judy? d-con. mice love it to death. right now at 5:00, a lucky break overnight for who is battling the kincade fire and pg&e customers planning to lose electricity overnight are unexpectedly waking up with power. good news for you this start the morning here. thanks for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. want to get back to that breaking news, we thought it was really going to be a busy night for firefighters on the front lines. >> here is a live look at mt. st. helena. wind speeds picked up overnight but we've been hearing from firefighters on the ground the effort to hold back the fire went better than expected. the fire is going in its seventh day and it's actually grown, it's actually still threatening a number of sonoma county towns,

including healdsburg, windsor and geyserville. as of last night, the amount of acres burned still stood at about 76,000. calfire first update today won't come until later this morning. also as of last night, it was still 15% contained. close to 200 buildings have been destroyed, including 86 homes, some 90,000 others remain threatened. the other big story we're following this morning, pg&e's latest round of power outages, which also went better than expected for people outside of the north bay. the utility never turned off the power for some people in santa clara, alameda, contra costa and san mateo counties. the predicted overnight weather conditions never materialized. this map shows the current outages, most in the north bay. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall, tracking all the winds for us. >> we've seen some of the top wind gusts in the higher elevations in the north bay, reaching over 50 miles per hour

with the highest in mt. st. helena reaching 57 miles per hour. mt. tam is the about 28. mt. diablo wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour. but then in some of the valleys we've seen the wind gusts a lot lower and even at the altamont pass we've only seen wind gusts up to about 16. we have red flag warning and high fire danger continuing until 4:00 today as winds look breezy higher up. we were' not going to see any more gusty winds in the lower elevations, and then going into the east bay, the santa cruz mountains, we also have a red flag warning that continues today, until 4:00. i'll take to you an hour-by-hour forecast looking at the fire danger area and that's coming up in about a couple of minutes. mike, you have a couple of fires reported. >> a big concern any time any fire is reported. the chp reports have a secondary news desk, because folks are

calling incidents in from all over the bay, thank you for doing that. we see green all over the bay, good for the speed sensors. the first fire in san leandro off of the 880 overcrossing with 238 and there was an earlier crash cleared with no slowing that resulted but this fire activity near llewellyn may be a small brush fire. not a lot of updates, probably means there's not a lot to report there. not a lot of traffic for the contra costa drive toward the bay bridge but we have a subtle build for the lanes at the bay bridge toll plaza. the north bay we have that continued effect from the outages throughout the areas but we're looking over here for 101 right around tiburon, the off-ramp there, reports of a smaller fire there, the second fire we're seeing on the chp reports and we're looking at the golden gate bridge, as we face to the north, we don't see any fire and that's great news. this is far south for that to be visible but of course our attentions are to the north bay as well because of the ongoing activity for the kincade fire

and the evacuation areas, for the latest, we hand it back to you. >> thanks so much. firefighters overnight doubled their protection efforts in several hours of the kincade fire including the 101 corridor we were talking about and the town of healdsburg. >> "today in the bay's" jeanne elle talked to nervous residents poised to evacuate at a moment's notice. >> they're ready to go by the door. >> reporter: like so many people in sonoma county, tera crawford is ready to evacuate if the kincade fire takes off and the expected winds calfire says offshore winds have them staffing up. >> the first night the fire grew 10,000 acres in eight hours because of the offshore winds. those tend to push the fire downhill and our biggest concern is the western perimeter south of windsor into the northern part of santa rosa. >> reporter: strike teams of firefighters are now staged in neighborhoods around windsor and santa rosa, ready to move

quickly and protect homes if fires erupt. >> the winds northeast 10 to 20 miles an hour -- >> reporter: they got a weather briefing earlier with the glow of fire appearing on ridges and winds picking up. crawford says she is paying attention. >> if it does pick up and get dangerous, i have my phone charged and i'll get an alert like i have been and have time to get out. >> reporter: calfire says winds will test their containment lines but they are ready to tackle flare-ups, reassuring news for people who are hoping for an uneventful night. >> they're so on it and doing an amazing job. we're all so grateful. >> reporter: jean elle, "today in the bay." kari is showing us a close up look of the winds around the kincade fire. what is next? >> looks like this wind event is like the one that first happened when the kincade fire started, in the higher elevations but we're not seeing it as much in the valleys. as we look at where the smoke will be blowing and the wind

forecast for today, our winds around the calistoga area, santa rosa will be at about 20 to 30 miles per hour, and then it's blowing a lot of that smoke off the coast today, but as we go into the rest of the morning, our winds start to calm down which is great news. we do have the red flag warning and the high fire danger continuing until 4:00 and we can see the models showing much lighter winds going into the rest of the day, by 7:30 tonight we're seeing very light winds in and around that area. we are going to see some improvement, we just have to make it through the next couple of hours. i'll have another look at the forecast and how cold the temperatures are, in these areas without power, that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, kari. happening today, governor newsom will be amongst the thousands of fire evacuees and blackout victims in the north bay. here he is on monday at the sonoma county fairgrounds. today he plans to visit a north bay mobile food bank and then

he'll check out a santa rosa resource center, where people can actually get access to resources, including food and medicine. these are things that may have gone bad during the extended outage. about half a million homes and businesses across northern california starting the day without power. a few minutes ago we showed you the current outages. here is a look again. so far, most are in the north bay. and some relief this morning for people who at this point may be suffering blackout fatigue, but not everywhere. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in mill valley, where power outages these days sadly becoming the norm. has anything changed out there, bob? >> well, fortunately for some people south of the north bay, they're not going to see their power come off because of the weather. it wasn't as windy last night as was expected. it's quite cool up here, forecasting forecast for tomorrow, so pg&e has announced it will not be shutting off power for the following counties, alameda, contra costa, santa clara, and san mateo

counties, and as you could see behind me, power is still out in parts of mill valley, and marin county, for around 120,000 customers. about 17,000 in napa and about 87,000 in sonoma. now i did speak with pg&e this morning, they expect to give the all clear for those three counties here in the north bay sometime later today. now the timing will be based on when the winds do die down finally. once a decision is made we'll take another 24 to 48 hours for pg&e to expect the power lines and restore power. until then, this is a sample of what life is like in downtown mill valley, a cell phone charging station, powered by a generator, has become the new meeting place for residents without power. >> remember when people would speak with each other. >> making the best of a situation. i still have myself, my parents, my friends. so far my house but we'll see.

>> reporter: that was susan hockyard of santa rosa. she attended a come i cdy show in mill valley, which has been canceling shows for the past five nights. the event was jokingly referred to as pg&e appreciation night. reporting live in mill valley, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right bob, thank you. there's a lot going on for you this morning here, including the wildfires, but we're also looking at other big news for you this morning, including a big investment in housing for san francisco's lowest paid workers. at 5:25, we'll explain the funding and where it will come from. >> stick around. a lot more ahead. you know when you're at ross

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backup and getting ready for the metering lights to turn on, not yet there. we are looking at a crash and a dump truck that may be on fire on the approach. we'll talk about that coming up. and very good morning, very happy wednesday to you as well. pg&e stock is up just a little bit, though investors have lost billions in the last few days. you might think boo hoo but that includes funds like the state retirement systems. facebook changes its rules for political alitolitical ads every day. tuesday it says groups cannot have ads and politicians can. it's wednesday, they change the rules again, one man running for california governor for the sole purp purpose of intentionally running fake ads can't buy ads at all. mark zuckerberg set new policies at georgetown there on the left only to backtrack and confuse a lot of people with indecisive

answers on capitol hill a short time later. there are important things going on with the economy at 5:30 we get the latest gdp numbers, later this morning a decision on interest rates and big jobs number tomorrow. angry tweets with toyota after the company decided to lower mileage and emission standards. california is resisting. as i reported to you yesterday these brands announced they'd side with trump. these brands had already sided with california. california has effectively set the mileage standards for the whole nation because car companies don't want to make two different kinds of the same car and california is such a big market. what we do matters. case in mipoint ncaa working to allow college athletes to accept payments and endorsements after california made it legal here. california drives the rest of the nation. 5:14 right now. we get questions about the length of time food will stay

safe in a fridge or freezer during a power outage. we put together a video explaining how long you can keep it and when you should toss it. watch it on our nbc bay area facebook page, we pinned it at the top so you can find it easily. >> it's a great resource to get everything you need to know dealing with that because a lot of people don't know. >> my daughter is going through a stage she's extremely concerned about any of that type of stuff. it was great to show it. >> and really good life skills to learn, too. >> especially with the college refrigerato refrigerators. >> the little ones? >> yes. >> who knows what grows in there. looking at our weather for today, the wind is not as bad as we thought it could be. >> it was mostly for the higher elevations, we were expecting the highest winds and we did have gusts over 50 miles per hour, that's significant there. as we look at our air quality, we're also going to see some drifts of smoke coming in, and as we go into today, it is a spare the air alert today, health advisory for the wildfire

smoke of course once again the most unhealthy air quality is in the north bay, elsewhere it is moderate and actually seeing some improvements in santa clara valley. to shows the upper level pattern and smoke we've seen at times blowing offshore but it has been drifting around. every now and then we'll see our skies turning grayish brown color as the smoke moves in but also a small change in the wind direction will move on out, and so we're waking up this morning in parts of the north bay with temperatures at or below freezing, around santa rosa, i've seen some temperatures dipping into the upper 20s. it is so cold and to consider that a lot of people don't have power in this area so we're feeling some very cold air to start out today. the next couple of mornings are going to be just like this, so hopefully the power comes back on soon. going into the rest of the day, we'll see our temperatures by noon reaching into the low to mid-60s, and then we'll see a few spots in the inland valleys

reaching into the low 70s today. these temperatures very seasonable and where we should be for the end of october, going into tonight it will cool off once again and we could see some frosty conditions in the north bay. we're going to see our breezy winds continuing in the oakland hills in san francisco, toward half moon bay. notice how light it will be in the north bay, kincade fire winds in higher elevations at about 20 to 30 but in the valleys only about 5 to 10 miles per hour. going into this evening we're still going to have our light winds picking up, and moving in from the north and east. as we look at our forecast for tomorrow, trick-or-treating, a lot of people are concerned about the smoke. we'll see some areas of smoke but the air quality i think will be well enough to get out there and enjoy your trick-or-treating with the kids. we'll see temperatures in the upper 60s, dropping back to the upper 50s. going into the rest of the forecast, we see the area of low pressure, that's bringing us

those gusty winds, moving away into the weekend, high pressure we're going to see things calming down, as we warm up just slightly, as a result, and then as we look farther down the line we can look out about two weeks taken shows there are some storm systems over the pacific but we will see them weakening before reaching the bay area coast and also being blocked by the high pressure that's going to help warm us up over the weekend. as we look at our forecast, we are going to see our inland temperatures in the low 70s today. some mid-70s tomorrow, and upper 70s for the weekend. we set our clock back one hour on sunday into early next week, we have some mid-70s, and we will stay in the 60s in san francisco. mike, you're checking on a fire inside a dump truck? >> that's the report. i thought it was a crash but it is not. we have a fire westbound 80 approaching the mcbride overcrossing, you see it in our illustration, so give you a better location or better idea of the area westbound coming in to richmond out of the area off

the carquinez bridge. just there reports of sparks inside the dump truck and the driver reportedly out of that vehicle and took care of it with their extinguisher but the contra costa county fire department still headed out there to make sure that's out. we know any embers a big concern especially if they were inside a moving vehicle. no additional problems, we're tracking that and a light volume of traffic around the bay. the build at the toll plaza starting to get there now. looking over here with the roadside fire as well, northbound 880 through san leandro a fire truck on scene at llewellyn. i haven't seen any slowing, north headed up toward san leandro out of hayward. the rest south of there just fine. there is a fender bender reported on 84 around isabel, getting off of 580. no major issues on the shoulder, we'll track that. our attention in the north bay with all the continued activity. we have 128 that still has the

closures there, 101 remains open but this entire area all the way to the coast, huge concerns still of course over the kincade fire. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:19 for you right now. coming up, some wonder if it's the end of line for america's biggest bike race. why organizers are putting the brakes on the tour of california. and our nbc bay area team tracking the latest on the pg&e power outages, and the kincade fire fight all morning long. follow us at nbc bay area, on facebook, twitter and instagram.

welcome back, everyone. it's 5:22. san francisco leaders have approved a potential huge housing boost for the city's lowest paid workers. this week, supervisors signed off on $4 million in funding, that could add close to 2,000 new housing units for low and middle income workers. the money will be raised from a fee developers pay when they

build large scale office buildings. san jose leaders are signing off on new assistance for the city's homeless population. supervisors approved the opening of two overnight warming centers, one at the baskham community center and library, the other at the roosevelt community center. each will remain open for six months, starting friday. it will add 60 additional beds for the 6,000 homeless people in san jose. new this morning, l.a. schools the latest to target san francisco's ecigarette maker juul. the district is launching a class action lawsuit, the claim accuses juul of launching a vaping epidemic, arguing schools are losing money due to absences and sick days not to mention damaged property in school restrooms. teens label juul rooms. l.a. is by far the largest district of its kind to file this kind of lawsuit. 5:23 and one southern california school district is

saying a big whoops this morning. leaders had to apologize to parents after middle school identification cards were printed with a phone number for an adult service hotline. that number was meant to be for students seeking counseling for suicidal thoughts. the error came when two digits were steaccidentally switched. once the mistake was discovered administrators were ordered to collect the cards and issue new ones as soon as possible. >> what a difference two digits can make. uber and lyft helping a new push for california that makes it harder to classify drivers as independent contractors allowing them to be entitled to benefits. cycling fans not only in california but across the u.s. may be waking up a little blogly this morning. the amgen tour of california is

going on hiatus. organizers say right now that only means there won't be a race next year. some fear it will be worse than that, because they're also trying to formulate a workable business model going forward. the amgen tour began with the spirit race in san francisco for its first event in 2006. it's been credited with bringing in billions of dollars to california's economy. dub nation turning rainbow at the chase center tonight. the warriors will celebrate its annual lgbtq night. the game includes special in-game performances. the warriors won monday in new orleans, so far their only win of the season. tonight they'll try to get their first home win against the phoenix suns. for baseball fans doesn't get any bigger than this, world series game seven tonight in houston. >> last night the nationals responded when they had to with the trophy on the line. game six packed a lot of drama, look at this here, included a controversial call in the seventh inning that got former giant and current nationals manager dave martinez ejected but next batter up, washington's

anthony rindon hit a two-run bomb to give the nationals the lead they won 7-2, setting up tonight's winner-take-all game, game seven. always a fun one. laura, you're going to be out today doing some great things, working to help empower women right here in our community. >> there are so many to honor i'm honored once again to emcee the ywca silicon valley's inspire luncheon at the santa clara convention center, it's an annual event raising money for community programs that help serve more than 18,000 women and families. victims of domestic violence, those that need to seek shelter, this year's keynote speaker dolores huerta, co-founder of the nationalfarm workers association and a surprise guest will be there today. they do so much for the community, ywca. coming up next on "today in the bay," back to the breaking

news coverage of the kincade fire, where things stand this morning, plus overnight, we're watching those gusty winds closely. they're actually tapering off. kari hall has more. >> we'll see winds tapering off throughout the day and drifts of smoke across parts of the bay area and waking up to chilly temperatures in the south bay, we'll see mid-40s and willow glen, leading to mid-60s by early afternoon. we'll talk about all of this in the forecast, coming up next. plus who is getting power back this morning, and who is still in the dark, the latest on pg&e outages and when those lights might come back on. a live report for that coming up in a bit. you're watching "today in the bay."

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this wednesday. thanks for joining us for "today in the bay." i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we came on early this morning at 4:00 a.m. with breaking news, including what we thought would be a hectic night on the front lines of the kincade wildfire. for now it appears things went better than expected, good news to report finally. the other big story we're following this morning, pg&e's latest round of power outages which also went better than expected, at least for people outside the north bay. the utility never turned power off for most people in santa clara, ala memeda contra costa san mateo counties. the predicted overnight weather conditions never materialized. this map shows current outages, most you can see there are in the north bay. now let's check in with meteorologist kari hall, tracking the winds and fire conditions. >> we did have some high wind gusts in the higher elevations in spots like st. helena, a wind gust of 57 miles per hour, and in the healdsburg hills, reaching 54 and mt. tam a wind gust of 28 and mt. diablo

gusting up to 50 miles per hour, but then as you go down in elevation, the winds have been much lighter, and so that's been the good news, as we are starting out this morning still with a red flag warning that will be in effect through 4:00. hopefully this will be dropped soon as well as we start to see winds calming down, and then looking at the east bay, santa cruz mountains still also under a red flag warning. as we can see some high gusts there, especially above 1,000 feet. we'll be tracking those weather conditions and mike, you're starting with a look at the east bay. >> that's right, looking toward the bay bridge, where we've seen the backup form at least with the metering lights, right on schedule. we do see a little bit less traffic than we typically see at this time on a wednesday, and we're seeing that really reflected in the travel times and the speeds around contra costa county, and the approach toward the bay bridge. the other dump truck fire that was reported with sparks coming out of the back, that's been extinguished without any other incident. with the winds that's why we're concerned about anything like

that. there was another fire reported north 880 at llewellyn boulevard. there may be a fire truck there but not a problem. we've been concerned because the sparks could spread with some winds. so far traffic is very light. it's the north bay that has the traditional closures from yesterday, back to you guys. >> all right, mike. >> thank you, mike. with the closures there's some concern about the northern end of the kincade wildfire advancing further into lake county. >> residents are in a holding pattern waiting to hear if they have to evacuate. "today in the bay's" pete suratos live in middletown. what is the mood there, pete? >> reporter: good morning to you, guys. a very cold at least right now and not too windy but the big concern obviously are those embers possibly flowing east into the middletown area, the embers that is from the kincade fire. i want to show you guys way off there in the distance that's the fire burning in the deep terrain, but of course while it is far, there were concerns if the wind pingd up, it could cause some issues on this side

of highway 128. as you've been reporting seems like the wind is tapering off. i want to show you some video from the calistoga area. that's southeast of highway 128, fwou t flying embers burning down the learning center in the calistoga area, that's the concern for fire crews, keep an eye on the winds as it can shift the fire in any direction at any time. it's uneasy for residents who have to decide whether to stay or go. >> we have go bags, packed over and over again. when i see embers, when i see embers flying, we have a plan for sure. we'll be in napa. >> reporter: take you back out here live along dry creek road, you see that kincade fire burning off in the distance, far from here but of course the wind was the concern, but we know that it's only an evacuation warning for middletown and calistoga but we'll wait to see

if those things change throughout the morning. we're live in middletown, pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> thankfully the winds seem to be cooperating, limiting the threat of the kincade wildfire. >> it's what we needed. doesn't mean the firefighters enjoyed a quiet night. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is live in sonoma county with more on that for us. sharon? >> reporter: yes, so we are here at shilo ridge. we were here monday and a lot of people breathing a sigh of relief that firefighters managed to save so many homes in the area. there is a water truck behind me, we saw firefighters patrolling this area because we're told the fire crept up again around here shiloh road around midnight. the other day you could see in daylight some of the burned out areas and property damage in this area east of windsor. calfire says what burned overnight was most likely unburned fuel. they'll have more information on

that around 7:00. in the nearby community of cloverdale, firefighters reacted to a tu plduplex fire. they rescued a baby and firefighters were grateful the winds were calm. >> the mother took the baby out and they checked her out and she's fine. >> there are microclimates but here we don't have any winds which is kind of interesting but they could be turning around and we could be getting winds at any minute. >> reporter: neighbors were evacuated around 2:00 a.m. but everyone is okay and firefighters quickly put out the blaze. about 45 minutes ago we were up along the ridge line and it was definitely windier up there, but down here closer to the more populated areas, not as windy for sure. that is some good news. reporting live, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> good news indeed. we need it, too. >> we'll take it wherever we can get it. firefighters battling not just the kincade fire.

crews had their hands full working to stop this house fire on mission boulevard in santa rosa. firefighters posted these photos from the scene. the fire was actually contained to that house and no one was hurt. back to our other big story, pg&e's planned power outages, and there's a lot of outrage this morning especially among people who have been without power for nearly a week. >> this morning a bit of good news, that did not come easy at all. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live for us in san jose with that part of the story. >> reporter: let's get right to it. if you were stuck in one of these outages primarily the first one, you are going to get a credit on your pg&e bill, so that could help you feel maybe a little bit better about having been in the dark. however, these credits are not going to everyone, and they're not going to cover all of your losses. governor gavin newsom said his staff has been aggressive in negotiating credits with pg&e. he's also been vocal in his criticism of the utility, accusing the leaders of creating

the current disaster through mismanagement and greed. >> this is significant because utilities in the past have never credited customers for these disruptions. we're being extraordinarily aggressive and respectfully we didn't wait until this moment. >> reporter: if you lost power, here is what you can expect from pg&e, residential customers will see a $100 credit on their bill. business customers will get a $250 credit, but this is a one-time deal and it is only for the 738,000 customers who lost power in the first outage, which happened back on october 9th. pg&e's ceo says that's because the utility improved the process after that first public safety power shutoff. back then, customers were frustrated by the pg&e website, couldn't get into the call center either, both inaccessible at times.

the ceo says the funds for this credit will come from shareholders and will not be passed on to customers. you don't have to do anything to get this credit, it will appear automatically on your bill if you are eligible for that credit. it's only the folks who lost power in the very first outage. i have been posting more information about this credit for you on my twitter page, also my social media feed, instagram and facebook, you can find all of the information that you need to know including whether or not political pressure was at play. you might be surprised to hear what the ceo said about that. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." right now at 5:38, we have people without power, are really having a tough go at it this morning with cold temperatures. look at how chilly it is now in santa rosa, down just one degree above freezing and i've seen a lot of weather stations well below freezing this morning, even down in the upper 20s

there, santa rosa. and in napa, we are at 37 degrees. livermore is at 48. we're at 41 in san martin and palo alto starting out the morning at 48 degrees. our chilly temperatures continue at least through about the 9:00 to 10:00 hours in napa, and then we start to warm up, going into the rest of the day. eventually seeing our highs reaching up to 72 there. we'll also see a high of 72 in antioch with livermore reaching 70 degrees. we'll talk about what else is in the forecast coming up. mike, you saw another caravan of flashing lights. >> yesterday or the day before you were showing me the same area, flashing lights traveling north. today unlike yesterday we had twice as many vehicles, a dozen headed north through san rafael on 101. there are no incidents in the area, not even close. i think what's going on, there was another crew headed up toward the fire zone to lend some assistance, and we'll continue to follow that but 101

moves smoothly, 128 closed in all that disturbance, all of that activity. big concern over there, but not so much for the morning commute. the metering lights were turned on at the bay bridge, standard time and a very light drive everywhere else. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:40. coming up next on "today in the bay" our fire coverage continues, the impact the fire fight may have on local elections in sonoma county. there are important steps in the impeachment of donald trump. i will walk you through them so you understand the latest. and in southern california, the search continues for the shooter in a rampage that's believed to have started during a halloween party. the latest on what was a chaotic and deadly night.

good wednesday morning. right now at 5:43, we are still under a microclimate weather alert as we track the high fire danger and drifts of smoke today and we're starting out with chilly temperatures in the concord, dipping down to the upper 40s and down to 44 degrees around sunrise. we'll see the temperatures reaching into the upper 60s and low 70s today. i'll have a look at this forecast, the halloween forecast and also looking ahead to the weekend coming up in less than five minutes. >> and look, this is good movement for the bay bridge toll plaza this time it's 5:43. the metering lights have been on regular time and a lighter flow of traffic. you can see this the richmond side, a steady flow but not so bad headed toward the north bay here. i'll talk about a change for

this morning's drive into the north bay as well. and the impeachment of donald trump is one step closer. good morning to you. a house committee today will establish rules for the public hearings in the impeachment process. then the full house will vote on those rules on thursday. understand thursday's votes are not the impeachment, the leveling of specific charges against the president. it's only the next step. after that vote, the house intelligence committee will hold public hearings, allowing the president's lawyers to cross-examine witnesses, something the white house has asked for. that committee sends a report to the judicial committee and if it decides to, then it will issue a formal set of accusations and a formal vote. if this sounds a bit as if congress is making this up as it goes, it is. remember, we've only done this three times before, including nixon in this count, because the

process was well under way by the time he resigned. the constitution is really pretty vague as to how all of this is supposed to work. on tuesday, an army lieutenant colonel who was on president trump's call with ukraine testified he wanted the white house to release more detail about that call in that transcript the white house issued but he was not successful. that transcript was damning, even as it stood. president trump insists it exonerates him. it shows the president talking about military aid and asking for that favor. let's go back to video of lieutenant colonel alex vindman. others say he should be treated with suspicion. berkeley law professor john yu went on to say he was involved in ukrainian espionage.

yu is walking that back with a somewhat tortured explanation on facebook. he writes "i did not ause lieutenant colonel vindman of committing the crime of espionage. i meant to say it sounds like an espionage operation run by the ukrainians." house sets the rules today, votes on them tomorrow and then goes on a break, really, they'll be back november 11th. we'll be following everything that happens, follow me on twitter, i am is he @scottmcgre. today a federal judge in san francisco hears arguments to overturn a white house rule allowing health care workers to refuse treatment based on religious or moral beliefs. it's called the denial of care rule, it allows refusal of care to hiv or people needing hormone therapy, critics say. developing this morning, in

southern california, three people are dead and nine others injured after a shooting at a home in long beach. it happened a little before 11:00 last night and the reports the shooting broke out during a halloween party. firefighters described it as a chaotic scene. you see all the response they had there. victims were being treated outside a nail salon next door. the shooter this morning still on the loose. back to our fire coverage, cot kip cade fire or pg&e shutoffs impact next week's elections? sonoma county says it has generators and can move poll places if needed. and the state says utilities like pg&e have the responsibility to ensure people can still vote even if light evare off. cast your ballot early or vote by mail. the firefighters coming from across the u.s. to help fight in the kincade fire in sonoma county. some were tweeted out by kent

porter, firefighter from south lake tahoe was watching the glow of the flames near the sonoma lake county line last night. power outages causing problems for some tahoe ski resorts. sugar bowl has been without power and isn't expecting it to get back until tomorrow, due to that, the resort has been forced to stop its snow making operations. >> i always think that sounds supernatural, snow making operations. >> amazing to see them in reaction but not cold enough, no big storms. >> we don't have any snow in the forecast going into the next couple of weeks. some computer models are showing the second to third week of november, not seeing any rain up until then possibly. as we start out this morning, we're going to have the concern of some drifts of smoke coming in. air quality as we go into today will be unhealthy especially in the north bay. elsewhere, we'll be moderate and you still want to limit your time outside if you're sensitive

to the wildfire smoke. we're seeing the best air quality in the south bay. that scholes the upper air and the smoke and the direction we've seen it moving in, over the past couple of days. most of it is blowing off the coast. yesterday we did have the plumes of smoke moving across the bay area before it shifted back off the coast again once those winds picked up yesterday afternoon. if you can spare the air today and maybe catch transit, looking at dublin and our forecast this morning, the b.a.r.t. station is going to be only 41 degrees. we have to bundle up with the cold weather across the bay area this morning. you may need a heavier coat to start and the rest of the day comfortable with light long sleeves as we warm up into the upper 60s and low 70s. looking at our wind forecast we'll have the breezy winds coming across oakland, san francisco over toward half moon bay over the next couple of hours. we're seeing winds calming down in the north bay as well as the south bay. this wind event was mostly for the upper elevations but we did

not see a lot of that mixing down into some of our valleys. here we are at 10:30, seeing some breezy winds coming through the delta as well as oakland in to san francisco but by this afternoon we're seeing a calm wind going into the rest of the day. as we look at our trick-or-treat forecast for the inland areas tomorrow looks good. although there will be a few drifts of smoke, the air quality will still be good enough for you to get out there for a little while with the kids, enjoy the all clear skies and also temperatures that will be mild to start, upper 60s, dropping back to about 60 degrees at 8:00. as we go into the rest of the forecast we are looking at this storm system, all the gusty winds moving away, high pressure for the next several days, and we're going to see our winds still blowing off the coast, which will keep our air quality fairly good once again with the kincade fire still burning in the north bay, going into the

weekend, we're still looking at all quiet and dry conditions, but in fact that high pressure will block these storms that have been over the pacific and will keep them from moving into the bay area from now through at least next week, so our forecast is stayi ining sunny. highs in the inland areas low 70s, slightly warmer as we lead into the weekend and this weekend we'll be setting our clocks back one our as daylight saving time ends. early next week we have mid-70s in the forecast. mike, you have a positive change for the north bay. >> getting an hour over the weekend is also a positive change. things weren't what we projected although we have the winds, there have been no changes for any closures over here in the north bay but we still follow standard 128 up in the north bay, so that's holding steady. the real positive, there's a restoration for some service for smarttrain riders, going from santa rosa down to san rafael. north of santa rosa still stopped service but between the two sites, santa rosa and san

rafael we have regular service there and it's free for the next week, looking at the rest of the transit agencies as kari was talking about, an opportunity to reduce emissions if you take one of the agencies. over here the bay bridge we have the backup, a little bit later in building to that, almost standstill we saw. on the approach you see how light the traffic is. contra costa, maze, alameda county moving slowly toward the merge and getting to the city. a smooth drive 880 just slowing over in hayward, a fender bender off castro valley and here off of 580 we had a small brush fire near the racetrack at altamont. we have our eyes on that report. so far no problems. there's just some traffic control from chp because of fire crews arriving there. looking at the rest of the bay, south bay and peninsula, no major issues. a crash 101 i'm checking out. back to you. >> thanks, mike. massive protests are under way in chile. flashes breaking out at the capital of santiago.

police firing tear gas and dry inning water cannons to thousands of protesters, started over transportation fare hikes. demonstrators are calling for better pay, pensions, schools, housing and medical care, among many other demands. you may be wondering how to protect yourself as this fire season is raging on. next some new advice from chris chmura. >> if smoky air is making it tough to breathe, you might want to consider a mask but don't just use the first thing you find. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. ♪

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5:56. welcome back. we have team coverage on the kincade fire and power outages. in a moment, look at ways to stay safe in the unhealthy air and 6:01, live in the north bay with what the fire is doing right now. at 6:08, families still in the dark but also covering other news. scott mcgrew's business and tech check at 6:15. now to a story you'll only see here on nbc bay area, parents of an american woman killed by isis are speaking out following the death of the top leader. kayla mueller was a volunteer of doctors without borders taken

captive in 2013, her remains have never been recovered. the top isis leader was killed by american special forces over the weekend. the operation to take him down was named in her honor. here is what parents of mueller say she would have felt about this. >> i know kayla. kayla would say this is for all of us. this is for all of the hostages and all the people over there that have suffered so much through this group. so kayla would want it to be for everyone, all the people that she was with. >> you can catch that exclusive one on one interview with savannah guthrie on the "today" show coming up after "today in the bay." 5:57 right now. if you can stay out of the smoky air, do it, but if you are required to be outside in it, you might want to consider a mask. >> we want to make sure that you make an informed choice. let's join consumer investigator chris chmura. >> you can always ask your

doctor for a personal recommendation especially if you have lung or heart trouble. in general the epa recommends the n95, which is a type, not a brand name. the 95 means it's designed to block 95% of particles from getting into your lungs. did you see this online, a bride and groom posing in wedding garb and their n95s, a castro valley photographer posted this photo and it went viral. cue december to the couple for trying but i have one bit of criticism. let's zoom in, they are not wearing those n95s properly, both failed to attach the lower elastic band, dangling around the chin. that should be rapid around the back of their head. the manufacturer of my n95 3m, says you have to have a good seal around your face so smoke doesn't seep in on the sides and the elastic bands are essential for a good seal. there are two of them. i'll give this couple a pass.

the photographer says they're from chicago. i won't be so lenient with you, my neighbors. follow the manufacturer's directions here. one more nugget from 3m, it's okay to use your n95 kay after day, even if it gets a little dirty. just keep it dry. a wet n59 needs to be replaced. again your doctor is probably the best route for a personal recommendation. we have lots more fire related help on our website, step by step help for your go back, generator safety, food spoilage and more. head to nbcbayarea.com/responds. >> thank you, chris. right now at 6:00 a lucky break. kincade fire still mostly out of control but there aren't any big additional problems. no new blackout for many families across the east bay. next the neighborhoods where pg&e kept the lights on and a

live report from one neighborhood in the dark for days. >> it's cold for people who can't run their heat. kari tracking the temperatures and tells us when a warmup arrives. "today in the bay" continues right now. we say continues because we've been on with special reports since 4:00 this morning, trying to bring you the very latest with the kincade fires, the power outages, everything you need to know. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we want to talk about the winds, they did pick up overnight but we have been hearing from firefighters on the ground that the effort to hold back the spread of the fire went better than expected. the fire now going into its seventh day, it's still threatening a number of sonoma county towels, healdsburg, windsor and geyserville. >> kohlfire's first update won't come until later this morning but as of last night, the 76,000 acres burn still at 15% containment. close to 200