bay bridge good morning and thank you for joining us. i )m marcus washington. . good thursday morning. as we take a live look at the bay bridge. >> summer hanging ontoday, right? >> oh, yeah. and also with the hotter temperature, we're concerned about the high fire danger. we do have a red flag warning in effect for bay area hills. for all those areas shaded in red. so, we'll have those microclimates in an alert today as the winds increase and decrease in humidity. wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour. here are the winds, picking up throughout the day but the dry, northerly wind will cause a lot of concerns. you need to be careful with any

sparking out there today. let's head to campbell, see our temperatures head into the 80s, well above normal. mike, you're just tracking the road crews. >> we are. we're looking at no major problems over here. this road crew has an issue through livermore, slowing communicate, around -- 84 sees the. clearing. we haven't seen any other problems. no other traffic coming through the area. coming across through cocoa county, we see w ts that richmond, a few cars, hov, back he area getting from to san rafael. no sign of palo alto professor christine blasey ford ever since she accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault.

death threats have been sent to her and she's been in hiding ever since. it doesn't appear she'll testify in the congressional hearing but she's receiving a tidal wave of support and she's receiving money, hundreds of thousands. >> we have more on the growing support for her in palo alto, including the skies. >> reporter: a plane flying a banner of support will take off from here around 11:00 a.m. we don't know exactly what the banner will say. we do know the message will support the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. >> we're sfliing a manner that we appreciate christine. >> reporter: appreciation is pouring in. this one started by a georgetown university law professor, raising over $200,000. this local page has over $50,000, started by a los almos

woman. it's said to go to security to keep ford and her family threats from alleged death threats. meanwhile, on capitol hill -- >> i really want to see her. i want to see what she has to say. >> reporter: that is, if ford shows up for monday's hearing. >> any talk of a hearing amon is premature because she just came forward with these allegations 48 hours ago. >> reporter: the allegation of sexual assault, kavanaugh says happened more than 30 years ago. republicans are scrambling to make a plan for ford to testify. >> where fed coming before our committee. make dr. ford comfortable with >> reporter: today in the bay. human services says it's lost track of nearly 1500 migrant children. in most cases case managers say

they can't follow up with sponsors that originally took them in. this is the second time in less than a year the federal government disclosed case managers can't find the children. he says is not guilty. a harvard educated lawyer accused of rape and kidnapping in a high profile case that captivated the bay area is defending himself. acting as a own attorney. he's also breaking his slebs. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez clusspely with him. to know tha am and i remain extremely sorry for their ordeal. what i can. >> reporter: that's what convicted kidnapper matthew muller says he wants denise and erin to know. prosecutors say he entered their home as they slept, tying them

up, kidnapping and raping erin. he pled to 40 years in exchange f for. he says he plans to fight charges. >> it's pretty simple in that i'm not guilty. >> reporter: he says he wanted to help the couple in some way but was not mentally sound when he took the federal deal. >> i fell into a severe depression while at the sacramento ja i didn't care what happened to me. >> reporter: but he's married now and has hopes of seeing freedom some day. he plans to use a mental illness defense as he says there's much more to the plan that he would like to reveal. >> i want to take the stand and be asked the questions and i don't have to think of anything anymore other than the truth. it's a very intricate story,

bitz the truth. truth is stranger than fiction sometimes. and it will come out. there's evidence for exactly what it was that happened. >> reporter: muller will serve at his own attorney in next week's preliminary hearing. he will lookly directly question the couple he's accused of terrorizing, but, he says, he doesn't to want cause them any more pain. a death that a nefariously plotted to make this happen at this time so i could grill them on the stand right before they were getting married is ridiculous. >> reporter: jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. we posted the entire interview on our website, nbcbayarea.com. sn continuing coverage. finally a future for an rundown south bay mall. they plan to convert it into a

$4 billion complex with homes, retail stores and office space. council members said yes to the plan late last night. there was a lot of pushback from opponents but in the end they signed with developers, and housing proponents saying it will be a big boost to the economy. >> the remaining tenants at the mall are suffering from being in a dead mall. they're looking for revitalization. the community is looking to have this mall restored to its social hub as it was decades ago. >> several groups fighting the mall say it would be too much c nor many paying the energy bill often means not paying others. plus, the race leading to a trip out of this world. literally. what amazon ceo is doing to be

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amazon, netflix and apple all fell. today we're gel data on existing home sales in and august jobless claims. the have a group says the problem of paying energy bills is especially impactful for minorities, es spesly those who are foregoing food, medicine in order to payir gas l energy speg is the lowest in over awe decade. jeff bezos is continuing his out of this world investing, contributing $1 billion to his rocket company, blew other begin, next year. he says the company will begin flying people to space in the coming year. blue origin will drive revenue as it competes with elon musk's

spacex and other private rocket firms, though ticket prices have not been revealed. >> it will be interesting to see how much. >> i'm sure we'll get it on orbit. >> no kidding. coming up on tod"today in t bay" -- >> a quick warm-up going into the afternoon. as we take a look at fremont. it will be a cool start with mid-50s and heading into the mid-70s already by noon. we will talk about what's ahead s > a short slowdown for these folks at the bay you have to sln midway and move over. this they haven't opened all w you what's going on a little farther south on the map. n

baseball at the well, this is your last chance this season for weekday afternoon baseball at the oakland coliseum. here's a live look at the coliseum i where the a's will h the l.a. angels at 12:30 today. last night the a's showed some real muscle there. scod ten runs and out the angels. they're still on track to play the new york yankees in a one-game pln october 3rd. they'll have to work some magic to catch the yankees and host that all or nothing game. >> there's still a chance. >> yeah.

>> all you need is a chance. we are now transitioning from baseball to football weather. and it's still definitely baseball weather out there. it feels like summer. as we take a live look at the coliseum once again, we have clear skies and no fog issues as you get ready to head out. the seven-day forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen as we talk about a red flag warning coming into effect. that means conditions will be right for fires, any sparks to spread rapidly because of thesi. as those winds descend down the hills, it actually warms up and dese our winds in oops could gust up to 35 miles an hour and all these areas shaded in red is where you have to be really careful with any sparkings and that includes the santa cruz mountains.

as we monitor that, we start out with cool temperatures. we're in low 50s in parts of the north bay. mid-50s in san jose and heading down towards morgan hill. 55 degrees in san francisco. as you make your way out the door for work this morning, maybe heading to the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station, we'll be in the upper 50s. it's still a cool start. as we go through the day, we're looking at those highs reaching into the 80s. but we'll be on trend for quickly warming temperatures today. look at how hot it's going to be. up to 96 degrees today in concord. livermore, we're up to 94 degrees. 88 degrees in san jose. we went from fall-like weather in a snap to summer weather. we'll see that for the next couple of days. as you get a look out the window, make sure you grab a jacket for the early hours. later on today, you'll just try to stay cool with maybe a sleeveless shirt and shorts for this afternoon, especially if you can make it to the beach

today. santa cruz it starts out cool but look at these afternoon temperatures. it's going to be so much more comfortable there along the coast compared to what we'll have inland with highs reaching 95 degrees today. this will be the peak of the heat, though. we'll gradually coming down off this heading into the weekend but it's still going to be pretty hot going into the start of next week. as we head over to mike, you're tracking a report on the bay bridge. >> we had reports of a disabled vehicle blocking one lane or partially blocking one lane as you get over to treasure island. we haven't seen any slowing around the curve but that's where the disabled vehicle that ran out of gas is reported. should be off to the shoulder. if not off treasure island at this point. we'll continue to monitor the reports until they clear that at the top of the screen. all the way down both sides. look at that, green, green, green. that's a great drive down through the south bay. no silicon valley slowing. south county northbound 101 does

not show any problems. this is where we'll see some slowing later on in the commute as folks come into morgan hill. thursday afternoon may see more folks heading down towards the summit. actually thursday, early afternoon, that may be a factor. keep that in mind as we take another live look. the camera looks like it had a little problem but we had no issues getting over to the b.a.r.t. station into the dublin interchange. no need to reset anything else. the b.a.r.t. system coming through that area, the tri-valley as well as the rest of the trains look great, all these systems, no delays. this is the last weekend it's scheduled to have the west oakland closure because of track replacement. this is near the lake merritt station. i'll tweet out that information as well. getting towards the bay bridge, they're moving slowly across the span. the backup at the toll plaza starting to clear out right now. >> thanks, mike. 4:50.

it's a dog owner's worst nightmare. luckily a patrol officer in arizona was able to stop a man driving off with his vehicle, with the dog tied to it the vehicle. the man headed out of the gas station, headed to the interstate when the officer noticed the dog. he activated his siren and got that driver to stop. he was very appreciative of saving had his dog's life. new doctors that are on probation cannot hide it anymore. >> california became the first state to pass the law,it syeste. it's meant to inform patients if their doctor has committed sexual misconduct or other wrongdoings. there's some way to find it online but now doctors will have

to reveal it directly to patients. money-saving options for prescription drugs is out there but your pharmacist is likely not telling you about the deals because the law puts it in the hands of the insurance company which means pharmacists are nowing patients that it will be cheaper paying cash. many believe insurance companies are profiting from this law. >> i have two drugs, which did i want? one was $86, the other was $5. i said, what's the difference? they said, they're identical. i'll go with the $5. why couldn't they make that decision for me? they're not allowed to. >> congress is working on new measures to change the law. president trump says that he supports pharmacists sharing more information. >> a tech company church.

louisiana jeff landry says google and facebook should be broken up. he says he's worried those companies are gathering people's personal information and selling it for profit. landry is one of several state attorney generals meeting next week. state attorney general javier becerra will attend that meeting as well. 4:52. coming up on "today initti the . that's what atherton's money pit. the reason why a home is taking more than 40 years to complete. first, happening now, two shark attacks in 24 hours. this time a 12-year-old girl in critical condition in an australian hospital while she was attacked in northeastern

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a new history textbook is upsetting some people in sacramento county. the first grade textbook explains the hist a new history textbook is upsetting some people in sacramento. the first grade textbook explains the history of gay rights in california and features gubernatorial candidate gavin newsom, referring to him as a champion for people's rights. some parents think it sounds like a campaign ad for newsom. right now the textbook is in the testing phases. no word on if the county will adopt the book. this is a construction project that never ends. an atherton man started building a home for his family back in 1978. 40 years laters it's still under construction and neighbors are fed up. the neighbor got work permit but

it was slow. the neighbors started complaining with trees and trash on the property. now the city wants to know if they're going to finish the project? >> it's not something that happens overnight. >> that owner has passed away and his daughter is now managing the property. she says she doesn't know why he didn't finish the project but the family could face many fines if they don't finish soon. coming up on "today in the bay," a look at our forecast. >> it's going to be a nice one if you're going to the a's game at the coliseum early this afternoon. temperatures today in the upper 70s there but we do have some upper 90s in the forecast. i'll talk about that next. it's hard to make out but i zoomed out so we could show you the effects of what's going on. the disabled vehicle looks like it's affecting the spann. you could save energy

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for joining us. i )m laura garcia. and i )m marcus washington. a very good thursday morning. thank you for joining us. taking a live look outside. sfo this morning, coming or going. you're in for a great day in the bay area. quite warm. summer hanging on. ist going to be very nice. we'll take a look at the full forecast coming up and also some warnings in that department in just a moment. first want to say good morning to you and thanks for joining us. right now we want to get a

look at traffic this morning as people are getting ready to get out the door. >> we have an issue on the bay bridge. let's take you to our shot from emeryville. it may look just fine. i want you to notice the foreground, the slower moving lights. that's not beautiful as folks travel across the bay bridge. the incline from the san francisco side pushing over towards treasure island. a disabled vehicle is blocking one lane. you can see slowing through the tunnel. on the other side, the san francisco side, everything is just fine getting towards the city. that will present a bit of an issue. the backup at the toll plaza looks standard this time in the morning but they may turn the metering lights on pretty early. that's westbound. getting through contra costa county, same thing to alameda county and the rest of the bay down through the south bay and coming up from the south county things are looking clear. no problems, no fog detected on our road weather index. what do you have for us?

>> it's all clear as we take a live look in palo alto. we can see traffic is flowing smoothly there. no issues as we take a look at the numbers. our temperature trend will be at 59 degrees at 9:00 and upper 70s as we go into the afternoon. now,ly. we also have a high fire danger in bay area hill. all of these areas shaded in red, thanks where we will have the potential of increasing wind, low humidity and high wind