tv Today in the Bay NBC September 23, 2019 6:00am-6:58am PDT
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weather this weekend. we just have to make it through the summer-like weather over the next cup offouple of days. a live look in san jose, starting out with a few clouds moving by and we'll have a mild start to the day. i probably can't show this enough. it's all over the place. inland temperatures reach the upper 80s today, upper 90s tomorrow, mid-90s on friday but thursday we cool off significantly and it continues to cool off into the weekend. i'll have more on this and the high fire danger. mike, you're concerned about a crash at the san mateo bridge. >> i am and also concerned about the temperatures you show, looks like a quick pick for the lottery. over here flashing lights, the issue is there may be another problem on the span itself, meanwhile getting to the san mateo bridge westbound the commute direction is an issue getting to the toll plaza with a crash reported in middle lanes. that's bogging down traffic coming off of the nimitz, which is also filling up, because
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that's the traditional time you see, san leandro down toward union city. that's probably the worst of the slowing we see here on our freeways. a nice drive for the south bay, getting toward the bay bridge, you have a nice drive down here, i saw some low clouds drifting through this shot but maybe some fog at the golden gate bridge and backup at the toll plaza. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:01 right now the ingredients for wildfires coming together, power power shutoffs for tens of thousands of people. thom jensen is live in sonoma with what residents need to know right now. good morning, thom. >> good morning. nine counties now affected by these potential mandatory shutoffs. pg&e adding sonoma county and napa county, the list of counties that could face mandatory shutoffs as early as this evening. they'll be announcing later this morning possibly this comes after the national weather service announced red flag fire
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weather warnings across the north bay and east bay hills, dry north winds, low humidity and increasingly high winds tuesday morning and those high daytime temperatures creating a lot of concerns. it would affect 33,500 customers here in sonoma county, nearly 13,000 in lake county and 10,500 pg&e customers in napa county. no definite shutoffs have been announced but pg&e says it expects the risk to increase, beginning around 8:00 tonight as the wind gusts start to pick up and the company says it's closely monitoring the weather forecast before making a final decision on mandatory shutoffs. >> gusty winds and dry conditions combined with the high fire risk threaten a portion of the electric system and there's no single factor. >> reporter: these are not mandatory shutoffs right now but pg&e announced it could make that decision as early as late this morning, if they do go in
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effect they likely will "today " >> certainlyat. thank you, thom. >> we're talking about the warmer temperatures, heat advisories and the wind is going to be an issue, too. >> that's going to be the issue and these areas if you're looking at the map we're showing here in the areas shaded in red, that's where we will have the concern of low humidity and high winds. let's go through this hour by hour, starting at 9:00 when the red flag warning starts and as we go toward midnight, look at clearlake, winds coming in at about 20 miles per hour, and it's mostly for these higher elevations, where we won't see the wind mixing down into the valleys, but any elevations above 1,000 feet is where we could see the winds gusting at about 30 to possibly 40 miles per hour, and that's the reason why they do have those concerns about the power issues, and some of the things that may spark a wildfire that could grow and create aspad quickly. so it's mostly going into the next couple of days, along with
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these really hot temperatures for the inland areas. so i'll have more on this and the rest of the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> all right, thank you, 6:04 for you right now. today we're hearing from channel miller, the secxual assault survivor whose impact statement went viral, even on the floor of congress. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us with what this young woman has to say. >> chanel miller was eloquent in court as she read the victim impact statement mostly directed at her assailant brock turner. at that time she was known as emily dough. in "60 minutes" she talked about in full what happened to her, from the night brock turner sexually assaulted her after a fraternity party on the stanford campus to the time he was arrested days later, she hadn't heard anything from police, the district attorney's office, not even a rape counsellor. desk, surrounded by co-workers, reading about how i was stripped
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and then penetrated and discarded in a bed of pine needles behind a dumpster, and that's how i figured out all of those elements, and they all added up, and i finally understood. >> miller said she didn't know if she could testify in court but after working with a therapist she could. voters recalled judge aaron persky from the bench, he lost his job because of that. chanel miller's memoir of "know my name" will be re hour, what happened in the courtroom that really fortified her resolve to write this memoir, and put her story out there in her own words rather than letting it be heard from what happened. >> hopefully that aided in her healing a little bit. >> she said she struggles, it's been four years but she seems like a bright, young woman and
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hopefully she'll be okay. >> strong woman indeed. thanks, kris. 6:06. new overnight, britain is backing the same conclusions the u.s. has in the recent drone attack on saudi oil facilities. prime minister boris johnson says the uk is putting the blame squarely on iran. iran still denies responsibility and today iran agreed to release a british flag oil tanker. its navy seized more than two months ago in the golf. johnson made his comments ahead of his arrival in new york for this week's united nations summit. which president trump will also atte attend. democrats are this morning demanding a whistle-blower complaintbo adms to speaking with ukraine's president about joe biden and his son. sarah dallof is live in washington with more. any movement on that complaint this morning? >> reporter: that's what all of
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d.c. is waiting to see, marcus. meanwhile the president is back in new york at the center of a political firestorm. washington starting the week abuse, as new details emerge about a july phone call between president donald trump and the president of ukraine. >> there was no quid pro quo. >> reporter: the president confirming former vice president joe biden and his son, hunter, did play into the conversation. >> it was largely the fact we don't want our people like vice president biden and his son creating the corruption already in the ukraine. >> reporter: the phone call reportedly led to a whistle-blower complaint that was not related to congress. in a new letter, house speaker nancy pelosi demanding it be turned over as democrats push oe president crossed the line but
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encouraging a foreign leader to investigate a political rival and pending military aid for ukraine at the time was a factor. >> there is no privilege that covers corruption. there is no privilege to engage in underhanded discussions. >> reporter: the trump administration responding. >> those conversations have always been 100% appropriate, 100% lawful. >> reporter: the president defiant on twitter sunday evening, continuing his attack on the bidens. there's been no evidence of wrongdoing by either. >> he sees any threat to his staying in power, he'll do whatever he has to do, but this crosses the line. >> reporter: joe biden firing back both online and on the campaign trail. the president will meet with the leader of ukraine at the u.n. on wednesday, the first time the two have done so face to face since before that controversial phone call.n new york city afte arriving for thisk's.n. general assembly gathering. this is the president's third united nations meeting. he's chairing a gathering on religious persecution. security is tight outside of trump tower, where the president is staying during his visit.
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right now taking a live look in san francisco where a foggy start to the day, but it is the first day of fall. >> it is, certainly not going to feel like it. in fact, an increase fire danger as well, very concerned about this one, kari. >> especially as our temperatures heat up, so winds pick up and the humidity drops. that all starts late tonight, and continues throughout the day tomorrow. we're starting out with some clouds this morning, with a live look outside in san jose, and a nice cool one in campbell. we'll be in the upper 50s as you get ready to head out the door. it will be a little bit warmer today, compared to yesterday, and we're definitely going above where we should be with we're reaching up to 86 today in san jose, palo alto up to 85 and 91 today in antioch. in napa today expect a high of 86 and 92 in clearlake. we are going to see some much hotter temperatures in the forecast tomorrow. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. mike, now you have a new crash in walnut creek. >> i do, kari, that's the concern. the standard backup at the bay
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bridge toll plaza, we're aware of that build there, not bad for a monday. over here highway 4 feeds down to 680 southbound, and in that commute direction, around north main, word of a crash involving a motorcycle, sounds like the rider was able to get up and start walking around right away but there's some debris so your left lanes may be affected, that's a tough time. there's a build in contra costa county. a smoother drive south 680 through pleasanton and 880 south past the san mateo bridge and good news for that drive for those planning on taking the san mateo bridge, that crash did just clear minutes ago from that approach toward the toll plaza. there say crash hayward city streets not affecting the freeway but it may affect your on-ramp if you're coming over perhaps from over to the right side. it's in the service area but it may be a distraction getting over toward the bay bridge we're still under 20 minutes for the upper east shore freeway. back to you. >> thanks, mike. next and all new for you, foldable but not too foldable, a warning samsung is giving about the latest and already troubled
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they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c.
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the door a live look in palo alto. as the sun comes up, mostly clear skies and a cool start to the day. upper 50s as you head out the door. as you go through the day it will warm up, 78 degrees at 1:00. our inland valleys will feel that heat the most today and the next couple of days. we'll lack at our fire danger in less than five minutes. we're looking over here a problem for southbound 680, a motorcycle involved crash blocking two left lanes, that is jamming you up just continuing to build out of pittsburg, bay point, concord and walnut creek interchange. typical backup at the maze. we'll track the whole build. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc global headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. slightly lower this morning. the markets are coming off a down week with the dow and the nasdaq bracing a three-week winning streak, after the fed cut interest rates and
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u.s./china trade talks appear to have hit another snag. reports on consumer confidence, gdp, personal income and durable goods. the nickel and diming is adding up. samsung reminds you to be extra, extra careful with the galaxy fold. the foldable smartphone is finally on sale after being delayed for several months because the screen was too fragile. well, it turns out the fixed version is fragile, too, and samsung knows it. the company's put out a video urging owners to treat their new phone with "a special level of care" advising them not to add extra screen protectors which could interfere with the folding display. samsung also wants to you know it is not waterproof or dustproof. and the nickel and diming of airline passengers is really adding up for the airline industry. a recent report by idea works shows revenue from add-on purchases such as bag fees, snacks and extra leg room hit nearly $53 billion worldwide last year. he the most fees with 7.2 billion, while united and delta weren't far behind but per passenger,
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those who fly on spirit airlines, they spent the most on extras with an average of 51 bucks per flight. marcus, you and i always with the extra leg room. >> i don't. although i slept through the drink and snacks they give you the other day. you feel like you missed out. >> thanks, frank. >> me and marcus -- >> we always do a lot, frank. 6:16 for uyou right now. much of hollywood may be in recovery mode after last night's 71st annual emmy awords. hbo's "game of thrones" went out in style, riding in its final season to the series fourthseas dinkledge fourth win as supporting actor. gay man to win best actor in a drama. >> took many years of vomiting up all the filth that i had been taught about myself, and halfway
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believed before i could walk around this earth like i had the right to be here. i have the right, you have the right, we all have the right. >> the first time nominee jody comber was surprised for winning best actress in a drama for "killing eve." >> you're going to need some shade today, i think. >> it's going to be really hot and the next couple of days 'lh n only the heat but a high fire danger. i wanted to get you started on this monday morning with the refreshing shot over san francisco. take a look at that. you can see kind of like the city lights poking through the clouds and then sunrise over the horizon. in san francisco you can't see much of this, it looks cloudy. we're going above that. as you get ready to head out for your drive in brented would, we have some low 60s for our
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temperatures and mostly clear skies, leading into the mid 80s by early this afternoon and check out that seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen, it is going to be really hot these next couple of days. we start to feel that warmth picking up today, with some upper 80s and low 90s in the south bay, with morgan hill reaching 92 degrees, also see some low 90s in the inland east bay with pleasanton topping out at 90, while oakland will see a high of 80 degrees today. we'll see some mid 80s on the peninsula in redwood city while daly city will reach up to 72 degrees. mostly some mid-70s for san francisco, with a breezy westerly wind, and for the north bay, expect upper 80s and low 90s, clearlake today reaching n degrees. so we're concerned about the high fire danger for today and tomorrow, and here is the reason why. as high pressure builds, we'll start to see our winds turning more offshore, and it's going to be very low in terms of the humidity, as well as the winds
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picking up in some of our hills above 1,000 feet, up to 30 to 40 miles per hour, maybe higher in a few spots. we will have the high fire risk continuing through wednesday, and then once this high pressure starts to make its way off towards the east, our winds will shift, an area of low pressure will drop in to the pacific northwest, and we'll have still those breezy winds, but also higher humidity, and also a chance of some showers possible especially for the sierra. as we go through this forecast, it is all over the place. you have to make sure you keep checking in each morning to see how our weather will shape up for today, because we have some upper 80s inland today and some of our hotter spots, upper 90s tomorrow, but then by the end of the week, our warmest temperatures will only be in the mid-70s, and then even cooler for the weekend. san francisco also bracing for some high heat starting tomorrow. mike, now you have two crashes affecting contra costa county. >> that's right, kari. the first one we'll talk about is most visible on this map. the bay bridge toll plaza, no.
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we have the backup there visible because of the maze. highway 4 feeds down toward 680 south where the first concern is over here for contra costa county, headed down into walnut creek. concord pleasant hill jam off of southbound 242 because of a crash blocking one lane north main street, i think it's blocking two lanes right now a motorcycle and somesoun like td condition, able to walk around. still the debris and a tough time approaching the walnut creek interchange. over here continued problems for vasco coming out of brentwood, discovery bay, byron, feeding down toward 580 at about 45 minutes now from marsh creek road through the area, twr we typically see slowing because it narrows down to one lane but the crash complicating things around the landfill road, vasco landfill road the official name there. over here this crash that cleared at the san mateo bridge toll plaza, going westbound across the bay, that's your commute direction and that was good news. the bad news in the upnow,
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approaching 92 approaching 880, sorry, we have a new crash which may be blocking lanes or a distraction causing slowing off of hayward city streets. as we look across the bay, the peninsula side looks great. we're just seeing a build for the dumbarton bridge and the south bay no problems, good news for folks traveling through silicon valley right now. getting down to the south bay, the nimitz shows the build righ scales and down past tesla and looking at the golden gate bridge with a notem chp about fog, folks local here we know about the fog. back to you. >> we sure do. thanks, mike. it's 6:21 right now. still ahead at 6:30, wrong way. how this trip on a bay area freeway, take a look at this car, the bottom of your screen there, it's heading up on the right-hand side, we'll show you how the driver ended up going the wrong way. she learns her late husband had a retirement account but she has no way to access the money. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next.
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nbc bay area responds to a lake county woman who found a financial dilemma after losing her husband. she asked consumer investigator chris chmura and his team for help for his retirement fund. >> good morning. susan in lucerne came to us at a difficult time. her husband passed away in money, and no one was helping. so she turned to us. we reached out to the employer, and the bank that held the account. it took a lot of digging, sorting through files and many, many phone calls but after three months susan got a check for $4,700 after taxes. susan told us that will be a big help. her story is a reminder for all of us, you see the hangup here, her husband's account didn't have a beneficiary listed, that's part of the reason it took so long to sort it all out. so take some time to review your financial affairs. a few minutes on the phone or online now could save your family months of hassle after you're gone. got a consumer problem, call us any time, 888-996-tips or online
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at nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> thanks, chris. still ahead at this hour, city hall shut down thanks to a computer virus. the help federal investigators are giving as union city leaders work to get local services back up and running. then later -- >> they know who the real killer is, and they're going to tell us. >> heiress on trial, what to expect in a high-profile murder trial set to begin on the peninsula. also -- >> it was absolute dread. >> survivor story, we'll share more of chanel miller's first television interview since the stanchinford s"today in the bay." ["white rabbit" by jefferson airplane]
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right now at 6:30, taking a live look at the new york stock melania trumpre oning bell and lot of children interestas well. she's with her big campaign. a live look at san francisco barely poking through the fog. north of the city high fire danger, tonight's top concern, power outages are looming in napa and sonoma counties. kari will continue to look at that this morning. good morning to you. thanks for starting your morning with us on "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. let's get straight to the forecast with kari. it's the first day of fall but
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not going to feel like it. >> it will not at all feel like fall but it is a little bit more normal for us to have the concerns about the fire danger in the inland hills. we're starting out with some clouds this morning, a live look outside in san jose as you get ready to head out the door in willow glen. upper 50s in the forecast and that will lead into some upper 70s by early afternoon, eventually see our high temperature downtown reach 86 degrees. 89 ivermore. it will be hotter today compared to yesterday, as we reach up to 91 in antioch. not only that, but we will have a red flag warning that goes into effect for the north bay and east bay hills, the dry wind picks up and we'll have some low humidity levels, and so for that reason, with the high winds in the forecast, pg&e may issue a watch regarding doing some power outages to reduce that threat of wildfires spreading rapidly under the gusty winds and low
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humidity. in a full report coming up in 15 minutes. mike, you're starting out with a look at the san mateo bridge. >> that's right, the wind is not a concern for the san mateo bridge. we are concerned about the volume of traffic which has sudd is i think with improving conditions for 92 approaching the area through hayward, those crashes both cleared on the approach to the toll plaza, it's an easier flow toward the span itself. that's all that's going on and the build for 880 there, also slowing for 680 south typical in the tri-valley and east bay. following a crash on vasco i'll. i wanted to show you the jam coming out of concord, pleasant hill toward north main for southbound 680, so that's just shy of the walnut creek interchange, keeping the interchange itself lighter flow but jamming up this portion of contra costa county. the bay bridge of course has your metering lights on as well. laura, back to you. >> all right, you saw this earlier, take a look, though, new video to show you, a tesla going the wrong way on i-80, from san francisco into oakland, it happened early this morning.
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the spot that you see we highlighted shows the car zooming past the toll plaza in the carpool fastrak lanes. we just got off the phone with chp and officers eventually used spike strips to stop that driver near fifth avenue in oakland. they got all the way there. eventually arresting that driver as well. we're told the man is charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving and of course wrong-way driving. luckily no one was injured. >> absolutely. 6:32 right now. tech teams are still staying very busy at union city government offices, after an apparent virus crippled city computers. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live with what we know right now. bob? >> reporter: this computer virus has paralyzed union city's i.t. system, the city's cyber team has been trying to fix the
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problem, which might take days to resolve. later this morning at 8:30, there will be an all hands on deck meeting for city employees to bring them up to speed on the i.t. situation. city hall is delaying its opening to the public until noon. this virus has affected nearly all the city services, including finance, planning, building, licensing, permitting, the police department even put out a tweet saturday warning residents that the police department servers are down, that's impacting the phone and email systems. not 911, take note there. please use the fremont police department's non-emergency number. the city's i.t. department has since reached out to outside agencies for help. >> connected with the fbi and sort of a normal protocol that any municipality or government, local government agency would do when something like this happens, so we want to make sure we're communicating and sharing data and information. >> reporter: the union city website is still online. a noticed posted there about this issue, asking residents with city businesses to be patient, to avoid requesting the
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processing of fees and licenses for the next week, unless absolutely necessary and that late fees will be waived. the city first noticed it was having i.t. problems friday night it became more serious into saturday morning. this raises concerns that there was some sort of targeted attack, like we've seen at other agencies, including school systems in the bay area, but union city workers say they're still trying to figure out who might have been behind this. the police department email as i mentioned, the servers are down but the emergency services are still up and running, that means 911 works and that's in part because the city of union city contracts with fremont's 911 dispatch services, so again if you call 911 emergency units will respond here in union city. reporting live in union city, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. 6:35 right now. happening today, opening statements in a murder trial involving a local heiress set to start in redwood city. tiffany lee is arranging to have
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her ex-boyfriend keith green killed. prosecutors say she then plotted with her then boyfriend to kill green. another man has pleaded guilty to charges related to disposing green's body, which was found on the side of the road in sonoma children and she was allegedly scared about losing the custody battle with him. new for you this morning, nbc bay area's legal expert dean tl. miss lee is someone who is charged with murder and who has significant ties to a foreign country and yet she's out of custody. that's only going to happen when someone has some $66 million in property and cash that they can put up for bail. >> lee has pleaded not guilty in the case. it's possible a judge later today could halt construction of
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the new homeless navigation center on san francisco's waterfront. earlier this month, the same judge refused to issue an injunction, but did call for today's follow-up hearing. d ci present more testimony if neighbors cannot stop the center from opening it will house 200 homeless peel. >> 6:36. anelay miller the sexual asst survivor whose victims impact statement went viral with people reading her account around the world, even on the floor of congress. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is here with us this morn w chanel miller's victim impact statement was so powerful that after she read it to brock turner in court, more than 11 million people read it online, in just the first few days it was released. in her first tv interview on cbs' "60 minutes" chanel miller didn't think anyone would want to read it but people did and other survivors reached out to her and she said that was like medicine for her, but her experience was very different on the stand, where she says that brock turner's defense attorney
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tried to use her own words against her. >> and i remember in court the defense attorney always said chanel has no memory. chanel has no memory, and i remember sitting there and thinking, i will remember everything, i will remember every remark, i will remember he lighting inside this texture of the defense attorney's hair, i will remember the depth of the pain you made me feel. i will remember it, and i will record it, and i will write it, so that it will not be lost. >> miller's memoir will be released tomorrow. she'll sleep a little earlier knowing she helped change sentencing law with regard to sexual assault and to change the definition of rape. voters were so outraged by brock turner's six-month sentence they recalled the judge in the case, aaron persky, is no longer a judge. miller says her dream was to
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write children's books, that she feared that parents wouldn't see her as a role model, they would say drunk, unconscious woman behind a dumpster isn't somebody they would want their kids to know. as a parent she's definitely a role model. >> and finding her voice and talking about it as well. when you're a victim of something tragic to share that and help others. >> right. so i'd say role model. >> no doubt. >> indeed. thanks, kris. the "today" show will share more of chanel's interview, coming up for us at 7:07, right here on nbc bay area. and chp believes speed may have played a factor in a crash that launched a motorcycle over the carquinez bridge. to his death in the water below, that's what the driver was doing. it happened last night, the chp says the motorcyclist rear-ended a car in the eastbound direction on the crockett side of the bridge. the driver of the car was not hurt. san francisco's iconic cable car also start running again
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this morning. that's sure to make a lot of tourists and a fuel locals happy. cable cars were shut down for ten days as crews worked on the system's massive 20-ton boxes. the gear boxes are what move the cable cars along san francisco's steep hills. you want them back up and running and there you have it. >> and help with the congestion, too, mike. >> and also of course people not happy are only the people who were here in the last tenmoot d just starting to see that commute build. recovery for although slow acr earlier crashes have cleared. that flat section, because the 580 moves well. the crash cleared here, southbound vasco road, improvement down to 40 minutes marsh creek to 580, that's standard for this time of day. we're looking at 680 southbound, this crash also cleared, that's been a good ten minutes here, southbound 680 through walnut creek, all lanes clear, but you'll see much more traffic headed toward lafayette, highway 24 westbound and eventually the
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canon tooaccoun kalt caldecott tunnel. a nice weekend, headed into to get over humps first. >> there will be a lot of heat to deal with and w are still on the roller coaster. by the weekend it will feel like fall as we see the high temperatures in the low 70s. for san francisco we're going from the upper 80s tomorrow to 65 by saturday. so as we make weekend plans, you may be planning around where we'll have the most comfortable weather. it looks good in the tri-valley as we continue to cool off there. friday it's in the upper 70s and down to 72 degrees, that's the high temperature this sunday. just a heads up, if you're going to lake tahoe there will be a chance of showers off and on throughout the weekend especially on saturday, as we reach only 55 degrees and even cooler on sunday, the high
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reaching 49 degrees. if you're planning to make it a beach weekend, expect some upper 60s, looking really good for santa cruz. we'll see a high of 69 this saturday. i'll have a look at today's temperature trend, that's coming up in three minutes. >> sounds good. we'll look forward to it. next, one of our top stories for tens of thousands of people in the north bay who may lose power tonight as fire danger w w to plan their days ahead. first, a major international closure overnight, standing hundreds of tan travelers across the globe. the impact at sfo. taking a look at the big board the dow is down 44 points right now. stocks fell today. the dow dropping 80 points at open, all over data out of europe stoking worries of a global economy. it is 6:42 for you right now. we'll have much more ahead for you right here on "today in the bay."
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good monday morning. right now at 6:45, we can see low clouds moving in to walnut creek, as you get ready to head out the door. we'll see that clearing out, with sunshine for the rest of the day, and it's a cool start, low 60s leading into a very warm early afternoon, 83 degrees at 1:00. we'll have even hotter temperatures headed our way. we'll talk more about our fire danger, that's in less than five minutes. and 33 minutes registering right now and the timing from highway 4, and the east shore freeway to the backup at the bay
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bridge, but do note the fastrak lanes right here are moving, which is better than we sometimes see on a monday. i'll show you how things are shaping up in contra costa county. >> thanks, mike. a live look at where the weekend collapse hfin impact. thomas cook operated three nonstop flights per weekancheste bay area. all of its flights are now halted and travelers around the world are stranded, after the british company abruptly went out of business. here's new video into our newsroom showing the final thomas cook flight arriving at manchester airport a short time ago. the company went under because it could not secure a $300 million lifeline. the uk's civil aviation authority is taking over bringing home some 600,000 people abroad. it's the uk's largest ever peacetime repatriation effort. happening today, the battle over abortion funding heads back to federal court. san francisco's ninth circuit appeals court will take up that issue today. judges will hear arguments on lawsuits challenging a trump administration rule. it bars federally funded family
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clinics from providing abortion referrals. the administration is appealing preliminary injunctions issued by three judges in san francisco, oregon and washington, blocking that rule. 6:46 right now. the chp investigating a deadly crash involving a big rig in the south bay, happened last night on highway 152 here bloomfield avenue east of gilroy. three cars were involved. the chp says several people were initially trapped. sadly, one person died. four others were injured. it closed both directions of highway 152 for several hours. >> 6:47. a lot of people this morning are thinking good thoughts for a woman many consider a bay area institution. betty reed suskind, the nation's oldest park ranger. she volunteered for years at the river center in richmond and over the weekend she turned 98, but her family also released a statement saying she is now rehabilitating from a recent stroke. they're also thanking everyone
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for the recent messages of love and support. firefighters are making good progress putting out the fire at the reservoir fire in milpitas. nbc bay area covered the story all weekend, that fire has burned about 120 acres since saturday, and it's now about 80% contained. >> 6:48 right now. more than 50,000 pg&e customers in the north bay could see mandatory power shutoffs as early as tonight due to increased fire danger. "today in the bay's" thom jensen joins us live in sonoma. what are the latest areas added to that possible mandatory shutoff list? thom? sonoma county were added to the list. nine counties on the list of mandatory shutdowns, not put in place, that could come later this morning as pg&e and weather experts monitor the weather
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situation, this comes after the national weather service issued red flag fire weather warnings across the north bay and parts of east bay hills. dry north winds, low humidity and increasingly high winds tuesday morning and high daytime temperatures creating most of the concerns. it would affect 33,500 customers here in sonoma county, nearly 13,000 in lake county and 10,500 customers in napa county. no definite shutoffs have been announced yet but pg&e expects the risk to increase, beginning around 8:00 tonight as the wind gusts start to pick up and the company says it's closely monitoring the weather forecast before making a final decision on mandatory shutoffs. no mandatory shut yourselves but pg&e could make the decisions on mandatory shutoffs as early as late this morning, if they do go into effect they probably will
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not go into effect until late in the afternoon or early evening. we're live in sonoma, thom jensen, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, thom. stay with nbc bay area. we'll keep you posted on anything that we hear as well. it's 6:49. take i a live look at sount helena, one of pg&e cameras scattered across the north bay fire and danger zones and across northern california to really monitor any possible wildfires, we'll watch along as the fire threat continues to grow. another warm day on tap for us. >> it gets even hotter over the next couple of days, unfortunately, and then the winds will start to pick up, with the humidity dropping, so all of those things combined with a lot of dry fuels will raise our concerns about t wildfire danger. as we get started this morning, we do see some higher humidity, now some clouds rolling by. it's a cloudy start as we take a live look outside in san jose and as you get ready to head out for school this morning, it's a cool start, make sure you have that jacket, along with some
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short sleeves for the afternoon as our temperatures go from the upper 50s to the upper 70s by the end of the school day. if you're about to step out the door in pleasant hill, getting you out the door to the b.a.r.t. station is going to be 60 degrees. we'll be at 67 degrees at 9:00 and throughout the day as you make your plans, it's going to be warming up into the low 80s by 1:00. we're reaching into the upper 80s and low 90s in the south bay, up to 90 degrees in gilroy, with downtown san jose reaching 86 degrees. we'll see a lot of sunshine and highs in the upper 80s and low 90s for much of the east bay, and expect a high of 84 in palo alto. san francisco staying in the mid-70s today and the north bay in the upper 80s to low 90s, with santa rosa reaching 91 degrees. so we're alswatching out for that possibility of a high fire danger. we showed this map, i wanted to show it again in case you're included in that area elevations above 1,000 feet. we could see that fire danger
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increasing, starting tonight, and so you want to make sure you're prepared for that potential of notavho the day, a able to get your plan in action, in case there is a wildfire nearby. we're going to continue to see high pressure moving in, that's what creates these hot continues, as the winds around that high pressure flow clockwise and it's going to make our winds blow offshore, so we're not getting our cool ocean breezes and higher humidity, but that will start to subside as we go throughout the week, as low pressure moves in. we'll see its counterclockwise winds bring in northerly conditions. northerly winds, cooler air and ne few days.ity, so big we'll reach into the upper 80s in some of the warmer spots and upper 90s tomorrow. more dangerous heat continuing on wednesday, and then cooling off for the rest of the week. and mike, it's a slow drive out of hayward. >> it is, kari, west 92 is what we're talking about, the san mateo bridge, where from time to
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time i see looks like it's going to creep to a stop, and then it starts to move better again. so just sort of the waves of traffic traveling westbound across toward the peninsula. this is not really unusual. we did have a few crashes on the approach to the span but things are back close to the speed li 92 approaching off of hayward city streets. we have a build, a lot of folks use the dumbarton bridge slowing bayfront expressway to marsh northbound 101, watch for that route. the south bay continues its gentle push from san jose pushing into the rest of silicon valley. this is willow getting toward 101. the on-ramp is open but the signals in the area you might see some flashing lights for watch for traffic traffic control. highway 4 started to move better in through bay point and concord. the crash in walnut creek cleared from north main, more traffic south toward danville and alamo and west a little approaching that caldecott
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tunnel. crash east shore freeway around central. sounded like lanes are clear but we'll track that critical portion of the east shore freeway. getting through b.a.r.t. that's no delay and less options to avoid the backups on thetas sur. over here the surface issue here, the golden gate bridge can't really see it because that fog is really starting to thicken up a bit. folks familiar with the area will be familiar with the fog as well, laura. back to you. >> they sure will. thanks, mike. 6:54. happening now, new video just coming in out of washington, d.c. one of two protests calling for action on climate change. the protests are disrupting the morning rush hour there. some of the signs say things like "road closed, climate emergency." the protests come just days after millions demonstrated around the world, including in the bay area. a quick look at top story this is morning including the work to understand a computer virus paralyzing city services in union city, a meeting in just
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working to bring the system back online, but it could take days to get back to normal. city hall will not open until noon today, just because of the problem. nearly all of the city services are affected, including finance, planning, building, licensing and permitting. new overnight, president trump is in new york city, after arriving for this week's u.n. general assembly gathering, this is the president's third united nations meeting. he is chairing a gathering on religious persecution. right now, though, the world leader at the u.n. are talking about climate change. there say live picture for you right now. you can go to nbcbayarea.com to see our recent reports on climate in crisis. and this morning, there is a high fire danger across the region. here is a live look in sonoma county. pg&e considering shutting off power in several areas, nine counties have now been affected, pg&e adding sonoma county and napa county to the potential shutoffs. people who live in the counties are being asked to update their
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contact information and review their emergency plans. pg&e is letting people know about the potential safety shutoffs through automated phone calls, texts, social media and emails. eats quite concerning. >> not only that, but it's going to be windy, and the winds start to pick up tonight, so as we take a look at how hot it's going to get in some of our inland areas, as we have some upper 80s today, and up to 97 tomorrow. 95 on wednesday, and then some major cooling headed our way, but we'll also have some hot weather in san francisco, reaching the upper 80s tomorrow afternoon. >> in the meantime the microclimates some fog for your morning commute. >> which have been blown away by the commute but not richmond. the richmond side of the richmond-san rafael bridge, the volume builds and commute slows and low clouds here. fog across the golden gate bridge, be careful. also you can't see the emeryville albany area because the bay bridge toll plaza is not visible from there. you saw the backups, though. >> thank you very much. we'll be back with a local news update at 7:25, and every half
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hour after that. >> and don't forget the midday show coming up at 11:00. see you then. have a great morning. good morning, troubling conversation, president trump admits for the first time he talked about joe biden in a phone call with the leader of ukraine, but claims he did nothing wrong. >> that was not pressure. i kn when i give pressure. >> while democrats demand the white house hand over that explosive whistle blower complaint hinting at impeachment if it does not happen. >> the senator surge, elizabeth warren climbs to the lead in the democratic presidential race in a crucial battle ground. it's not the only poll out this morning with bad news for joe biden's campaign. breaking overnight, stranded, hundreds of thousands of
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