apple announcing it's going to invest billions of dollars into california's housing crisis. how you may be able to benefit from the cash. plus -- >> opportunities are limitless. what will you do? >> did a white south bay teacher go too far by putting on black face to imitate a popular black rapper? in just moments a report on what some students and the naacp are saying this morning. as the impeachment hearing against president trump ramps up this week the president is taking aim at california and governor newsom. the reason, the money that's at stake and how this battle could impact you, coming up. "today in the bay" continues. we continue right now. thanks for staying with us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. hope you had a great weekend. we'll get to that morning commute in just a moment but first let's check the forecast. >> it looks very much like the weather we had over the weekend

continues today. as you get ready to head out the door, in antioch we'll be at 44 degrees and will stay there for a couple of hours and then we'll see our temperatures warm up at noon. we're at 71 and heading into the upper 70s today. we'll be slightly above normal but we'll talk about if there's any break or change in this forecast coming up in a few minutes. mike, you're still tracking a car fire in livermore. >> i am but more concerning is the slowing into san francisco. we'll talk about that as well. in the tri-valley as you saw almost everywhere in green we have slowing for 84 westbound past ruby hill golf course. there's a car fire. we'll get more info on that in just a bit. westbound 80 slows towards fremont. the off ramp there was a disabled vehicle reportedly cleared but i still see the slowing. we'll track that closely. 5:01 right now.

breaking news, another tech giant promising billions of dollars in money overnight to help you or someone you know find affordable housing across the state. this time it's apple saying it has a plan. kris sanchez joins us with some of the highlights from this overnight development. >> reporter: hi there, laura. apple certainly not the first bay area silicon valley tech giant to commit to the housing crisis but the $2.5 billion commitment certainly is the biggest one to date. you've seen apple's slick product announcements like this one but this news came out quietly overnight in a written statement quoting ceo tim cook as saying he and apple feels civic responsibility towards housing in the name of civility and opportunity. you might be thinking what does this mean for me. here's how the commitment breaks down. the company says $1 billion will go toward an affordable housing investment fund for california to borrow money and other developers to build new low to

moderate income housing. $1 billion will fund a first-time buyer mortgage assistance fund for downpayments especially for service personnel like school employees and veterans. apple is offering up to $3 million in land for the construction of affordable housing and also putting $150 million toward existing bay area housing funds and $50 million to support vulnerable populations through destination homes. governor gavin newsom has high praise for apple at this point and says its innovative strategies should be an inspiration for other bay area companies to follow suit and they certainly have been involved in this conversation. facebook and google each committed $1 billion toward bay area housing and solving the affordability crisis. a lot of critics point to these bay area companies as creating this problem by letting jobs

outpace housing availability. >> good news for a lot of people, kris. thank you. in the south bay, a stunning incident at milpitas high school is sparking outrage in that community after this video surfaced online. what you're looking at is a teacher wearing black face in a classroom and interpreting a rapper -- imitating a rapper. we're at the high school with a news statement overnight from the superintendent. >> reporter: indeed. we are waiting to hear what will happen with that teacher, whether or not we'll be disciplined or what his fate will be. we know that he is on administrative leave while the district investigates all this and this morning on social media students are saying they are shocked and disappointed. >> millions of people not enough to eat, what will we do. >> reporter: now, a student posted this video on twitter saying that the man seen here in

black face is a white teacher at milpitas high school and that on halloween in a classroom he was apparently trying to imitate african-american rapper and social activist common. the president of the silicon valley naacp says that kind of behavior is just unacceptable. >> it's harmful, hurtful and it's not an environment that's conducive for students of color to look at a teacher get up there and perform. >> reporter: the superintendent and the principal released a joint statement saying in part the act was disparaging to our students, parents, colleagues and the milpitas community we serve. our human relations team has placed the employee on leave and appropriate action will be taken pending further investigation. now, the school district has not released a name of that student and will not confirm the name that students are placing on social media. in the meantime the naacp is asking for an investigation into his history and his association

with students and a possible firing. roz plater for "today in the bay". >> 2019 so shocking to see this. thank you. only a few hundred homes remain threatened by the kincade fire as firefighters made moreheadway. as full containment is expected on thursday. the fire has burned just under 78,000 acres. 374 buildings have been destroyed including 174 homes. the latest round of california wildfires setting off a new firestorm of tweets from president trump which include veiled threats to cut federal wildfire funding. over the weekend the president tweeted, governor newsom has, quote, done a terrible job of forest management. his tweets also suggest the same things happens each year and each year the government has to help to which the president said, quote, no more.

the governor newsom tweeted back, you are don't believe in climate change. you are excused from this conversation. 5:06 and the impeachment inquiry on capitol hill and what could turn out to be a critical week. nearly a dozen people are being called to testify but the big question this morning is will they show up. tracy potts reports from washington. >> reporter: 11 trump administration officials are scheduled to testify in the impeachment inquiry this week. four of them today. most are political appointees not expected to show up as the white house refuses to cooperate. >> i think this week is going to be a big disappointment for those who are looking for new evidence. >> reporter: john bolton could be the exception. he's the former national security adviser who reportedly had issues with president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, directing ukraine policy. bolton's attorney has suggested he'll only testify under subpoena. >> it's really up to the lawyers. i like john bolton. i always got along with him, but

that's going to be up to the lawyers. >> the white house is telling people that under their employ you can't show up doesn't apply to john bolton. >> reporter: the whistle-blower is now offering to answer republicans' questions in writing, according to his attorney. >> i think that individual should come before the commit e committee. he could come down to the basement but he needs to answer the questions. >> you wouldn't call the whistle-blower. what you call is the people who are actually there. >> reporter: there for the phone call between president trump and ukraine's president. that call touched off this inquiry. democrats plan to begin public hearings in the next two or three weeks with transcripts from private testimony released this week. a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows 49% think president trump should be both impeached and removed from office. that's up 6 points from last month. tracy potts, nbc news. dungeness crab lovers may want to put the butter on hold,

at least temporary. this is a chance to delay the start of the crab season. it's supposed to kick off november 15th but a new law allows fish and wildlife leaders to delay the season when migrating whales are still in local waters. that's to limit them from being entangled in those nets. if a delay kicks it, it should be brief but not keep the local crab from thanksgiving dinner tables. a final decision is expected as soon as today. >> now to a sign of the changing holiday season, ice skating coming back to san francisco's union square this week. opening day for the ice rink is wednesday. this is the rink's 12th year in san francisco. skating is open from 10:00 in the morning to 11:30 every night. tickets cost $10 for kids 8 and under and $18 for everyone else. part of the money for ticket

sales benefit san francisco's rec and park's department. >> i love that we can ice skate in 70-degree temperatures. but it's not 70 degrees yet. it is a cold start to the morning as we take a live look outside in dublin. we are starting out with the need to turn on the heater. right now it's 45 in livermore, upper 30s in the north bay. it's 48 in palo alto and san jose. our napa temperature trend will be at 43 degrees. we're heading into the upper 70s there today. for the east bay, up to 78 in livermore, 77 in san jose. keep in mind that sun sets a little earlier today at 5:07. mike, you're seeing some early changes on the bay bridge. that time change is a good one as well. we typically see the roads flooded. folks get out at 5 if they can

because it's dark outside. we see traffic flowing better although it looks like it's jamming up here. it's flowing much better towards the san francisco side. that earlier crash i told you about caused a back-up and it rippled back to the bay bridge and toll plaza. we do see the lanes filling in over the last seven minutes. that will be an issue getting across but the crash has cleared on the fremont side. the rest of your commute looking good. we'll talk about livermore coming up. back to you. >> thanks, mike. 5:11 right now. still ahead, two bay area counties going after e-cigarettes. that's coming up for you at 5:25. we'll tell you about their bold plans to regulate tobacco. and how will you spend this upcoming holiday season? it's a gift that comes with every holiday season, debt. coming up, what millennials, gen xers and baby boomers are saying about spending more during the holiday. ok, network inspection. -ok.

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right now let's get a live look outside and fremont. you need to bundle up as you head out. another chilly start to the day. upper 40s at 6 and 7:00 and then it will lead to a nice warming trend for the rest of the day. after this cool start we'll have a comfortable afternoon. we'll talk about what's ahead for the rest of the week coming up in less than five minutes. the san mateo bridge right side, westbound commute moving

nicely. my concern is the bay bridge where there was an early back-up. we'll talk about that coming up. a very happy monday to you. mcdonald's fired its ceo over the weekend. he had a consensual relationship with a mcdonald's employee but that's against company rules. our kris san sachez will have m about apple and the big money coming for silicon valley housing. stocks rallied friday over hopes of a deal for china because of a surprisingly good jobs number, 128,000 jobs added in the month of october says the labor department. considering the headwinds of the g.m. strike and the wildfires, that is an unexpectedly good number. though the president tweeted before he was supposed to that the number was 303,000 which is very different than 128,000. the white house economic adviser helped break down the white

house math. here's the labor department's 128,000 to which the president adds the striking g.m. workers. this makes a certain amount of sense. when they measured the numbers, the auto workers were off the job. now they're back on the job. all right, we're okay so far. so back to this. the labor department said 45,000 people were on strike. the house has 60,000. this number is wrong. there are 20,000 fewer people working on the census as well, not 20,000 more. this is an interesting one. the president takes the adjustments on the previous month's jobs numbers and adds those in. this is not how we measure monthly jobs. we don't subtract the old numbers if they're smaller and add them if they're bigger. now, the president is not wrong in this. it's just this is not how data is presented. other news, last night silicon valley hosted the 8th annual breakthrough awards. mark zuckerberg there to help present those awards. there are breakthrough prizes in

the fields of life sciences, fundamental physics and math. it's always exciting because, okay, there are the nobel prizes but when it comes to science there's not the black tie sort of raz ma taz sort of things that you see at the oscars and that kind of stuff and it's kind of fun to see scientists getting up there, winning an award in their black tie. >> that's right. >> cool to see that. >> for kids to see too. >> a little science in this story as well. as santa and his elves start to pick up the pace, a new study showing how people are racking up new debt during the holiday season. turns out about 60% of the current debtholders already accepting their card balances may go higher come the end of the holidays and when it comes to generations, more than half of all millennials are open to higher debt. it's 40% when it comes to the gen xers and just below that for baby boomers. >> anybody start holiday

shopping already? >> i thought about it. >> thought about it, that's a good start, because you want to know what you're going to get everybody and then -- >> we have less time this year. one less weekend or something. >> okay. time to get started. >> get thinking about it. >> there you go. >> when they open the ice rink that's when i'm like, okay. that's wednesday. we are going to have fall-like weather to start the morning and feeling more like summer this afternoon. as we look live at oakland, we have a foggy start with low clouds rolling across the bay and it's also chilly. if you're about to step out, you do need a nice, warm jacket. we have upper 40s at 7:00 that will lead into upper 60s by early this afternoon. overall it's going to be a really nice day with warmer than normal temperatures. we should be in the upper 60s and low 70s but we're heading up to 77 in downtown san jose.

79 in east san jose. pleasanton reaching 78 and 73 in oakland. half moon bay will be in the upper 60s while san francisco will see low 70s in the mission district today and nevada reaching 75 degrees. let's go through our micro climates and see how the day shapes up. keep in mind that we're going to hit those high temperatures a little earlier in the afternoon and then the sun sets at 5:07 today so we are going to have a very short day it seems. then our high pressure stays in place. we're not going to see this pattern changing. it is blocking our chances of any rain in the forecast throughout this week, next week, possibly the week after that. so we are not going to see any rain here. our temperatures are holding steady, once again above normal, reaching into the upper 70s. morning temperatures in the upper 40s and then for san francisco we're going to see some upper 60s and low 70s all throughout the next seven days. mike, you have a couple of spots

recovering now. we're looking over here for the tri-valley, give you a second to look. everywhere over here in the green. here's what we have slowing, coming through livermore, past ruby hill, an earlier car fire eastbound slowed the westbound commute and it's sort of sticking around which is about the time we see slowing anyway. that volume building but not a problem off of 580. expect a couple of seconds extra past ruby hill. contra costa highway slows a bit through pittsburgh and then the bay bridge which is in recovery mode but the earlier crash at fremont did cause a back-up back to the toll plaza. all lanes are filled in and judging by the pattern now the hov lane is moving quickly. i think they turned on the lights even though it's not registering on the chp report. back to you. still ahead, another parent in the college admissions scandal heads to jail today. coming up at 5:30, the reason

the sentencing of a napa valley winery owner stands out. plus, greased lightning, olivia newton-john's iconic outfit brings in top dollar at auction. we'll talk about how much it brought in and where that money is going. first our team is always on social media. kari hall posting a photo to instagram while hosting the san jose authors luncheon over the weekend. this could be something else. >> there's kari. >> there's kari. you can't miss her. be sure to follow her on facebook, twitter and instagram. you're watching "today in the bay." we're back after this. >> looks beautiful in that dress too. >> always. i've booked your shower, sir. ♪

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prosecutors argue tiffany lee arranged to have her ex-boyfriend killed. he's the father of her children and they believe she was scared about losing the custody battle. investigators testify that she worked with her then boyfriend to plan green's murder but her attorneys argue she was wrongly accused and green was killed in a botched kidnapping. family and friends of a missing san francisco man and his friend are still holding out hope the pair will be found safe. a vigil was held at city church yesterday. as we've been reporting, pilot justin winfrey and kayla rodriguez took off in a small plane about a week and a half ago. no one has heard from them since. an investigation is still going on and volunteers searched the coast this weekend for any sign of them. if you were at valley fair mall in san jose over the weekend you may still be wondering why sirens were blaring, and so are we. we reached out to the mall management. they're only say the evacuation

was out of an abundance of caution. it happened saturday mornings and the entire mall which is huge had to be cleared out creating tense moments there. happening today, santa clara supervisor cindy chavez will talk about banning e-cigarettes and vaping sales. in september supervisors unanimously banned the sale of all people under the age of 21. tomorrow the board debates the wider ban. also tomorrow, san mateo county leaders consider the same type of ban. it would apply to all unincorporated areas. leaders have taken similar action with a lawsuit to take effect next year. that's provided voters don't overturn it when they head to the polls tomorrow. if you're a fan of the movie "grease", you may get chills that are multiplying over the sale of an iconic outfit. >> that leather jacket and the skin tight pants worn by olivia newton-jo newton-john's sandy were

purchased by separate bidders at an auction over the weekend in beverly hills. that jacket, get this, went for $243,000, and the pants went for about $80,000 less than that. if those items weren't the one that you actually want, others sold as well. the pink lady jacket went for $50,000. at this point we don't believe the buyer was a beauty school dropout. if you've been watching "the voice" you know one mentor is shaking things up and shocking singers a little bit. take a look. ♪ >> oh, my god. i really, really do feel so inspired when i meet people who are making music. >> you see it right there, taylor swift is working to help the contestants and giving them some pointers. you might imagine that swift's presence has prompted strong response from "the voice" contestants. >> taylor freaking swift. >> i couldn't even look at her. >> i almost didn't take it up

the steps. >> taylor freaking swift. >> she came close to hug me and i was like -- oh, okay. so, like, this is for real. >> you heard it there. she said taylor freaking swift. you see her right there. tonight contestants hope to hit the heights for a spot in the live show which starts next week. you can actually watch "the voice" tonight right here on nbc bay area at 8:00. that's followed by a new episode of "bluff city law". 5:27. next, the top stories we're following this monday morning. >> including, most of us have had it happen to them, waiting at the airport for an uber or taxi but imagine waiting, get this, three hours to catch a ride. >> chaotic. people are screaming. people are angry. >> the warning this morning if you're about to go through lax any time soon and how the same changes are playing out at sfo. plus it was a halloween night shooting that grabbed

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thanks so much for joining us. hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. let's send it over to kari hall to see if that weekend weather continues through today. >> it does continue today. starts out cool, warms up for the afternoon and as we take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge, starting out foggy here so we'll see that clearing out as we go into the rest of the day and if you're about to head to the pleasant hill bart station, 46 degrees. a cool start but also a warm afternoon, getting ready for the

sun to rise in the next hour and then it will set at 5:07 today. kind of a short day, right? mike, you have a big concern for the bay bridge. >> that's right. we're looking at a live look. not the low clouds, those are moving around but we had reports of a wrong way driver. i had just gotten ready to ask our friends to record what was going on here. we just got word that there's no need to do that. the driver was heading westbound 80 going the wrong way on the fremont off ramp where another crash just cleared. chp was able to flag that person down and say, whoa, whoa, you read the sign wrong. that's good news. westbound moving smoothly and safely towards san francisco. the back-up at the toll plaza, eastbound is okay and the rest of the bay, a mild build. back to you. >> thanks, mike. almost everyone can sympathize with hundreds of travelers in this next story, a sea of very unhappy people standing in three-hour-long lines at lax waiting for an

uber. we're live at sfo this morning to show us what's happened at lax and what's being done to prevent it from happening right here at home. >> that's right. we don't want that to happen here, pete. >> reporter: good morning, guys. sfo actually had similar issues when it first made those ride share changes in june a while back. folks that travel know sunday is one of the busiest days and nights of the week so that was to be expected when they made those changes. there were some issues at lax. i want to show you first an image of someone who was unhappy posting about their issues with lax during what was going on with those long lines. the ride share policy requires travelers to go to a special lot for ride share or taxis, similar to what they implemented at sfo. those changes at lax began earlier in the week but with sundays also being the busiest

day of the week, there were longer lines and of course fewer ride share options. as i mentioned, sfo experienced its own sunday night blues when the airport designated a new pick-up zone back in june. a spokesman said at the time it's not uncommon to see more than 1200 uber and lyft drivers on sunday night. now, that's due to the number of what they call casual and part-time drivers that are driving just on those sunday nights. now, it's unclear if this is the same issue for travelers at lax last night but it was clearly a frustrating night for all. >> i'm not sure how long that would be. i don't know, maybe 200 or 300 people in front of me. >> chaotic, people are screaming. people are angry. people can't get on their phones. >> reporter: sfo did work on that issue by having workers stationed around the airport to direct travelers to the area where that zone is located, also handing out fliers to them who

are waiting on travelers. l.a.x. plans to rely on uber and ly lyft. >> thanks for the latest, pete. 5:34. happening tomorrow orinda leaders will debate changes for short-term rental rules after five people were shot and killed at a party on halloween night. video posted on social media showed some of the chaos inside that house before the shots were fired. you see it here. the home was listed on airbnb which is putting new measures in place to ban party houses on its platform. so far police have not announced any arrests. also happening tomorrow, san jose police chief is going to provide new details of a deadly police shooting on halloween. last thursday officers went out to a call on mckee road. this is a block from 680. officers say they found a man with a gun, demanded him to stop walking around drop the gun.

police say he refused and it appeared he drew the weapon. that's when the officer shot him. he later died at the hospital. that gun ended up being a replica. 5:34. happening today, a bay area parent in the college admission scandal is set to report to prison. he was sentenced to five months and fined $100,000. he admitted to taking part in two schemes to get his daughter into the university of southern california. it's not yet clear where he will serve out his sentence. he was the fifth parent to be sentenced in the scandal but has received the longest prison sentence so far. authorities in monterey county are on the hunt this morning for two escaped inmates. they were convicted of murder. here's a look at the two men right here who are both 19 years old and facing unrelated murder charges. earlier yesterday they escaped

from monterey county jail. both are considered dangerous. so far the sheriff's office is not saying if they know how the pair escaped. this morning the san francisco 49ers are the only ones from keeping the '72 dolphins from sipping champagne. to the patriots are now 8-1. brady, a san mateo native, said his offense didn't do a good enough job. the 49ers play the seahawks a week from tonight at levi. >> what do you think, should i battle through the levi traffic to go? >> yes, i think so because the day after you go to a night event is so much fun to talk to you. it's great. >> actually, when i'm so exhausted i kind of get loopy. so good luck to that. >> stay tuned, folks. over here, the south bay

we're looking at smooth traffic flow. the bigger concern is 580. i did get word of a cash with a tiny bit of slowing westbound 580. your commute direction threw livermore the first spring town exit there, there may be some lane effect just for a few seconds but they should get that quickly to the shoulder. we're on schedule for your typical monday flow of traffic heading towards the bay bridge. the toll plaza started early why the problems on the bridge but all problems on the bridge are gone. >> problems on the bridge gone. good weather still here with us. >> yeah. we're going to see the weather we had this past weekend continue into this upcoming weekend if you're already starting to make some plans. let's get a look at that seven-day forecast. we have mid 70s for the inland areas. a lot more sunshine. morning temperatures in the upper 40s and for san francisco low 70s by saturday as we check out where you may be headed for

the coastal areas. half moon bay will be at 71 on friday and upper 60s for the rest of the weekend. if you're planning to head to russian river valley expect it to reach into the upper 70s from friday through sunday. morning temperatures though start out chilly with upper 30s and low 40s. for yosemite we're also going to have some very nice and mild conditions reaching into the low 60s. i know it's early in the week so let me know what you're planning to do this upcoming weekend. i'm kari hall weather on twitter, facebook and instagram. i can help you out with the forecast for your weekend destination. we'll talk about what's going on today in the south bay. our temperature trend coming up in three minutes. >> looking forward to it. coming up next, a feel-good story that you'll no doubt be talking about today after a bart supervisor safd a man's life. what happened moments before.

more disturbing news out of santa anita. another horse euthanized. what happened to that horse, next. it looks like the white house will block four witnesses from testifying. we'll bring you the very latest when "today in the bay" continues.

. 5:41. it's all clear and a chilly start to the day. here's a live look outside at the south bay, checking out san

jose as we head down to santa theresa. expect it to be in the upper 40s and that will lead to upper 60s by 11:00 as we warm up fairly quickly. we'll reach the upper 70s today. i'll show you this weather pattern continuing and what's ahead in the rest of the forecast coming up in less than five minutes. you're looking at palo alto, highway 101. it looks great. it connects the south bay and the city but in the south bay and the city we got word of two fires. we're going to let you know what you have to avoid. thanks so much, kari and mike. stick around for this story coming up at 6:00 a.m. there's a black face controversy at one south bay school. what parents and students are saying before school heads back in session this morning. plus new reaction the school gave us overnight. 5:42. bart supervisor is being called a hero after witnesses say he saved a man's life. >> here's a video there. this is the aftermath when both of those men embrace.

the man in the safety vest is john o'connor. he was working crowd control after yesterday's raiders game and that's when people say an intoxicated man fell onto the tracks as that train was approaching the coliseum station. witnesses say he grabbed that man, pulled him to safety. >> wow, that's great. >> quick thinking. 5:43 right now. the latest death of a horse at a troubled santa anita race track is creating waves throughout the world of horse racing. >> that's because it happened during saturday's $6 million breeder's cup classic which is the single richest horse race in the united states. 4-year-old mongolian groom was pulled up in the final turn. race leaders say the gelding fractured his left hind leg. he was euthanized two hours after saturday's race. in a little less than a year 37 horses have died at santa anita. authorities in brentwood are investigating the crash of a car into a utility poll that

seriously injured the driver. it happened a little bit after 8:00 last night on lone tree way in brentwood near o'hara. one person has died. they were air lifted from the scene. so far no update on injuries. election day is tomorrow and a lot of attention will be on prop a in san francisco. supporters rallied over the weekend trying to get their message out. prop a is a $600 million housing bond and proponents say it would create affordable housing for seniors, low income families and more. >> the mayor and president and city controllers make sure that it would not raise one cent in property taxes. the $600 million is as much as we could do without raising taxes. that's a promise that was made and capped in prop a. >> opponents call it a bad aid

and it won't work. if it passes it would be the largest bond in san francisco history. it may be a buy day in the impeachment inquiry. >> assuming of course the witnesses show up. >> that's exactly right. good morning, and that might be a pretty big assumption there. congress wants to talk to four white house insiders today but we are hearing they will be n no-shows. the white house has blocked them from testifying. the big fish of course is john bolton, the former white house national security adviser who objected to the president's behavior. the white house doesn't want him to testify but bolton doesn't work for the white house anymore. he's scheduled for thursday. president trump continues to insist there was nothing wrong with that phone call to ukraine's president. he said he didn't hear any complaints about it. now, he may not have heard anything but he tweeted, yeah, i've never heard any complaints, but congress has heard from a lot of witnesses who were alarmed by the phone call, including colonel vindman, the cia inspector general as well

who made a criminal referral to the justice department, the white house lawyers who decided to move the transcript to a secret service, and of course there's the original whistle-blower. >> well, the whistle-blower gave a very inaccurate report and as you know, certain of the media released information about a man that they said was the whistle-blower. i don't know if that's true or not. what they said is he's an obama person who was involved with brennan, susan rice which means obama. >> the whistle-blower, according to reports confirmed by nbc, works in the white house, works in national intelligence and did so before trump arrived so that he worked with john brennan, the head of the cia or susan rice, the national security adviser is not that surprising. of course he did. many people, particularly career military and intelligence analysts who work in the white house now worked in the white house a few years ago because that's their job. they work in the white house. in normal white house news, the

world champion and home team washington nationals will visit the white house today after their big world series win. we're watching everything that's happening in washington including who does and does not show up today. you can follow me on twitter. >> speaking of showing up, did you remember to set your clocks back? daylight saving time is in full swing but as researchers say every year the change could negatively affect your health. experts say it can have an impact on your sleep patterns, yes. another study shows a risk of heart attack or stroke increases when the time changes. researchers also say the difference can lead to an increase of number of car crashes. i woke up an hour early today. >> isn't this the last time we're falling back before the law changes? >> they're talking about, yeah, we'll see. >> i thought, oh gosh, i could finally sleep in so i got up and went for a run at 2:30 in the

morning. >> watch out for a diminutive runner on the road. >> that's right. >> and then you'll be super sleepy later today, right as the sun sets which happens at 5:07 today. it's going to be really early and we're still adjusting to that. we're also getting ready for sunrise within the next hour and we'll see that very shallow layer of fog right across the bay and you can see it over the golden gate bridge. elsewhere it is mostly clear and we're starting out with cool temperatures, especially in the north bay. we've dropped down to 37 degrees in santa rosa. it's 46 in oakland and concord, san jose at 48 degrees and 50 degrees now in san francisco. getting you out the door in mountain view with a look at how the day will shape up or at least the morning, we'll be at 46 degrees and low 70s by noon. these temperatures are slightly above normal. in fact, a lot above normal, especially for the south bay,

reaching 77 degrees. normal is about 68. we'll be up to 78 degrees in concord and 77 in napa. santa rosa today reaching 80 degrees. as you're waking up and getting started this morning, you do need a jacket for the early hours but the rest of the day will be comfortable with short sleeves because of the wide range in temperatures. kind of hard to figure out if you want to wear shorts or jeans today because it will be very warm for the afternoon. our weather pattern staying the same. this large area of high pressure is giving us the northerly wind and also some slightly warmer than normal temperatures that will stay with us as we go throughout the week. it's also blocking our chance of getting any rain as it steers it well to the north of us, up and around as it affects the rest of the country, but for the bay area and much of california we are going to stay dry. here's a look at our seven-day forecast. no changes here. upper 70s today. morning temperatures in the upper 40s and then we are going to see this as we go into the

weekend continuing, may even be another two or three weeks before we seen see that high pressure breaking down, giving us a chance of rain. so we're going to keep it sunny in san francisco with highs up to 71 today. mike, you're tracking two fires affecting the roadways. >> the first one is a car fire down here in the south bay. most of the freeways are green and that's great. typical pattern, but avoid highway 35 at highway 9. reports of a car fire and i'm concerned that it could be an issue but they've called out the cal fire crew as well so we'll let you know if that develops into anything more. right now it's not a heavily used commute spot as far as the volume of traffic. over here much more traffic at 18th avenue. for those familiar, it's a big roadway going east and west and divided by a median. i can't imagine all the lanes of both directions are blocked but avoid that area if you can and

to the north and south of there. we'll watch for other information as the san francisco fire department lets us know what's going on. getting into san francisco, the back-up is at the bay bridge. we have some slowing getting away from the bay bridge, typical construction zone around highway 13 or the split or the merge depending on which way you're going. we're looking at the east bay, tri-valley moving nicely. just about 22 minutes now from marsh creek road where they're slowing at the interchange towards 580. there's a crash on the shoulder so it's a distraction but not a major problem. here's the san mateo bridge, moving smioothly. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, a flash mob staging a rally in hong kong. this is at a mall. many say they're protesting police violence from over the weekend. this is when a knife-wielding

man believed to be a pro china supporter slashed several people, and get this, bit off part of a local politician's ear. police said five people were injured including two who are in critical condition. >> 5:52 right now. we investigate who owns silicon valley, the institution that owns moreland than any other person or group. but first -- >> so do toy companies pay to be on these toy lists? >> questions to ask before you start holiday shopping this season. why you may want to think twice before trusting the first trendy toy list you find online. a lot more ahead. you're watching "today in the bay." ♪

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5:55 right now. look at this beautiful lady here. you know we're always on social media. kari posted this photo over the weekend. follow her on facebook, twitter and instagram. >> love that dress. it's 5:55. like it or not people are already doing their holiday shopping and we're waiting to see which toys will be the big gets for the season. >> but how do you avoid getting scammed? experts say you should question those top toy lists because oftentimes a toy maker will pay

to be on that list. here's one man who runs an online site where parents can read reviews on toys. >> a toy list is just a place for a parent to start researching. at the end of the day, yes, there's money going back and forth between the manufacturers and the retailers to be on the list. >> so that man also says that he expects the lol mog dolls to be the hot sellers this year. we've got to get one, right? >> i've got enough in my house already. >> i don't even know what that doll is. but he says "frozen 2" and "star wars" merchandise are going to be big sellers this year, this is after those movies open next month. >> they're perfectly timed so you get all the merchandise to go with it. >> cha-ching. >> get the kids what they want for christmas. >> that probably want that. >> you're right. too many babies are being born too soon. >> that's right. the march of dimes released its

annual report card and for the fourth straight year preterm births rose in the u.s. 1 in every 10 babies is being born premature. the report gives the u.s. an overall grade of c. only one state of oregon received an a. several southern states got failing grades. >> we have more women who are having more challenges, even preconception, in terms of obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes and other factors that leads them at the time of conception to have a pregnancy which may not be very healthy. >> the report also finds alarming geographic and racial disparities. african-american women for example are 50% more likely to deliver preterm. i had three preemies but i have to say the amazing doctors here in silicon valley made a difference in saving their lives. >> healthy too right now. >> big time. no secret here in the bay

area the real estate market as skyrocketed, especially in silicon valley, but what many of us don't know is who are the players behind the money buying up those properties. >> our investigative unit teamed up with reporters from the mercury news and reveal for the center for investigative reporting to find out exactly who owns silicon valley. this is a project a year in the making. our team worked with a property assessor to create a database, mapping out who owns every piece of property in santa clara county as of 2018. our team worked with a property assessor to create a database, mapping out who owns every piece of property in santa clara county as of 2018. our analysis of 500,000 property records found among the top owners tech companies like apple with close to $9 billion in property and real estate investment groups like jay paul with $3.5 billion and essex property trust with $3.1 billion in assets. data shows that the rise in property ownership coincides

with the rise in rent, the median home price and influx in tech jobs. government officials we spoke to including the mayor say the amount of property ownership has created a growing chasm between the haves and have nots. the biggest landowner by far is stanford university with $19.7 billion in property. as the mayor put it, it's almost like it's a corporation in and of itself. speaking of corporations, one company now admits it does have a responsibility to provide more affordable housing here in the community. we'll have that story and tell you which corporation coming up tonight at 11. to see our full map of property ownership records online, go to nbcbayarea.com/investigations. right now at 6:00, california's housing crisis, the huge pledge from apple overnight to help people across the bay area. we'll break down where that money is going to go and how it might help you.

plus -- >> opportunity is limitless, possibilities senseless. >> what you're seeing right there is part of black face controversy at one local bay area school. the new response and reaction after that teacher pretended to be a popular rapper in front of his students. and crab concerns. the decision we expect today, what it might mean for the local crab season. "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good monday morning to you. hope you had a great weekend. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. of course we're going to get to that commute coming up but first we want to start with meteorologist kari hall looking at that forecast for us and it's going to be another nice one today? >> it's going to be a great day, a lot of sunshine, but we start out cool with upper 30s and low 40s as you head out the door. walnut creek, a live look outsid s