud case in california history. humira treats arthritis and crohn's disease. california's once again suing the trump administration but this time over pollution. attorney general javier bacerra says the administration is rolling back a rule aimed at reducing pollution from energy drilling on federal land. the lawsuit was filed hours after the interior department announced it was rescinding the rule which focuses on methane pollution. new mexico is also joining that suit. staying with the trump administration, its new prototypes for a border wall may very well be not effective there. according to a new test report

from the ucu prototypes can be breached. those tests showed the walls can be physically penetrated or scaled. the department did say that it would take specialized equipment to breach the prototypes. a new twist for president trump's nominee for the supreme court. >> the woman who accused brett kavanaugh says she will not testify monday. you specifically said you thought this would happen. >> at our midday show on tuesday, marcus. we talked about the various reasons the monday showdown between dr. christine blasey ford and brett kavanaugh might not happen. dr. ford, of course, accused kavanaugh of attacking her in a bedroom when the two were teens. she now wants the fbi to investigate the claim before she testifies to the senate judiciary. this creates a conflict for senate republicans. do they accept that and continue to postpone the nomination vote, or do they go ahead and vote on

kavanaugh? that vote if they do it could come as soon as wednesday. now the fbi generally doesn't investigate claims of sexual assault. those generally speaking don't involve federal law, and background checks are not the same as criminal investigations. here's president trump. >> it wouldn't bother me, other than the fbi, john, said they don't do that. that's not wdo. they have done supposedly six background checks over the years, as judge kavanaugh has gone beautifully up the ladder. >> the fbi did investigate anita hill's claims against clarence thomas back in the early '90s, at the request of then president george h.w. bush, and president trump can do the very same thing. that investigation lasted three days, and did not find evidence to back up hill's claims. meanwhile dr. ford said there was a third person in the room when she was attacked. victims advocates point out if dr. hill were making this story

up, she wouldn't create an eyewitness. mark judge. judge wrote a letter to say he has no memory of the incident but also says he won't speak publicly about it. in other words, he won't testify. the "wall street journal" editorial board pulling no punches this morning. the conservative newspaper writes "republicans have already created more danger for themselves and judge kavanaugh by agreeing to a hearing the democrats will turn into a #metoo spectacle." it goes on to say if dr. ford doesn't show up monday, republicans should take the vote. we are watching all of this and of course everything else that is happening in washington. it comes a mile a minute, and i do my best to update you on twitter. you can find me @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott. james bond might be jealous of this guy right about now. people driving down the road were just a little confused. that man in florida nonchalantly driving his jet ski someplace, but not on the water.

probably thought it would be a great work-around for the overcrowded bridges in florida but the u.s. coast guard reminds everybody using watercraft improperly can be dangerous, although we don't know if this vehicle would sink or swim. did he turn his jet ski into a moped or i don't understand how it's working. >> jet ski housing over a moped? >> why are there wheels on it? >> could be like theats, james that was a lotus in the old movie "the spy who loved me." i saw it at a car shop one timea >> ka, might be a nice day to head out toward the water? >> i think so. it's going to start to heat up in the valley. i think a lot more people will be headed to the beaches today and don't drive your jet ski there. here is a look at our temperatures as we get ready to head out, in the mid-40s in the north bay as well as the south county so it is a chilly start, definitely feels like fall and probably hard to imagine that

it's going to be warmer later on today. as we look at our morning commute from martinez, getting ready to head out the door it's in the mid-50s and you might have to crank up the heater for a little while. as you leave later today it's going to be much more comfortable, low 70s by noon. getting out the dooreaation, fr temperatures at 52 degrees at 6:00 and reaching into the low 70s b b a great idea, before it heats up our inland valleys headed up to 88 degrees in antioch today and 85 in livermore. not too bad, but this is definitely warmer than what we've had recently so as you're getting dressed this morning, you need a jacket to start, later on today all good with some short sleeves and maybe a hat to give you a little bit of shade from all of that sunshine, especially if you're going to the beach today. santa cruz will be very nice with high temperatures headed into the low 70s, but we'll be at about 68 degrees as the clouds clear out fairly quickly. heads up in the north bay,

especially in the hills, there will be a fire weather watch in effect, and this is for all of the area shaded in orange. that includes some of the higher elevations, where the winds will be picking up gusts up to 35 miles per hour, and decreasing humidity, so any sparks could cause a wildfire that could quickly go out of control. we'll continue to monitor that. if you're not doing so already, follow me on facebook as well as twitter, @karihall weather and you may get a personalized forecast. inland valleys are feeling like summer, in time for the first day of fall. we'll be up to 90 degrees this saturday and gradually coming down just a bit early next week. mike, you have an update on the crash in fremont. >> i do, over the last few minutes the crash caused some slowing, talking about 880 over on the fremont side. the east bay. south bay shows a little gentle build for 87 and 101 so the commute starting to kick in early for 87. we will track that. meanwhile 880 just recovered.

it took ten minutes for the slowing to appear and then clear as they got that crash over to the shoulder, that was the latest update from chp north 880 at da coda. meanwhile getting over to the bay bridge, walnut creek, concord, there's a little slowing through pittsburg and bay point, typical for westbound 4, but getting toward concord, walnut creek and the caldecott tunnel everything movingooth. slowing through hercules for the morning commute and also this will be here but i wanted to show you the bay bridge toll plaza, we have these lanes visibly moving starting to slow down now so finally that morning commute starting to pack all lanes there at the bay bridge. itself. good alternate b.a.r.t. take you under the water. everything is running without delay. b.a.r.t. has the west oakland track replacement work, the last weekend they'll be doing that, saturday and sunday. i'll update you and post something online as well. back to you. >> thank you. we have a lot more coming up on "today in the bay."

at 6:00, why you may have to pay up for calling 911 if you run into trouble in contra costa county. breaking news southeast, a threat right now, joint andrews air force base. what we know so far. held for captive for months now, in just hours one of elies beth smart's captor also be released from prison. new this morning what hercontro exclusive interview. first, happening now, we are waiting the formal charges against the man suspected of killing oakland native and iowa college student molly tibbetts. in just hours christhian rivera will be arraigned for murder. tibbetts was found dead in a cornfield a few weeks ago after going missing to are a month. rivera's illegal immigrant farm hand is having some seeking tougher immigration laws. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪

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out we have breaking news to tell you about. you're looking w, this is from joint andrews air force base, juthere, they're saying a woman was inside that vehicle, just outside of one of those gates and she claims to have explosives inside. the woman is refusing to get out of that car. of course you can see right

there, that robot is expecting that vehicle right there. president trump is set to depart from that base soon, but of course they're going to try to handle this situation before he gets close to there, but again, we are looking, this is at joint andrews base just outside of d.c. where a woman claims to have explosives inside that car you're looking at there. we'll continue to follow this and we will bring you those updates here on "today in the bay." happening today, the woman who helped to kidnap elizabeth smart is expected to be released from jail. we've covered the recent controversy wanda barzee is getting out years earlier than initially thought, because of a mistake in how her time served was calculated. smart, that was a teenager when barzee and her husband took her captive in 2002 pleaded with utah officials to keep barzee behind bars. all new this morning, smart's dad is talking with the "today" show. >> she is as far as i'm co abducted

elizabeth, so i have concern that she would take advantage of those that she could. >> the full interview airs at 7:00 this morning, after "today in the bay." hear why smart says he thinks bardee is sti barzee is still dangerous. maybe you heard about the next story, it's scaring a lot of people inonng and his girlfriend accused of drugging and sexually assaulting two victims. prosecutors say that there may be as many asthories say the co their good looks to lure women home where they attacked them. even weirder here, the man in this case once appeared on a bravo dating show. 5:58. new for you this morning, a grieving southern california mom says her son died as part of a t fraternity hazing. the police are investigating this. 20-year-old tyler hillard

attended uc riverside. he collapsed during a hike saturday with his alpha phi alpha brothers as he was a pledge there. he then died at the hospital. his mother says that he had text messages on his phone that included photos of paddles and talk o beatings. >> he said that they had not started the hike yet and tyler was complaining of shortness of breath, and then shortly after, he d.j. called 911. we n a apology. they failed tyler. tyler had a bright future ahead of him. >> you heard her dean of pledge she says was responsible for keeping everyone safe. he did not respond to our sister station's request for comment. >> so sad. new for you this morning, kris? >> united airlines has a new streamlined boarding process. it cuts the number of lines from five to two, to try to stop

overcrowding at the gates. you know you do it sometimes. crowds swarming the entrance to that flight. united will start sending notifications to your smartphone to let you know that boarding is starting. united says it tested different boarding strategies on 12,000 flights and then reviewed customer feedback. so if you drive a honda civic you need to be careful here. >> it is the top stolen car in the country. thieves love them. if you own a honda, pretty sure you've heard the story before, because it's been in the rankings before. the national insurance crime bureau released its annual list. the national insurance crime bureau released its annual list, topped by civic with more than 45,000 stolen. usually honda accord is on the top of the list. that came in second followed by a full-size ford pickup, the full-size chevrolet pickup and toyota camry. we're not getting the same coverage anyways. to pay additional on top of that is totally wrong.

>> the outcry this morning after some east bay communities say they will charge people for calling 911. why they want people to pay up. plus new hope for a homeless community in the south bay. the next place these folks will be allowed to move. and here we go again. temperatures heat up and winds pick up, firefighters are sounding the alarm about the fire danger. "today in the bay" continues right now. good morning to you. 6:00, we thank you for joining us for "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >>sanchez. laura garcia is off. the weather is nice and cool