and fourth of july closures. bay area coastal cities tell visitors to stay away. los angeles county is now taking a much more extreme step. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a very good tuesday morning to you. the gang is all near. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping an eye on the commute. first we want to start out with meteorologist kari hall. kari, we're coming off that fire danger yesterday. so how is it looking for us today? it's looking much better today. it will still be hot in some of those inland valleys but we won't have those high winds and that critically low humidity. a look outside in the south bay. we are seeing a clear start to our morning and our temperatures are in the low 60s. you see the trend that heats up fairly quickly today, so it will be another warm one. we should be reaching the low 80s, but we're going to go above that today. we're already at 88 degrees at

1:00 this afternoon. we're looking at some low 90s in antioch today as well as spots like clear lake and ukiah while san francisco will stay in the upper 60s. we'll get a look at the rest of our micro climates and a nice cooldown by the end of the week coming up. mike, you've been keeping an eye on the roads. what's going on right now? well, right now, kari, i see another blip at the bottom of your screen as we take a look at the maps, highway 85 shows a little more -- out of sunnyvale, a smooth drive otherwise. we'll double-check but we know about the slowing you'll see out of the altamont pass through west 580 and it's there. everything is fine getting over to the bay bridge but do note if you're coming through brentwood and clayton, if you're not a local stay off marsh creek road. marcus, you have the very big reason why. that's right. that's that breaking news out of contra costa county. firefighters are still there at the scene of this late night grass fire that threatened a lot of homes around there.

this is near clayton palms mobile home park on marsh creek road as clayton runs. that fire started around 11:00 p.m. they managed to knock down the flames before reaching homes. it burned nearly ten acres and damaged power lines. pg&e says 150 customers without power this morning, of course we are still looking into what possibly cause this had fire. bob redell is still there. he'll have a live report for us coming up at the bottom of the hour. marcus, the white house and russia both denying reports that russia paid bounties for the killing of american troops. this morning the white house says president trump was never briefed, while a spokesperson for president putin speaks for the very first time about that report. i want to check in with "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington this morning with a new russian response. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: laura, good morning. the white house says the president did not know, and

russia says they were not involved. the kremlin spokesperson strongly denying this report, broken first in "the new york times" that russia paid militias linked to the taliban to hunt down and kill u.s. soldiers. and according to one official familiar with the intelligence, u.s. troops were actually killed and so were some afghan civilians as a result of this. but russia is saying that whole story is wrong. >> those statements indicate that those reports were not so trustful. that's why we'd better speak to those and the president of the united states. >> reporter: but it's not just "the times" reporting this. also the associated press says that the president was aware of this back in 2019, last year, quoting former national security adviser john bolton saying that

he told colleagues that he had briefed the president himself. bolton not commenting this morning on that ap report. laura? >> very interesting. tracie potts live from washington with all the latest. we'll check back with you later in the newscast. thanks. happening today for you two bay area biggest cities, in san francisco minors may soon have the right to vote. and in san jose it's all about the power in the mayor's office. that's where we find "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live for us this morning and, kris, both issues getting a lot of attention, and no surprise there. >> reporter: we're going to start you off here in san jose where the council may try to line the mayoral election along with the presidential election. usually there's better voter turnout when you come to the presidential election years. now if the issue goes to the ballot and passes, mayor sam liccardo would get two more

years in office, would serve until 2024. the council is also considering shifting some of the powers of the city manager to the mayor in what's called a strong mayor government structure. if the council puts this on the ballot, san jose voters will have to decide this fall. the current impetus seems to be to give the mayor the power to eddie garcia to fire those who posted on social media. >> currently i don't have that authority under the city charter. and we have advocated, several of us have, to change the city charter which, of course, requires the council taking this matter to the voters in november. >> reporter: now the san jose council will vote on that today, but while in san francisco supervisors are going to talk about whether the voting age should be lowered to 16 for some local measures. that issue would have to go to the ballot for voters 18 and up to decide. now there's momentum for sure but a similar measure did fail

just four years ago. on this particular issue i would love to hear what you have to say, whether you think it's a good idea for youngsters, 17, 16, to be able to vote on some of those local measures. it would make san francisco the biggest city in the nation to do that if it goes forward. i'll post the poll on twitter and let's have that conversation on facebook, too. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." some people say if you can operate a car, you can vote. we'll have to see. waiting for that, kris, thank you. 5:06 now. continuing our coronavirus coverage, in the bay area we're not alone this year in dealing with a painful possibility. july 4th beaches closing to prevent the spread of coronavirus. a similar, if not bigger story now playing out down in southern california. the l.a. county sheriff's department announcing the closure of all beaches, piers, and even those bike paths. this is all closed for the entire holiday weekend. now this is due to the huge surge in cases down there.

those fines for trespassing are not cheap either. it will cost you $1,000 if you're caught and then fined. the mayor of pacifica and half moon bay warned yesterday that people need to stay away the holiday weekend. well, new this morning, a new statewide push over sunshine laws to expand them covering police use of force. east bay senator nancy skinner entered two bills yesterday, one would ban and strengthen the transparency measure that she authored back in 2018 by increasing public access to police records tied to wrongful arrests and searches. it would also prevent officers from keeping records secret when moving to another agency. a separate measure would change when police officers get called to nonviolent crimes. with the idea of using social workers instead. skinner's original sunshine measure was tied to sexual miscondu misconduct. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza this morning, no relief for those drivers who

cross it every day. that's because a state appeals court has upheld a toll increase for seven bay area bridges approved by voters back in 2018. now a taxpayer group sued arguing that the 55% voter approval was illegal. this is because it should have had a two-thirds majority. the first $1 toll increase took effect in 2019, and you'll pay a dollar more in 2022 and in 2025. happening today it is graduation day finally for some high school seniors. today's ceremony in san mateo county will look a lot different this year. the jefferson union high school district is holding a virtual graduation for more than 1,000 seniors. ceremonies are scheduled for terra nova, thornton and oceana high schools. congratulations to them. >> i'm glad they took the time, delayed a little bit, but we got graduation actually happening.

they deserve that. >> i know. >> well deserved. >> these poor teenagers, really college graduates, too. just not getting that traditional ceremony. everything is a little different right now. >> they will have a story to tell. all right, 5:09 for you that morning. we want to get a look at the forecast for you because, kari, it is going to be a nicer day out there for us, you were telling us. yes. it's going to be a beautiful day. we are looking at still a wide range in temperatures. as the sun comes up it is a nice start to our tuesday as we check out what's happening in walnut creek and then as we go through our temperatures we're in the upper 50s this morning. you can see that trend. we're at 70 degrees at 9:00, still comfortable. at noon it starts to heat up. we're in the mid-80s. we see some of our inland spots back in the 90s today. we are going to have a hot start to the week and then a cooldown by the end of the week. i'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes. mike, you've been keeping an eye on the commute, and so far it

looks pretty good. yeah, it does look great when i show it to you. when i look at the map i see slowing. let me show you what's going on here as we look overall green sensors around everywhere except the altamont pass. looking down to the bottom of the screen, 85. a lot of slowing. stuck around for 10, 12 minutes and the area where the arrow is out of sunnyvale and into cupertino just cleared as kari took to the screen. that is good news. easy drive to the bay bridge. a quick look outside, we'll show you oakland and 680, the reason you're able to get there quickly. you're at the limit. back to you. >> thanks, mike. well, a party stable now eliminated at costco. why many shoppers are sour over a sweet treat you won't be able to find anymore. social networks taking some extraordinary action today. i'll walk you through all of them coming up.

♪ we were just talking about great grads. this is our little tribute to the class of 2020 here on "today in the bay." we're trying to highlight these graduates. they made it through school but didn't get the ceremony. in our great grads segment a big congratulations to these students. look at those smiles. send us your candids as well. you can find marcus and myself both on facebook. i'm laura garcia nbc bay area, and he's marcus washington nbc bay area. and we're both here for you when we come back. 5:11. businesses are starting to bounce back.

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time to get up and moving right now at 5:13. let's check out our current temperatures, nice and cool start to the morning. most of us in the 50s, but we do already have a few low 60s in concord and in san jose. we will have a spread in temperatures for this afternoon. we'll talk about the range we'll see from the coast to the valleys coming up in a few minutes. and on the roadways, not much of a range. pretty much the speed limit as we travel across looking at the san mateo bridge, a smooth flow. there's a little at the light. great news for travelers, visibility is just fine. we'll show you where slowing does show up coming up. and good morning and a very happy tuesday to you as well. something is really

extraordinary is happening on social media this morning. i think it's mostly coincidence but all of a sudden all kinds of companies are banning all kinds of things all at the same time. let's go down the list. youtube has kicked three people off its site who promote white supremacy. reddit removed hundreds and twitch has removed donald trump's account altogether. let's start with twitch, an online video streaming service normally used to stream games, but the trump campaign uses it to show videos, and it added president trump's very first speech as a candidate. the one where he says mexico is sending rapists to the united states. it shocked america at the time. many thought the first day marked the end of his candidacy. when the trump account added that to twitch very recently twitch took the whole account down temporarily. trump's account banned for something he said in the first

minute of the first hour of the first day of his candidacy. reddit took down a sub-reddit as they're called, run by volunteer moderators and they say the moderators had been warned about the amount of racism that people were post iing to the fan secti. david dukes and richard spencer, this is file video here of spencer. the southern poverty law center called spencer one of the count country's most successful young, white nationalist leaders and an academic racist. facebook watching more advertisers walk. the latest to bail out adidas, pepsi, which joins coke in leaving facebook ads, denny's,

conagra and clorox. the ad boycott is temporary and many of them are leaving social media in general. this boycott created by the naacp, which has been just wildly successful. marcus and laura, facebook has responded by adjusting some rules. historically of all of the services, facebook has been the one that has been just the most uneasy about regulating speech. youtube, facebook, twitch, reddit all making moves. >> i wonder if it was a collaborative effort. that's interesting the timing of it. what are we going to do for our next pot luck, which i guess we're not going to have anyway, but more proof this morning you can't have your cake and eat it, too. at least not if you shop at costco, which is facing a big slice of backlash this morning for pulling a popular bakery

item. last month it announced the end of its popular half sheet cake to make way for a new 10-inch round. now customers are demanding the sheet cake return. the uproar. some hope this morning it's just a temporary move tied to the pandemic. here is the possible icing on the cake, which we're always looking for, employees say don't get your hopes up. which i don't know why that's the icing on the cake. you know how people always bring those to parties. >> i know. maybe we just have to do those homemade cakes now. >> we'll bake. we'll bake something personally just for you. >> yes, thank you. 5:18. and there is something good to tell you about. a wisconsin family, well, they saw a bear facing a bit after sticky situation. >> that's right. so they were fishing on a lake when they spot this had dog struggling in the water and when they looked closer they realized it was a young bear, though. it had a plastic jug stuck on

its head. they jumped into action and after two attempts were able to remove it. >> wow. >> right? he was probably trying to eat something. i have a hummingbird feeder up in tahoe and, boy, that not only attracted the hummingbirds but attracted the bears as well. >> i'm glad they were there. perfect timing for that. >> the right place, right time. >> isn't that winnie the pooh gets stuck in the honey pot. >> this is true. too much reading. >> oh, winnie the pooh. >> oh, eeyore. is it an eeyore kind of day, kari, or a little piglet kind of day? i guess a piglet day. it's been pretty nice around here, but warm in some spots. we get a look at our sun rise this morning, we are starting out with a beautiful start to

our tuesday morning. our temperature trend as you make plans for the day in willow glen we'll be in the upper 50s, but you can see our trend going up as we go into late morning and the afternoon at 1:00. we're in the low 80s, and it's going to reach into the mid to upper 80s here. as we go through our micro climates, morgan hill reached 90 degrees and we'll see some mid-80s in downtown san jose. for the east bay we'll see some 90s here as well. up to 93 degrees in antioch. martinez will reach 87 degrees and some upper 70s for oakland. half moon bay will be in the mid-60s today. you head over to palo alto we're up to 84 degrees. and for the embarcadero up to 69 degrees today. the north bay high temperatures anywhere from 70 in point reyes to 90 in clear lake and napa today reaching 83 degrees, so it looks pretty nice here but it's still a little warm and our high pressure is giving us more of a northerly wind. but more of an ocean breeze will pick up as we go to the next

couple of days, and that will help us cool off as we get that natural air conditioning. but in time for the fourth of july holiday weekend, we're going to start to warm up once again looking at the highs trending back into the 80s and 90s as we go through the seven-day forecast. we are warm today and tomorrow. and then a nice cooldown for thursday and friday. and then warming right back up again for early next week. and, mike, anything new popping up out there for the commute? we're pretty cool. very nice, very pleasant right now overall. as we look at your map we're seeing green sensors. i'll take you to the spot where we consistently see slowing because highway 85 shows me the slowing and it clears. again, no construction and no problems in the south bay. that freeway, we're looking out to the altamont pass where we see that build and even the altamont pass road we see slowing once you get into livermore, everything is just fine out of the pass. a look at the approach to the bay bridge, great. a live look shows you no backup. yesterday we saw the metering

lights turned on before 6:00. only lasted a couple hours. looks pretty light right now. we'll track it. back to you. >> thanks, mike. coming up for you nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: she tried to cancel a ride share service but the company continued to charge her. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. motorcycle riders love the open road. and geico loves helping riders get to where they're going, so to help even more,

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welcome back. 5:24 for you this morning. and now to new video after scaffolding collapsing in san jose. so this happened on jackson street in japan town last night. that wind turned out to be a bit more for this structure. witnesses say that the scaffolding went down like dominos and some hit a passing car and smacked back into the window. nbc bay area responds to a san francisco woman who hit a detour trying to end her car-sharing membership. that's right. so she asked chris chmura and his investigative team for some help. >> reporter: good morning. allison denihad a zip car subscription she paid $8 a month to drive a shared car for $10 an hour. normal times that works but in a pandemic not so much. she tried to cancel. she sent dozens of emails, calls, and social media messages but got no response from zipcar. so she turned to us.

she said it feels like such a small amount of money, but it is so extremely wrong that i cannot cancel my account, and they still charge me. we reached out to zipcar corporate headquarters in boston. a few hours later allison got that $24 refund she was looking for. also, her account is finally closed. zipcar didn't explain what took so long. it told us when a member emails zipcar we typically have a 24- to 48-hour response time to review the account. we're hearing from lots of folks who have had trouble pausing or canceling various memberships during the pandemic but we say here is to keep records of your efforts to cancel the calls, emails and letters to beef up your case when someone finally responds. also viewers tell us credit card companies are more open to disputes or chargebacks so that might be an option if you feel a charge is unjust. and if that doesn't work you can always try us. we're at

nbcbayarea.com/responds, or 888-996-tips by phone. thanks so much, chris. up next on "today in the bay," the top stories we're following for you on this tuesday morning including a late night fire in contra costa county that threatened homes. the update on the lingering impact this morning. plus, before you book that summer vacation, listen up because there are countries that could soon issue a u.s. ban on travel. we'll talk about those when we return.

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at 5:30, an overtime fire burning dangerously close to homes in contra costa county. firefighters are still on the scene. anytime the eu expected to reopen nonessential air travel. possible impacts to the bay area and -- >> if it gets to a point we have to think about if we stay open or not, that's where my struggles are. rethinking reopening. that's on the minds of many bay area business owners. up next the east bay county, the governor is visiting today to highlight another covid concern. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good morning to you on this tuesday. thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. we'll get to that morning commute and will check in with

mike in a moment. first, let's check in with meteorologist kari hall and a look at our forecast for today. and we have a nice sunrise. i'm loving the views around the bay area. let's first start out with a live look outside in san francisco. it's a mostly clear start. you can see a very shallow layer of fog over the bay. as we head inland mostly clear skies for the inland areas as well as we check out our highs today, it will be hot again, up to 93 degrees in antioch today. oakland mid-70s. 68 degrees in san francisco. as hot as 91 in ukiah today. we'll look at all of our micro climates and talk about end of the week cooldown coming up. mike, how is that commute looking? >> no backup at the bay bridge, and we wouldn't expect one post quarantine, of course. i'll show you where we have the slowing out of the altamont.

things clear up. this is right on pattern for the typical tuesday. a little blip shows up out of livermore and to sunol. you see where the second arrow is to the middle of the screen. if you're coming down from brentwood, vasco road is fine. avoid marsh creek through that area if you're not a local. you have the reason why, marcus. back to you. that's our breaking news this morning. firefighters still at the scene of that overnight fire threatening homes near mt. diablo. "today in the bay's" bob redell is out live at the scene in the clayton area. what have you been able to find out, bob? >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. yes, this fire at one point did threaten the homes behind me. these are the clayton palms, a mobile home park here on marsh creek road. we're way out here in clayton. you can see this is an area surrounded by dry brush and dry

grass and that fire which started just before 11:00 last night across the street from the neighborhood, it burned up this hill. cal fire had to call out several trucks to the scene in what feels like an overwhelming response. the battalion chief had one truck per acre burned. the firefighters kept it contained from the homes and they hope the small fire serves as a reminder for the rest of us. >> it is fire season. we're starting to see fireworks cause fires and we're asking people to remember that all fireworks are illegal. we'd like to not have that out here in the wild land environment. as you can see behind us the fire starts quickly. we're here in the middle of the night and have had full consumption of fuel behind us. >> reporter: no one was hurt. a few people did leave to get away from the smoke. power has been shut off to 150 people in the park.

pg&e is working on restoring that. cal fire doesn't know what caused the fire. they've been out here for several hours and expect them to be out here well into the morning doing mopup just to make sure nothing flares back up because there are fuels and it will be another hot day. >> people are very thankful for them this morning. we want to continue our coverage of the coronavirus. in the past 24 hours the bay area added more than 500 new cases. contra costa county saw the biggest surge reporting 169 new infections. santa clara county added 104. governor newsom planning to head to contra costa county today, keeping people isolated in hotel rooms. today's visit follows his approval of a $202 billion budget with a lot of cuts but also some extra spending.

so that budget takes effect tomorrow. more than $700 million the governor can use for emergency pandemic relief. colleges took a big hit with hundreds of millions of dollars slashed from both cal state and the uc system. the new budget agreement also cuts state workers' pay by 10% and canceled raises that were supposed to get next month. it also gives newsom the power to withhold $2.5 billion from cities and counties if they don't follow the rules to keep the slowing of the spread of the virus. a live look at sfo. we expect the european union to announce a list of countries where travelers will be allowed to fly into any one of the 31 european nations. with the number of coronavirus cases surging here, the u.s. is not expected to be on that list. jackie ward has a look at the impact.

good morning, jackie. >> reporter: good morning, laura. the u.s. has the worst covid outbreak with 2.6 million cases. this is happening as the daily cases of new cases is surging within the past week, all part of why a lot of health experts do not think americans will be allowed in for at least the next 14 days. the first ten months of 2019 more than 16 million american travelers entered the eu and the u.s. hosts about 10 million europeans every year. they say they loved having americans over but understands the need for caution. >> it's very important for us to resume normal air travel. we don't want to necessarily rush things.

>> reporter: to further emphasize what we anticipate will happen, two eu diplomatic officials say the u.s. is not on the list of countries. back in march the eu imposed restrictions on nonessential travel to about 30 countries to ease the spread of the virus. non-eu citizens already living in europe are not included. if americans are not allowed in the eu for the next couple of weeks, that, of course, does not include britain because they left the eu back in january. however, britain does have this new rule where any visitor that enters britain has to self-quarantine for 14 days. live from sfo, jackie ward, "today in the bay." >> similar to what they're doing in hawaii. thanks so much, jackie. well, at least some frustrated business owners here in the bay area are cut off at the last minute from reopening. they say they understand it quite well. if you live in contra costa or alameda counties you may know a

lot of businesses including gyms, bars, salons, restaurants, hoping to restart their indoor dining now being forced to press pause this is due to the recent surge in cases. one restaurant owner in downtown oakland says he actually understands. >> it is frustrating, but we have to obey by the guidelines. i don't want to rush anything to open a restaurant. >> barber shops and hair salons were supposed to open this week. three bay area counties are among the governor's watch list for most high risk -- contra costa, santa clara and solano counties. so very concerning. we all continue to watch and try to give you as many updates as we can. >> i think we need an update on the forecast. what do you think, marcus and mike? >> i think we do. >> take it away, kari hall. we have a beautiful sun rise as we take a look from crock and

over to the carquinez strait. look at the beautiful, pink sunrise. we're going to have a great day. but you know it's going to be warm again this afternoon. as we check out our high temperatures we're anywhere from the low 90s in the inland east bay to the north bay to the 60s along the coast. we'll talk about a cooldown in the forecast. mike, how is the commute rolling? no backup at the bay bridge. we do have a little slowing that started for the south bay. the live look and the burst we expect about now, about 5:40. the live camera shows you more headlights starting to build on this camera and the map shows you a little bit of slowing just showing up 101 approaching oakland road. back at 680 where the camera was. the rest of the bay with an easy drive. no major problems. we can take a second. i want to turn our focus to a handsome friend of ours and show you a picture of what's going on for our new normal. word comes in from this guy,

ju justin showing his picture. one of our producers has been speed dating, yes, during this pandemic. he used a service where singles meet in a common area online. it's run by the host you saw there, in this case amanda. you pair up and go into break out rooms. you rotate through and at the end you turn in your list of likes. and if one of your likes likes you back you can pursue more intimate relations, perhaps something like skype or face time. that's the new dating, sort of the old way, though. justin, guys, says it's not that different from in real life. you can't read the body language quite so well because you don't see the body. justin is still single.

>> it's true, if you're alone and you don't have someone, i have a girlfriend who went out on a date but they met at a park and had their separate areas and brought their own wine or whatever. >> the new way of dating and also like a cia drop. meet in a park and we'll exchange something. >> i'm glad i'm not in that situation. i don't have to deal with that. >> i was thinking the same thing. >> i'm glad for that. >> very happy. thanks, mike. >> good luck, folks. good luck. coming up next on "today in the bay," changing who can give you a parking ticket. straight ahead what one berkeley leader is proposing in an effort aimed at eliminating racism.

the white house says the president still has not been briefed on that alleged plot to target american soldiers which raises the question why not? ♪ and you know that sound. that means it is time to celebrate the class of 2020. here on "today in the bay" we want to highlight those graduates who have made it through the school year but without that official ceremony. now in our great grads segment we want to say a big congratulations to these students making it through the year. congratulations to you all. look, if you want to see one of your graduates right here on "today in the bay" send us one of those candid photos. you can send it to laura garcia or me on facebook. laura garcia nbc bay area or marcus washington nbc bay area. can't wait to see the photos and, again, be congratulations to all of those graduates out there.

we've made it past monday so we're going to have another day basically like yesterday starting out nice and cool and then we'll see it heating up. get some time outside to enjoy it. we'll talk about what's ahead in the forecast coming up. kari, yesterday at 5:54 the metering lights were turned on. today we take a look out there and there's no slowing, no

gathering as you approach the toll plaza. i don't think the metering lights will be turned on until about 6:20 today. we'll follow this, of course, and will watch the build as it comes out. thanks so much, mike. 5:46 right now. new this morning a california woman is being treated after being gored by a bison. it happened at yellow stone national park last week. park rangers say the woman actually purposely got too close to the bison. well, no specifics on her injuries so far, but they say they're kind of blaming her. she was trying to take pictures and got up to ten feet away a couple of times and that's when the bison turned and gored her. got to be careful out there with wild animals. >> you do. so developing for you out of the east bay this is a new plan proposed by one berkeley councilmember, and it may change the way you get a parking

ticket. so "the "san francisco chronicle"" reporting unarmed silver servants would enforce parking enforcement instead of police. the department of transportat n transportation -- councilmembers say the vote on the measure could happen next month. no more classic questiofieds in washington. what did the president know and when did he know it? >> they say the president was briefed on the russian plot to kill american soldiers. yeah, the claim is, good morning, that it was in his presidential daily brief. that claim coming from a republican, by the way. now it is generally widespread knowledge that the president oftentimes does not read his presidential daily brief. the accusation is that russian intelligence offered the taliban a bounty on the lives of coalition soldiers in

afghanistan including american soldiers. a select group of republican lawmakers were briefed on that intelligence yesterday. a group of democrats will be briefed this morning. president trump has said he was never briefed and that he was but the intelligence community didn't find the allegations credible, according to the president. this put the white house press secretary in a pickle trying to explain why the president has not reacted to the allegations, why he hasn't been outraged by the news, why he hasn't demanded an answer from russia. >> a specific message from moscow, no, because he has not been briefed on the matter. >> so the white house secretary continues to insist the president has not been briefed even now which leads one to the question why not? if he really wasn't aware of it but it is the biggest issue right now in the white house and on capitol hill and lawmakers

are getting briefed for the second day, why hasn't the president insisted on getting a briefing even if it is doubtful information in his words. this goes to the concern that president trump is too cozy with russia, an allegation that has dogged his presidency. remember, president trump is pushing to allow russia back in the g7. he still wants that even after the allegations russia targeted american soldiers. a kremlin spokesperson will be on the "today" show and will deny russia put a bounty on american soldiers and has denied interfering with our elections and says it does not have troops in ukraine. we'll be watching the developments on all of this. you can follow those developments on twitter. you'll find me ther there @scottmcgrew. thanks so much, scott. stanford is getting creative when it comes to restart campus life amid the pandemic. the university is inviting only

freshmen, sophomores and new transfer students to come to campus for the fall quarter only. juniors and seniors will be permitted on campus for the winter and spring quarters. school officials say staggering attendance will allow for social distancing. the majority of courses will still be taught online. students have the option to take all of their classes remotely if they prefer. 5:50 right now. here is something good for you this tuesday morning. san diego zoo is welcoming this little guy. it is an echidna, an ant eater, resemble porcupines. you have to have the big gloves. they have a little pouch like a kangaroo. they lay eggs. this one hatched just four months ago. it is the first birth at the san diego zoo which is now open and making its big debut this week. it's rare to see one here in california, at a distance, just like those bison.

>> take the picture from over there. well, we're at a distance today but we're all together. >> together looking at the beautiful skies provided by meteorologist kari hall. we've had some amazing sunrises over the bay area as we enter our last day of june. now here is a look at what we are seeing now looking from anderson reservoir over to morgan hill. a beautiful, pink sunrise. if you take a picture, send it to me @karihallweather on facebook, twitter and instagram. let's check out where we're headed for today as you're about to lace up the shoes and go out for a run this morning in concord. we're still feeling comfortable and then at 10:00 we're at 76 degrees. still not bad. we're heading into the 90s. 92 in concord and livermore.

san jose will reach 86 degrees. mid-80s in parts of the for the bay as well. a stronger ocean breeze will kick in. a nice cooldown and high pressure continues to move in. shifts our winds and then those temperatures will warm up. only a couple days of a break from the much warmer weather we've had recently, up to 90 today. mid-80s and mid-70s. friday looking really nice. this weekend will be a good one for the early or evening outdoor activities for the fourth of july. we'll see the inland temperatures in the 80s. mike, how is it looking for the commute as drivers get ready to head out the door? it looks like someone is watching me and wants to make sure i'm wrong with my predictions. at the bay bridge toll plaza -- i just said i don't think they're going to need the metering lights until 6:20 and they turn the metering lights on

at 5:47 today. we see the backup, completely clear, flowing smoothly. we've had just about five minutes of build. we look at a nice drive on the approach. do avoid marsh creek and coming out of clayton as bob has been talking about the fire still has some hot spots out there. those are the only real slowdowns. san jose slowing at the circle has started to ease. back to you. australia reimposed lockdown orders in some of melbourne's suburbs to contain the spread of coronavirus. that lockdown will last for a month until july 29th. the state recorded 64 cases today. and continuing a trend of the days of double digit

increases, the prime minister being asked to divert all flights into melbourne for the next two weeks as a precaution. much more ahead on this tuesday morning including a major league baseball update for you. next when bay area teams can play ball at home. plus, speaking of playing ball, shaq going viral. this game of horse with an nfl star. the charities they're playing for, all coming up next. you're watching "today in the bay." this home is equipped with gig speed internet from xfinity.

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welcome back. 5:57 for you this morning. and the fourth of july will be a lot different this year but many bay area cities are seeing a lot of illegal fireworks. san francisco firefighters say that's what sparked a grass fire yesterday. leaders met yesterday to talk about the rise in illegal fireworks. east palo alto's police chief says he's adding extra staff but, unfortunately, it's still difficult. a citation when we can. most of the time we can't because they see us coming. it's too late. they've lit the devices off. we confiscate it and try and break up that fireworks display. >> on the coast safe and sane fireworks are legal but this year the city is banning fireworks of all kinds on

beaches and in parking lots. in part to discourage people from gathering in large numbers. calling all bay area baseball fans, get ready for an early battle of the bay. with baseball set to start on july 23rd mlb is allowing a few warm-up games. the giants and a's are in talks to play at least one game at both oracle park and the oakland coliseum. fans will not be allowed. teams can play six games during the 60-game season. so shaq can still break a backboard. just ask tight end rob gronkowski. they competed in a game of horse, and it came to a premature end because he broke down the rim this happened when he lobbed the ball off the backboard to himself and then made a one-handed dunk sending the rim flying. they took part in a series of challenges to earn money for charities.

they raised it for the naacp. look at shaq. i love that guy. >> that's cool. he's so tall! i'd love to meet him one day and stand by him. >> i would love to see you two stand next to each other. you see how we are next to each other. shaq towers me. >> he could raise me up to dunk it. >> exactly. >> all right. it's quickly approaching 6:00. a fire came dangerously close to homes in contra costa county. the lingering impact that's going on right now for nearby neighborhoods. plus -- maybe it's rude but this is 100% [ bleep ]. it's [ bleep ]. only on "today in the bay." strong words from vladimir putin's spokesperson denying russia ordered bounties on

american troops. coming up for you in a live report the latest on what president trump knew and when. and san francisco hoping to make history by giving voting powers to those under 18 years old. we'll tell you about the issues they may get to vote on. the third hour of bay by continues right now. and a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. thanks for starting your morning right here with us. mike is keeping an eye on the commute. first we have to start out with meteorologist kari hall with a look at the forecast for today. i see karl a little bit in the background there in san francisco. >> just a little bit and it's still going to be enough to keep the city cooler here as we look at some upper 60s for highs but it's nice to see that sunshine for the inland areas. we are not going to have much of the breeze today and it will