right now. >> good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm mike washington. we want to talk to meteorologist kari hall. you've been talking about the fire danger today. >> that a long with the high heat is the main story today. let's get a live look outside in walnut creek. we have mostly clear skies. temperatures in the low 60s and in the south bay we're heading to the upper 90s today. gil roy reaches 99 degrees. we'll see highs of 100 degrees, up to 101 in danville and reaching 95 in palo alto and san francisco in the 90 as well.

i'll have more on this and the fire danger coming up. mike, do you have any update on the wrong way driver? >> no news on that. a wrong way driver reported southbound on the north side of 17. from hamilton they may be heading down across the santa cruz mountains. usually with those situations no news is good news. that driver usually gets off the freeway without injury or incident. we're looking at the rest of the bay and tracking a smooth flow of traffic. we have a new crash, west 580 and a little slowing at vasco. back to you. 5:01 now. searing heat and high winds fueling possible fires in the bay area. the red flag warning remains in effect. >> there are shut offs expected to help prevent any fires from sparking power lines.

we have a reporter live for us is santa rosa. what's today's plan? >> reporter: we're in a stand by mode for north bay. that means about 55,000 pg&e customers waiting to find out if their power will be shut off as part of the public safety power shut offs as pg&e monitors its equipment and monitors the situation here, the low humidity and high winds. this community in santa rosa knows what this is like. a day like today started out calm. you can see it's calm now. two years ago it was calm in the morning when the tubs fire blew up and the winds whipped that fire into one of the most deadly and destructive fires in history. red flag warnings remain in effect until tomorrow morning at 11:00 across most of the east bay and north bay.

we're not out of the woods yet. extreme dry mountain gusts, 20 to 40 miles an hour and sustained winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. humidity still low. the conditions are still very dangerous. emergency responders, area hospitals and others have trained for days like this a few times since the north bay fires two years ago. people are preparing at home as well making sure they have plen plenty of food, batteries and phones are charged just in case pg&e is forced to enforce a public safety power outage. the fire departments say it's all hands on deck. >> if a fire starts, we send additional resources coupled with our alarm response to a fire to try to keep it small. >> reporter: santa rosa officials telling "today in the

bay" as far as hospitals and other essential services around the community, all of them now have power generators except for one fire station. they feel like they're really prepared. we're live in santa rosa. >> thank you. let's bring in kari hall. the ingredients will be there. >> yeah, unfortunately today it's going to be really hot. let's get another look at the red flag warning in the areas included. this continues until tomorrow morning. we look at humidity along with the winds. the humidity will be dropping today. this shows hour by hour into this afternoon. we see some of those areas seeing relative humidity levels in the teens. that's why they're watching those areas for the potential of shutting off power because it's going to be so dry and the winds picking up sustained at about 10 to 20 miles an hour. i'll have more on that.

we'll talk about the temperatures we're expecting. >> i know you'll continue to monitor the red flag warnings on social media. you can also sign up for the breaking weather alerts and keep up to date. right now in the south bay firefighters are working to completely extinguish is reservoir fire burning in the hills. this road remains closed. that fire has burned about 130 acres and is about 95% contained. the fire was part of six smaller ones that started saturday. the cause is still under investigation. >> happening today president trump is set to speak at the united nations. however his phone call with ukraine's president is still getting a lot of attention. there are new questions over whether mr. trump tried to withhold aid. >> reporter: president trump is expected to talk about china and iran at the united nations today. >> we have a lot of pressure on

them right now. >> reporter: it's his july phone call with ukraine's president taking center stage. a whistleblower claimed the president threatened to withhold aid unless they investigated joe biden and his son for corruption. >> no, i didn't. no, i didn't. i did not make a statement that you have to do this or i'm not going to give you aid over overnight "the wall street journal" and "washington post" report mr. trump withheld aid days before. >> it's a witch hunt. >> reporter: the issue is how hunter biden was appointed to a ukraine company. democrats want the transcript of the call released. >> it's important the transcript and the whistleblower come forward. >> no foreign leader in the world will talk to him if they think the contents of the conversation will end up in the public. >> reporter: democrats are

pushing the white house to forward the whistleblower's complaint as required by law. mitch mcconnell said the intelligence community is working on it. we also learned how speaker nancy pelosi may be reconsidering to move forward on impeachment. tracy potts nbc news, washington. it's 5:07. a call for civility. justice elena kagan appeared last night at uc berkley telling her story. she talked about chances she took along her career path. she was dean of harvard law school and later solicitor general in the obama administration. when she first interviewed for a supreme court vacancy she was turned down, only to be approved the secondime around. she didn't address justice

kavanaugh, she may have alluded to it. >> people can be warm and kind and caring and all the good things you want a person to be even if they don't agree with you. >> reporter: justice kagan said she realized the country today is polarized. another bay area still is trying to figure out what to do with people living in rvs on city streets. tonight the city council is considering a ban in some places and sanctioned parking in others. kris sanchez live for us in mountain view with the struggle. >> reporter: hi, marcus. it is a very difficult balance for the city of mountain view, but also for many cities around the bay area between home owners who say the rvs clog up residential streets and the folks who live in those rvs who say they don't have anywhere else to go. according to the data there are

nearly 400 rvs in mountain view that show signs of folks living in them. the fire department and public service department responded to more than 50 instances of rvs leaking or dumping sewage on streets. today the city of mountain view council will consider banning rv-sized vehicles on city streets less than 40 feet wide and also on streets with boik la bike lanes. >> we want to make it as easy as possible for anyone who owns a surface lot to be able to operate a safe parking program. >> reporter: now the last meeting on this issue was this summer and at that point there were seven hours of presentations and public comments. a lot of folks have something to say on this issue. tonight's meeting starts at

5:00. if you wanto see any of the city's data or connect to any of the other documents, you can find me on twitter. we are going to have a heat advisory today. really hot temperatures. make sure before you head out the door you have your water bottle and are prepared for the day. all of these areas shaded in orange are included in the heat advisory with the inland valleys reaching up to 100 degrees. that includes san francisco as well. it's for the coast as well as the bay and then for a lot of our valleys. temperatures today head up to 101 degrees, that's our high today. concord reaching 101. today in oakland 889 degrees. san jose will be up to 96 and it's just as hot tomorrow. mike, you're seeing folks lining up on the bay bridge.

>> yes, which is no surprise for a tuesday. all the cash lanes are open and the fast lanes are seeing traffic flowing through them. the approach looks great. the upper east shore freeway no problem. contra costa county. a smooth flow of traffic out of oakland. the two chp units assigned t find the wrong-way driver have been cleared. there have been no incidents. back to you. >> thanks, mike. still ahead on "today in the bay" computer problems continue for a city in the east bay after a cyber attack. coming up at 5:25 why union city officials are refraining from calling it a ransom ware attack. controlling computers with your mind? coming up how facebook is getting involved and the concerns it's raising. the juul .

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minutes. the bridge moving very nicely. yesterday it was a tough drive getting there at times. this morning a clear drive. we're showing you how the rest of the bay shapes up. good morning. here's today's top business headlines. wall street is set to open higher this morning after stocks ended virtually unchanged yesterday. the markets gained in the final minutes of trade. there was some disappointing data out of europe. investors are continuing to keep an eye on china trade talks. reports on home prices and consumer confidence. federal prosecutors in california are conducting a criminal probe into e-cigarette maker juul labs. "the wall street journal" reporting the focus of the investigation which is in its early stages is still unclear. juul is facing a crack down by state and federal authorities as en vaping surges.

illinois is considering a ban on flavored vape products. amazon is reportedly working on wireless ear buds with fitness tracking features built in. this includes how far you had run and calories burned. it's unclear when they'll be released. amazon is expected to show case several new products at its annual hardware event tomorrow. the air buds would fit into the alexa voice system being everywhere. send it back to you. >> make sure we're getting in shape. >> here we go. new this morning facebook has bought a start up company called control labs. it's developing technology to allow people to control computers with their brains. that's a long-held ambition by mark zuckerberg. facebook has spent several years working on an interface.

this latest acquisition could draw attention from privacy groups. >> that could be carscary if yoe thinking not so happy thoughts. >> or if you forget something and it's like, you know, it didn't happen. >> da da da da blank. >> that's what happens during my weather forecast sometimes. >> we can both look behind us fortunately. >> so it's all about the heat today. here's a live look outside in san francisco. it's a clear start to the day. we're going to see a lot of sunshine and also a hot day ahead. let's head over to pleasant hill as you get ready to head out the door. maybe you're heading to san francisco. we'll see temperatures in the low 60s and as we go to the rest of the day it's turning hot. at noon we're at 88 degrees. the seven-day forecast is at the

bottom of the screen. let's go hour by hour. we take you through about late morning and we'll see our temperatures in the mid 70s leading us to 93 in danville. we'll be at 94 in napa. even the coastal areas will be heating up top day. we'll reach the low 80s in half moon bay and san francisco in the mid 80s. through 5:00 still at 100 degrees in fairfield. we're seeing a lot of upper 90s here. it's also going to be very sunny. we're seeing a lot of dry air rolling into the bay area. we can see the water rainvapor imagery. this highlights where we have an elevated fire danger. that's to the north and east of napa. we'll see our high risk of fire

coming down tomorrow once our winds calm down. still very hot today and tomorrow. cooler air coming in for the weekend. look at the drastic changes ahead. triple digits today and tomorrow for the inland areas. 80s on thursday. friday 79. beautiful weekend, but it's going to be cool along the coast with san francisco dropping into the upper 60s. mike you have a crash? >> i do. we're concerned about the crash right here. reports your two right lanes are blocked. i haven't seen slowing, but it just got there. we'll track that. that's about it for the south right now with a lighter build there and the peninsula. slowing north 680 coming out of freemont. we have your typical road crew there. keep that in mind. they're sticking around a little bit. they're usually done by 5:00.

i'm concerned about this construction area traveling south on vasko. it's still there and causing early slowing. it's only about a half hour from marsh creek. toward the bay bridge toll plaza we have the lanes filling up. we're right on schedule. back to you. >> thanks, mike. a judge said go ahead and build a homeless navigation sent. what's next for those who oppose it? >> what's behind the cyber attack crippling government computers in union city. we find out more. you're watching "today in the bay." humira patients, you inspire us.

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agencies outside union city. most police department computers are down. opponents of san francisco's homeless navigation center are vowing to fight on. the judge yesterday allowed construction to continue denying the request for an injunction. this is the second time the judge has ruled in favor of the mayor's office. opponents argued it will attract crime and drug use. they now will decide whether or not to file the appeal. a major development in the brexit drama playing out in the united kingdom. it has been ruled the recent shut down of parliament illegal. it was supposed to last until just before next month's brexit deadline. the house of commons speaker has called for business to resume

tomorrow. 5:24 the boeing 747 max still grounded. the families of the victims are eligible for money from a fund set up by boeing. they can now claim more than $100,000 each. boeing says those who submit claims can continue to pursue additional litigation. this comes as the new watchdog report claims that faa regulators mislead congress on the 747 max inspectors. it found they were not properly qualified to certify pilots. yosemite national park says they want to give it a face lift. the park wide clean up event is getting under way tonight. volunteers plan to spend the next few days picking up trash. the event lasts until monday.

in 2018 volunteers helped remove more than seven tons of trash. the trash talk is finally over. it has mayors in oakland, san jose and san francisco declaring victory. volunteers collected more than a ton of trash. each city's mayor challenged the other to wear their city's sports team colors if they had the largest turn out. it's being declared a three-way win. each mayor has agreed to perform a day of service while wearing the city's hometown gear. 5:26, top stories we're following including talks of raising the sales tax in contra costa county. the top story of the day, rising temperatures and fire dangerous. kari hall staying on top of it.

>> it's going to be reaching the triple digits in parts of the east bay and north bay. we'll talk about the fire danger and where. that's next. taking a live look at the ball bridge toll plaza. you can see the back up. mike will get us through the commute in a bit. you're watching "today in the bay."

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good tuesday morning to you. this is san francisco sideline from san bruno mountains as we get started with the day and we get ready for a hot day ahead of us. thank you for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. concerns over hot temperatures. red flag warning in effect, kari. >> that continues until tomorrow. we have the heat advisory in the valleys. we have high heat and strong winds. that combined will make for a dangerous day, not only for the fire danger, but for anyone who has to work outside. this is a look at the heat advisory in the areas that are included for much of marine, sonoma and napa counties. that includes san francisco today. here's a look at our temperature trend. in concord it's in the low 60s, but will heat up to the upper

80s. we'll talk more about this. mike, you've been tracking a crash in san jose. >> yeah and it's in a tough spot. as you get toward the airport, sjc, we are looking at a slower drive. your two right lanes are blocked by a crash. major damon sheehy guisep major damage reported there. a crash also reported around vargas. we'll track that. laura, back to you. >> thank you, mike. fire crews remain on alert in the bay area as heat and wind combine for a high fire danger. >> we're live in santa rosa where emergency crews are starting in case a fire starts. tom? >> reporter: we were here two years ago in the morning talking about this when the tubbs fire

started. a day like today started out very calm, but then got extremely windy. the dry conditions and the heat that kari was just talking about, that's a bad combination. those red flag warnings we were talking about yesterday remain in effect today across large parts of the east bay and the north bay remaining in effect until tomorrow morning at 11:00. expect on and off dry north east mountain wind gusts 20 to 40 miles an hour. sustained winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. humidity still low at 10% to 25%. the conditions are very dangerous. emergency responders, area hospitals and others have actually trained for days like this a few times since the north bay fires two years ago. santa rosa fire officials say it's all hands on deck during these periods and they have trucks and other resources ready to go. people are also preparing at home making sure they have

plenty of food, batteries and have their phones fully charged just in case pg&e is forced to enforce public safety power shut offs. some still concerned what it might mean for them financially. >> i lose my customers, me meat. i lose a lot of money. >> i think it's great they're trying to prevent a disaster like that again. >> reporter: after deciding against the public safety fire shut off in the north bay yesterday 33,500 pg&e customers in sonoma county, 10,500 in napa county remain on stand by for those shut offs if those conditions get worse. pg&e could still call for a shut off. they told me yesterday they would make a decision before noon yesterday.

they did. they nonsed they announced it to people. we're live in santa rosa tom jenson for "today in the bay." >> very important weather day in the fire danger zones. we've got a lot of crews dedicated to the story. our team of meteorologists also tracking the weather. if news breaks we'll get it to you right away with a push alert through our nbc bay area app. anyone living in or going through contra costa county may feel the impact that could be voted on in just hours. let's go live to bob to tell us what's at stake. >> reporter: marcus, later this morning the contra costa county board of supervisors are going to consider a new ordinance that would pass the ban of polystyrene food and beverage

c containers for restaurants. this ban would not include the styrofoam used in trays for raw meat or ice chests. vendors would be able to request a hardship exception for one year. ironically the county will not recommend these businesses use compostable containers instead. county staff says that those containers generate more greenhouse gases in a land field than polystyrene. if this ban passes it will go into effect on may 1st next year. the board is considering a half cent sales tax to fund transportation updates. if voters were to approve, the tax would raise $3.6 billion for transportation.

>> probably not. >> why? >> no tax increases. >> for transportation? >> yes. >> why not? >> even though it means more when you buy things? >> sure. >> we can use whatever help on the roads we can get. i don't know if we should be taxed anymore than we have been. >> reporter: if voters were to approve the half cent sales tax the increase could go into effect next july and last 35 years. reports live in san ramone. it's 5:36. after shocks rattling puerto rico after a 6.0 magnitude earthquake. no major damage. the epicenter was 50 miles off the coast. we have images to show you following that quake. we're not hearing a lot about destruction. there's the map you can see the area that was hit. meantime a double whammy for the

area. tropical storm karen is barreling towards puerto rico. it's packing 40 mile per hour winds. puerto rico still working to recover from the devastation from back to back hurricanes back in 2017. the long awaited memoire of the woman sexually assaulted by brock turner hits shelves today. she said she chose to hide her connection to brock turner fearing it would hurt her opportunity to become a writer. her book is titled "know my name." it recounts turner's assault at stanford and the legal turn out. national safety week is under way. it becomes with a reminder to never try to beat a train. this comes after a near miss that happened in santa clara yesterday. last night a train nearly hit a

person. it's not clear if the person was cited. $70 million that's what it cost for a reconstruction in the park and it's now finished. today cal tran will unveil the willow road interchange on highway 101. it's a key road used to get to facebook's headquarters. side walks and bicycle lanes were also added. i'm sure this will help with the congestion in that area, mike. >> it will. i've been traveling over there every week or so. i've been seeing the changes. it's a little confusing if you haven't been there for a while. look at that. we're unveiling it right now. there it is. i'm sure they have a much fancier ceremony. 101 slows a little bit through the area. we have a crew that hangs out north of there towards marsh.

we've been talking about those breaks. no major issues. slower drive northbound 101 toward highway 87. there's a crash still blocking two right lanes. getting toward the bay bridge no major concerns here. we have a smooth drive. >> we made it through monday, we're hitting tuesday and looking towards the weekend. >> i'm looking forward to getting past this hot weather. this weekend is looking amazing. making plans to get outside after dealing with some triple digit temperatures today and tomorrow. look at saturday and sunday. 75 and 74 degrees inland. san francisco will be in the upper 60s with more clouds, breezy winds and feeling much nicer. how about heading to monterey this weekend? you may be wearing a jacket for most of the day with some upper 60s there. we have a lot of sunshine in the

forecast. in yosemite pretty good hiking weather. look at how our temperatures fall. on saturday di it's 56 for the high and sunday the high temperature 47 degrees. cooling off there. if you were planning to head to the river valley we'll have minor cooling. it's going to be great all weekend with the highs in the upper 70s on saturday and sunday a high of 72 degrees. if your weekend plans take you to l.a., watch out for a chance of showers on saturday. other than that it looks gd with highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s. let me know what's going on this week end. i've got a few messages about weekend events. a look at today's temperature trend coming up. also coming up, talks of extending a key road in san jose

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under a micro climate weather alert. we have cool temperatures, but we're heading to a hot day. we'll be at 88 zbreez at 1:00 and reaching the upper 90s this afternoon. we'll talk about when we catch some relief in five minutes. this commute looking great through oakland. you have the back up at the bay bridge. a bigger back up for san jose. new this morning crews are on the scene of a house fire that sent smoke shrouding parts of san francisco. fire crews were called out around 2:00 along randolph avenue. no reports of anyone being hurt. we have calls out. in redwood city today it's day two of the murder trial involving tiffany lee. she was accused of arranging to

have her exboyfriend heath green killed. police say she arranged with her then boyfriend to kill green. she was accused of losing custody of her children to him. her defense plans to present evidence he was killed in a foiled kidnapping crime. >> a follow up to what many call a heartless crime targeting elderly woman in the ross creek community. maybe you saw this video we showed you two weeks ago. it shows two women taking a woman's wallet right from her purse. she was shopping. she's bent overlooking for products. the video showed the pair casing the store for an hour before making their move. walnut creek police say the video led to tips on the suspect who investigators say live in stockton. officers arrested the two women this week. police say they used the victim's credit card for a

shopping binge. happening today bay area preservation taking the white house to court over a recent epa decision critics say may spark massive new development in redwood city. nbc bay area was first to bring you this story. the suit is in response to the epa's decision to roll back the clean water act declaring the ponds are no longer protected. opponents say it removes legal barriers preventing development. 5:46. former governor jerry brown is teaming up with china's top climate official. the pair announcing a new partnership as part of the u.n.'s action summit in new york. they revealed the institute will be housed at us berkley. e-cigarettes are expected to be a hot topic on capitol hill

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it's a nice coffee kind of day and dipping your kit kat in there. >> i left a lot of chocolate in my car. i need to get it. it's going to melt. >> it's going to melt today. it's going to reach into some spots the triple digit tos toda. here's a live look outside. probably don't even need a jacket. let's look at our temperatures and what you're feeling as you step out the door. take a look at brentwood and fairfield, 75 degrees. where we are seeing more of the winds blowing by that's where temperatures are staying up. as we go into the rest of the day, we'll see highs in the south bay reaching into the mid to upper 90s. up to 99 degrees in gil roy. martinez reaching 96 and 92 in

haywood. for half moon bay 84 degrees. palo alto 95. san francisco reaching 92. mill valley reaching 91. ukiah reaching 101 degrees. it's going to be very hot. we have dry air coming into the bay area. this shows the clouds and a lot of the clouds and humidity further to the north of us. as we go into today that high fire danger continues. this is a look at where we see an elevated fire danger today. it highlights the areas in yellow and orange. we're seeing that just to the north and east of napa. that's where the winds will be strongest and the humidity will be the lowest. we start to see winds shifting more on shore as we go into the evening. we see that high fire danger and gusty winds continuing today. it's going to be hot again tomorrow. after that we're going to catch a break. the humidity starts to return to normal levels. we'll see some gusty winds

picking up. also much cooler temperatures coming into the weekend. here's a look at our seven-day forecast. we go from 100 today to 102 tomorrow. then down to 86 on thursday. upper 70s on friday and then some mid 70s throughout the weekend into early next week. san francisco also going to be heating up and you'll need to find air conditioning. mike, you have a traffic alert. >> we do. we've been concerned about this crash by the airport. overall things are moving nicely. spots we were worried about is north 101. chp has issued a traffic alert. half of your lanes are blocked around highway 87. that's blending in around with the back up that formed over oakland road. it's becoming an issue. there may be a second crash north of capital expressway. they've timed out the

difference. i can save you 15 minutes if you use wave. you'll notice that purple route, it's about a mile and a half longer than going straight up 101, but it saves you about 15 minutes. we'll get back to the maps and show you how traffic is for the rest of south bay. both directions slow around vargas. marcus? >> thanks, mike. happening now another bart station is now papererless. the downtown berkley station is a clipper stop only stop. other stations that are paperer less are the 9th street station in oakland. bart hopes to make a system-wide switch by 2020. an important first for

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5:55. happy birthday cole. did he really blow out that candle? chris sanchez shared this video on instagram. the dog was celebrating its birthday yesterday. be sure to follow kris on facebook, twitter and instagram. so cute. meghan markle making headlines this morning. >> it was a powerful and emotional day of their first visit across africa. markle talked about race for the first time as a royal. >> i'm here as a mother, as a wife, as a woman, as a woman of color and as your sister. >> so far no glimpse of baby

archie on this trip. the 4 month old is along for the trip. we expect to see him at some point. new today the arthritis foundation is releasing guidelines for using cbd oil. right now there are no quality standards or regulations for cbd products. as nbc medical contributor dr. natalie azar points out-patients need medical guidance. >> there hasn't been enough education on how to safely prescribe cbd for medicinal purposes. yet health care providers are getting asked about the product. the arthritis foundation said it helped form guidelines using the best available evidence. look for "the today show" report online. a majority of data breaches at hospitals include sensitive

information that could lead to identity theft. that's according to a new study from michigan state and johns hopkins. researchers looked at 1,500 breaches of protected health information over the past did he indicate. all the breaches exposed one piece of personal data like names or email addresses. 72% of the breaches affected 159 million patients that could be using for identity fraud. right if there was a way to test someone's brain to see if they might be capable of criminal activity in the future. >> our reporter is here to explain how that kind of exam is already happening. >> reporter: studying the mind of a murderer could ultimately help in stopping violence before it ever starts. tonight at 11:00 we'll take you inside a research lab at stanford university and introduce you to a leading neuro

scientist. >> i was asked to rule out certain processes that might have gleaned something about his behavior. >> we will tell you what he found and show you a new type of test for children that's supposed to show whether they might grow up to be a violent person. it's all done by examining the brain. we will have that and more for you tonight at 11:00. back to you. >> thank you. right now 6:00, high fire danger. most of the bay area under a red flag warning. this morning the preparation for planned power outages in the north bay. >> homeless crisis. the move one peninsula city could make today.

plus -- >> i did not make a statement that you have to do this or i'm not going to give you "a." i wouldn't do that. >> on the world stage, president trump set to speak to the international community as house speaker nancy pelosi faces growing calls to start impeachmt. the latest on the controversy. "today in the bay" starts now. good morning to you. we've been on air since 4:30 waiting for you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we want to talk to kari hall about the fire danger we have. extreme heat today. >> high heat and low humidity along with gusty winds. that's the recipe for any fires that develop spreading rapidly. the heat advisory in effect for the valleys and that's where temperatures could reach the 90s