fire, and we are now seeing >> and don't forget, nbc bay for good including the ones on favorable weather conditions, area and telemundo will team up but the vegetation is so dry, powell street at the embarcadero and steep terrain, but we have to clear the shelters. people are encouraged the adopt higher humidity and cooler center and the one in stone's temperatures for the areas this even though we are in the pan morning, but we are also seeing town galleria, and the only san the humidity and the lightning that sparked the wildfires now francisco gap store spared is d the chestnut street in the pandemic or you can donate as moving north of the bay area, so that steady stream of humidity well for the entire month of august. good morning. and the active weather is moving away as we are dealing with the marina. >> well, the domes are now down drifts of smoke from the fires that have been sparked. in san francisco restaurant, because they were ordered down so unhealthy air quality today especially in the inland east at the hashiri sushi restaurant, bay and santa clara valley asane the numbers in the forecast because the restaurant did not coming up, and mike, any issues allow enough air flow or ventilation, and the restaurant popping up for the drivers? is still brainstorming of ways >> we have slower issues is, and to provide safety. they were cool and interesting for the tri valley area, we will and you can imagine that it is a concern in the hot temperatures have slowing of the lanes as you that they were having as well. are crossing over into san >> you don't want anybody to francisco, and westbound, the suffocate, but that is the idea commute is slower in the middle that it is going to reduce the lanes, and that going to change air flow, too, and it is what nor next 15 to 20 minutes. are you going to do, right?

>> well, you have to know who the altamont passes are not you are with, right? the bubble, literally. changing, and from 54 to 680 >> yeah. >> you are in my bubble, you from aldrade has slowed, and the have to have fresh air and fresh breath. >> we are going to have hot temperatures, too, as we take a live look outside from mount work should be cleared there, but not yet. tam, and we can see the view it is unusual slowing from over san francisco, and we have not had the cool refreshing freemont to sunol and back to breezes that we are used to you. >> thank you, mike. staying on the breaking news, here, swraez been dealing with the fires are ripping through the extremely hot temperatures near the coastline. parched brush across the bay and we are going hour by hour area, and in some cases coming with few clouds moving by and dangerously close to homes, and smoke and then by noon time, if prompting evacuations, and all you are thinking of lunch of this in the extreme bay area. outside, let me show you the temperatures at 86 degrees in dry out there. and now to sunol where the marsh palo alto, and 88 in freemont, and 98 in danville, and we will fire is burning. we have bob redell joining us see the temperatures quickly live from there with the jumping up to 100 degrees in many spots in the inland east requests that may be hard to bay as well as the north bay, fire from all of the searing and santa rosa at 4:00 going to heat that we are having, bob. be at 102 degrees. >> yes, if you have a.c., you later on this evening, we won't have much of a cooldown as we

will want to use it and a are looking at the upper 90 in triple-digit day today like we are expecting in the tri valley, antioch, and at 8:30 this and we are in sunol and the evening. and for the rest of the bay area, a warm night. calaveras road, you would bump as we are trying to cool off in the middle of the night and into the marsh fire, because it is in the terrain and the early in the morning, we are still not looking at much of the regional terrain that we cannot cooldown, and once again, a access right now. earlier i reached out to cal triple digits all caused by this fire, and what is the latest on strong area of high pressure the fire, and they said they have not received an update. over the desert southwest that so we know from yesterday, 1,700 is bringing in the tropical acres have burned and zero pressure that is sparking the containment at the last report. lightning storms and the we believe that 10 homes are wildfires and that moisture now under mandatory evacuation, and moving north of us, and as we go several more home owners in mill into the next several days, we heat, and tching the potential creek road in the hills above maybe some more tropical freemont have been told to be prepared to evacuate because of moisture, too, because wegenevi the fire and another hot one today. it is not good for the firefighters and not good for the people who provide the is a category 4 moving over cabo power. the cal iso, and that is the over the next four days, but as grid operator, they are warning it does, it is going to weaken us to conserve energy in the hot patch things up quite literally. and may get drawn in by the high take a look at the photos from temps or we could see the pressure over the southwest and the same weather setup that we tom gomez, and he says that the rolling blackouts lasting one to two hours with little notice. have had that may cause the holes in the kitchen wall were made by contractors hired by

storms, but it won't happen and cal iso decided against it until next week. home depot to remove his old so we are looking at the microwave and install a new one. saying that lower temperatures seven-day forecast with the lower humidity and hot with the besides the holes, tom says that highs in the 90s as we are going and the people conserving the crew broke a glass panel on into the weekend and back to the between hours 3:00 and 10:00 has the new microwave and scratched triple-digits early next week. his glasstop range. helped to keep the electricity mike, you are keeping an eye on he says that he repeatedly asked on, and want us to do the same the roads and anything new the contractor and home depot to popping up? today. >> well, we have some red kind make it right. the governor newsom's when that did not happen, tom of like temperatures over, there turned to us, and we asked home and this is because of the depot what happened, and they inexpectedly slow drive and did not explain, but they worked proclamation to leave the taking you out to show you what with the contractor to fix the wall, and repair the microwave we are talking about and what we are talking about, it is jammed and gave tom a replacement range electricity on, and he said that up there, and circling freemont, worth $385.89. they will get to the bottom of and northbound and the counter kudos the tom for taking the it. >> we will get to the bottom of commute is right now, and photos. this and make sure that it does when you have any work done in northbound, we have the crew the home, take lots of photos of not happen again. there which is supposed to be >> reporter: in a tweet last picked up at 6:00, and this is what is going on, before and night, mayor sam liccardo blamed the slowing just north of after. that is essential in resolving the blackouts on pg&e's poor automall, and the slowing of the any dispute that arises. bay bridge toll plaza is to be all right. are you stewing over a consumer infrastructure caused by years expected. back to you. problem? of negligent and poor >> thank you, mike. maybe we can help. >> thank you so much, mike. go to bayarea.com or go to call investment. he said that the shutoffs were >> 6:21 for you with today in due to cal is o's insufficient the bay. power due to insufficient needs and not to efighters and nbc bay responds. >> he wantedd what he got was a

the kitchen.ura. are very busy right now battling two out of control fires in napa us. and now, reports at ellen county. the hennessey fire has scorched degeneres' talk show say that more than 2400 acres with no three producers have been fired. containment near st. helena, and she announced nit in an emotionl lightning is suspected to be the cause of this one, and the fire call to the staff. >> in a video and it is looking is now threatening 200 buildings like the party is back on in and prompting mandatory what was once considered ground evacuations and of course in the zero to the coronavirus pandemic, how close is that for pandemic. this is what it looked like at a folks. this morning the gamble fire is music festival in wuhan china, burning near lake berryessa. and this is over the weekend and people in swimsuits and no masks in sight. the city has not reported any >> and now, the national new covid cases since may. democratic convention will get under way later today, and they let's hope that continues. are set to officially nominate the heat here has everyone joe biden today. yesterday the party came out talking and asking, when is that swinging against president is going to end? trump. >> he cannot meet this moment. meteorologist kari hall has been he simply cannot be who we need working overtime, and heating him to be for us. things up herself, and trying to find out when for us.

>> right. it is what it is. we are also dealing with these >> my dad was a healthy fires that have been sparked to 65-year-old. his only pre-existing condition the lightning that we have had, was trusting donald trump and and the conditions are for that, he paid with his life. favorable, and we can continue to monitor it in the forecast. and two fires impacting >> you also heard from san hundreds of acres here in napa francisco woman there who lost her father to covid-19. county, and coming up, you will she says that now voting for hear from a local business owner hoping to save his family's biden. now with more on the convention winery. you are watching today in the bay. and how the president is responding, let's go onto today in the bay's tracie potts life in washington this morning. >> the fact is that the bad ones have to -- >> reporter: jumped ahead of the official nomination tonight, joe biden makes a surprise appearance on the virtual dnc stage with a word on racial justice. >> we have just got to keep pushing. we can't let up. >> reporter: his wife jill and former president bill clinton speak tonight, and continuing the convention theme of party unity. monday's kick off featured former first lady michelle obama setting the stage for november's

election. >> if you think that things cannot possibly get worse, trust me, they can. we have got to vote for joe biden like our lives depend on it. >> reporter: four prominent republicans made the case for biden and running mate kamala harris. >> i am a long time republican, and for me, the choice is simple, i'm with joe. >> joe biden is a man for the times. >> this is not about republican or democrat, it is about a person. a person decent enough, stable enough, strong enough to get our economy back on track. >> reporter: meantime, president trump is on a week-long campaign swing and railing against the universal mail voting. >> we have to win the election and we can't playgames. get out and vote. >> reporter: the president is insisting that he is not trying to slow down mail service. >> no, not at all. i would not do that >> reporter: just before the election. >> tracie potts reporting there. and nbc's interactive plan your vote guide has everything that you need to know to cast your

vote in the election, and you see where california stands on the voting rules and plus, you can read up on the deadlines and visit nbc news.com/plan your vote. >> well, new details for you this morning, the san jose leaders are going to debate the police video tied to the chaotic protest this summer, and in some ways, the things became tense over officers and activists over the death of george floyd. the release of the video is tied to a push for broader police reform in san jose. the oakland's major office so far is not responding to a scathing new federal report tied to a deadly police shooting. in march of 2018, the officers killed joshua pollock, a homeless man that police said had a gun nearby and posed a threat from the officers. a new threat from the monitor said that the police department had gaps in the report that the it looped around the canyon, and now it is just where that chief never questioned before smoke is up there.

signing off. she later released a statement so, it's kind of at our called the report purposely perimeter. >> right now at 6:30, nervous misleading arguing that the shooting was within policy. homeowners are watching the and then the report cites libby wildfires closely on opposite ends of the bay area. next, we will talk about the complete coverage of all of the schaaf calling the shooting fires still burning this morning and how the firefighters are awful but lawful. facing an uphill battle. now, from santa cruz county, plus, happening today from it is off of the governor's san francisco to dublin, watch list meaning that closures democratic congressional leaders can be scaled back a bit. are rallying for the post at the same time, five more office, and that is not all. up next, the action one group of counties have been added to the list including mendocino, and voters is taking today. and plus, all new for you this morning, another grim calaveras and mendocino counties milestone for covid-19. and all of the state's counties new for you this morning, where the virus stands among america's in yellow are on that list. top deadly diseases. "today in the bay" continues today, a vote for paid sick right now. a good tuesday morning and a terrific tuesday morning that is. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. all right. now, california employees let's make it terrific. let's embrace this heat that we have been having. what do you say, team? are wanting to know if there is >> i'm here for it. a unemployment benefits to be >> eh. >> absolutely. i guess that we have to.

mike is like, no, no. extended called the fed ed program. so far, more than $30 million but we might as well embrace it, because it is here to stay and another hot one as we reach up have been paid out by that to 105 in livermore and 102 in program. and now, campbell outdoor napa and san francisco in low 80s and the microclimate weather dining expansion as the streets have been closed along the alert continues due to the excessive heat, and we will talk about it more in the forecast avenue. coming up. and mike, any issues for the city council members will vote drivers heading out? to extend the street closure >> well, kari, while the cheers through the the end of august. and now, if we can get through are dying down about the heat, the dog days the of summ s thsse more cheers about the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, and we know it is there, so kari said, we should embrace it, can all eat outside. because it is the morning >> right, right. and we have had such h commute standard. so we expect it. the green is showing you what to in the afternoons, but if you can eat out in 9:00 in the expect for the rest of the commute. i am circling northbound 680 morning, that is better, because coming into freemont to west otherwise it is hot. 50s in half moon bay which is the coolest while right now at sonoma. and they are in the clearing stages, and we will track the 73 and the same in livermore. while we are looking at this tri valley drive. back to you. afternoon, it is going to be >> all right. thank you very much, and we are dangerous heat, and the continuing to follow the excessive heat warning is breaking news for you as the

continuing for the areas shaded fires are continuing to rip in pink where the temperatures through the brush across the bay will be in the triple-digits area, and sending the home again today. this is the highs for this owners to safer ground. the latest areas of concern is afternoon, and still hot, and no change here, and at least we napa valley where the won't have the extremely high firefighters are trying to humidity which sparked some of tackle two out of control fires. the storms that we saw the past today, cierra johnson has the couple of mornings, and dryer air and really hot weather. we will talk more about this and latest on the details tof what is coming up ahead, and mike, how is that looking for firefighting there. the commute? >> yes, we are a little bit away >> well, kari, over my shoulder, it is looking like there is a from where the actual fire is, lot of green, and there is, but and we have positioned ourselves looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, and the metering lights near silverado trail south near will turn on just past 6:00 this morning and filling the middle the concrete winery, and we know that investigators believe that lanes and the hov, of course, if both fires came from some of the you have enough in the household lightning strikes that we saw or the bubble in the car pool, over the last couple of days. great, but the rest of the bay we were covering them for days, is going to show the slowing of the traffic, and the metering and the lightning struck may have hit some of the brush starting that fire. the crews are working to knock there, and no approach, but the down the fire, and that is near several wineries here in st. helena and the latest check is crew were late picking up, but that the hennessey fire has they are working overtime for the roadways and north from

durham to washington, and up to consumed 205 structures that are threatened and cal fire is saying zero percent containment. and chp says that the lightning andrade. back to you. >> thank you, mike. it is 6:10, and all new this strike was seen before the refofrt first fire, and business morning, san francisco's gap is closing more stores. and homeowners are doing what up next, you won't believe how they can to put sprinklers on many of the once iconic stores the roof to protect the homes will remain in the city by the and businesses. bay. this is what one owner of a nearby winery says he thinks elon musk has 8 billion new about losing his nearly 130-year-old family business. reasons to be happy this morning. the market is looking good and >> it looped around the canyon, and now it is just where the futures of walmart and home depot are doing good and dow smoke sup there. it's kind of a components and i'm surprised that the futures are not doing better. perimeter. it is important for us to and let's check out the protect the house that he built, and the winery that he built. images, because this is a wild you can't really replace that. party in china, and no masks and you see that, no social >> reporter: as far as the other distancing, and the question is if they are in trouble. fire the gamble fire west of we will talk about this coming brooks right now, and cal fire up at 6:25. is saying it is also at zero you are watching "today in the percent containment, and bay" and it is 6:11 for you currently at 600 acres. it is important to note that cal right now. fire has put on the website that having a furry friend can change your life, but this year it has been especially difficult

there were 60 other smaller on shelters, and they need our fires that they were able to support. so we have made it easy for you knock down those individual the donate from comfort of your fires and that is good, because it did not contribute to adding couch. just visit nbcbayarea.com/clear flames to some of the other fires, a wren live at napa the shelters. click on the shelter in your county for cierra johnson, today area, and collect whether you'd lick to adopt or donate. then follow the prompts on the in the bay. >> thank you, cierra. screen. adopt and donate all month long. also happening is the deer complex fire with zero containment, and the fires have burned more than 1,400 containment, and centered around deer county road near mount diablo, and evacuation orders are in effect. and meanwhile, another fire is burning close to 1,800 acres near marsh creek near calaveras and welch creek road, and ten homes are under mandatory evacuation orders. 6:35 this morning and today,

house speaker nancy pelosi is at home in the bay area, but she is using the time to work on the postal service. and we have kris sanchez with a closer look. nancy pelosi is not alone here, and who else is speaking out? >> no, i mean, they are calling this a don't mess with usps day of action, and you know a lot of us have been waiting for mail that is taking longer to arrive, and that because of the changes happening in post offices across the country, and they are changes that the democratings are saying is politically motivated and this is the reason for the rallies here. if you not been following along, the postal service has a new postal service, a trump donor who ordered the removal of some mail sorting equipment, and this is a photo of what looks like the virus is still spreading. mailboxes taken away, and a california's economic challenges are deepening. spokesperson said that it will pause for 90 days until after frontline workers stretched too thin. the election, and dejoy is going our nurses and medical professionals

to be asked about this when he in a battle to save lives. is asked to testify in washington in an emergency our schools, in a struggle to safely reopen, meeting monday. and for the democrats house needing money for masks and ppe, speaker nancy pelosi called it a and to ensure social distancing. campaign to sabotage the and the costs to our economy, to our state budget? election. she going to hold a rally mounting every day. we need to provide revenues now, outside of the san francisco to solve the problems post office, and representative we know are coming. eric swalwell will do the same in dublin, and represent anna eshoo will do the same in palo alto. >> and he is doing everything in >> right now at 6:14, we are ten his power to try to sow doubt minutes away from the sunrise, and undermine the vote. but we won't see much of it i am telling you that i will not because of the drifts of smoke let him get away with it. coming in, and especially the tri valley as we are taking a >> president trump says that the look, and the hot temperatures are headed our way again with postmaster is trying to make sure that the post office is the sharp increase in running properly, but at the temperatures and we'll be at 98 at 2:00. same press availability, he said a look at more heat in the that the post office is already forecast coming up in a few running well. the house speaker nancy pelosi minutes. >> kari, heading towards the smoke is northbound 680, and you is call back from the recess and back to washington to vote on

are getting through freemont $25 billion for funding for the around mission, and durham, you will have a issue jamming up post office and we will follow that and the rallies today and near the construction zone, and you can find it all at later than expected near nbcbayarea.com. kris sanchez for today in the kootman, and meanwhile, it is bay. >> thank you for the latest, near andrade, and you are seeing is it slowing and recovering out kris. it is 7:37, and now continuing of pleasanton. back to you, scott. with the covid coverage. well, good morning, mike, the number of cases in the united states is topping the and happy tuesday to you and the rest of you as well. 634,000 with the number of dead i hope it is going well so far, exceeding 11,000. although, i think that elon this is coming as the cdc is musk's day is probably better saying that covid is the third than yours and he has 8 billion leading cause of death in the united states right behind heart reasons why. disease and cancer. tesla stock jumped yesterday up in the meantime here in california, the number of deaths 11%, and that and some new funding for musk's other compan fell below 130 on sunday as the state's hospitalizations rate billion richer more or less also declined. overnight, and catapults him to santa clara county leaders the fourth richest person in the world. the other three are also consider cuts to san jose's household names, and zuckerburg, largest hospital. the super vieouupervisors are c gates, and bezos. and we are all richer with the nasdaq doing so well, and the

cutts of help and other costs by s&p 500 is going to be doing $29 million, and another would eliminate more than 100 jobs. better, and it is probably on the way to a all-time high. lags ye and walmart and home depot are last year, the county purchased three facilities from veriti dow components and they are doing well reporting profits before the opening bell this morning. home depot said that the sales were far above what they expect health. and now, last week, students and people are staying home and fixing up the homes, and walmart stopped by the school to pick upstarter kits with ipads and said that ecommerce is up 93%. essentials to start the year off and uber and lyft have taken and strong for school to begin this have until the day after week. they were hoping for a strong tomorrow to adhere to a judge's year for the students, but we decision to make thedrivers' are starting off the day with some strong temperatures. kari, they are here to stay for employees the 85 giga law, and now at least, right? >> yeah, we are going to have some hot weather continuing in they will suspend operations in the forecast, but at least we are not dealing with storms this morning. all of that moisture that caused california about 48 hours away. and oracle is interested in the storms now rolling to the north of the bay area. buying tiktok, and the trump so the humidity is going to administration is forcing the gradually drop as we go into the owner of tiktok to be sold, and next couple of days, but now we we thought it would be sold to are left with the smoke sparked by the wildfires due to the microsoft and it may be, but

lightning that we had and so oracle is at leasterested a unhealthy air quality going to continue today for the inland and this is strange, because dd east bay, and especially in santa clara valley with that time, and thick plumes of smoke how tiktok fits into that is moving by, and we will have the interesting. larry ellison, the founder, is a excessive heat warming ramping trump support, and maybe that is part of it, but how dance moves up today starting at 11:00 this morning and continuing to 9:00 and silly video fit into oracle this evening for the areas shaded in pink and this is where is unknown, but earlier, when the temperatures are back to triple digits today. we will talk more about this coming up. mike, how is it looking for the ebay bought skype and then sold it, the report if the investors morning drive? >> overall, very good, kari, but was, we are not sure why we did a couple of cautionary tales that. >> interesting. very much so. here. we are looking agent green sen >> hip and cool, i guess. source, but i have circled hip and cool. >> well, speaking of hip and trouble spot on freemont to 680. cool, once the place that we picking up the crew approaching went to buy clothes, the gap, andrade coopman, and still on and they are narrowing it down the caltrans grid and slowing when it comes to the stores in now and approaching durham and san francisco, and one left. the chronicle is reporting in autumn mall approaching the april that the decided to close bend, and just at the seam, but may be clearing there, and another crash on the southbound

side on andrade, and the second of the morning, but focusing on this issue here. vasco there atlas visqueros, and we are tracking that one to know about the all clear, and we know about the slowing at the bay bridge. back to you. >> thank you, mike. san jose mayor sam liccardo has harsh words for the blackout that is being experienced in the heat wave. president trump once again saying that he may not accept the results of the election coming up. we will take you out to wall street this morning and up mildly despite the fact that home depot and walmart are both dow components say they made tons the of money in the last month. >> i don't want somebody to lie to me or something, but it is okay to go outside, and it is okay not to wear a mask.

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truck that was ahead of the cameras. that is good news in san jose. we will have an update for the fire in livermore. top stories this morning and the breaking news of the fires ripping through the bay area, and in some cases, some dangerously close to homes and prompting evacuations and all of this in extreme 100 degree heat. this is to sunol where the marsh fire is burning, and bob redell is there, and with requests that may be hard for people to follow in the searing heat, bob. >> well, pg&e is asking people to conserve which may be difficult if you have the ac, and hot temps, and we are near calaveras road, and down the road that is where the firefighters are trying to put out the marsh fire, but we can't get to it, because the terrain is inaccessible. speaking to cal fire earlier in the morning and trying to get an

update on the fire, and they have not received an update since yesterday, but we know that the marsh fire is 1,700 acres and at last report zero containment. 10 homes under mandatory evacuation, and we know that several more homeowners in mill creek home have been warned to be prepared that they might have to evacuate. as you mentioned another hot one today, and it is not good for firefighters or the people who provide the power. cal iso, and the independent grid operators, they are warning to us conserve energy in the hot temperatures or we will receive grid blackouts one to two hours without notice. they are also saying that the temps are lower than expect and conserve the electricity and that is the message today. governor newsom has issued an emergency proclamation to reduce the need for blackouts and says it is unacceptable that the state failed to predict and plan for the energy crisis.

>> we will get to the bottom of it, and we will lay out in detail eed terms what we will d to make sure that this is simply not going to happen again. >> reporter: in a tweet last night mayor sam liccardo blamed the blackouts on pg&e's infrastructure and caused by years of poor equipment and poor investment. and there is not enough energy out there to meet the needs. bob redell for today in the bay. >> all right. bob, thank you. the white house is responding to an explosive new political ad accusing president trump of trying to withhold fema money for california fire victims. republican voter against trump put out this ad that features former homeland security chief of staff myles taylor, and he

says that he ordered the wildlife relief money to be withheld, because california voters did not support him. he is seen here, but there is no evidence to show that federal aid was ever withheld. the white house says that he is trying to cash in, and he never understood the president's agenda when he worked in the administration. and meantime, the president is saying that he is not going to accept the results of the election if he lose. >> and looking at the polls, he may very well lose? >> he may very well, but we are still 77 days away, and goodness knows that the polls were quite wrong in the last election, but certainly right now "the wall street journal"/nbc poll shows that president trump has fallen well behind joe biden nationally, but many are concerned about what he said nationally, because if he lose, it is because the election is rigged. >> we have win the election, and

we can't play games and get tout vote, and do those beautiful absentee ballots or make sure that your vote gets counted, and make sure, because the only way that we are going to lose this election is if the election is rigged. remember that. >> now, this is not the first time that trump has cast doubt of the american democracy and he said that the 2016 election was rig and he said it when he was far behind the polls to hillary clinton and it looked like he would lose, and he said it after he won after the results were in, and he said that the election in 2016 is rigged. this is him talking about the process in the last election. >> it is a system, and the system is all rig and that why we have to win big, and that why on tuesday, everybody has the g tout vote ago to vote, and the system is rigged. >> i will totally accept the results of this great and

historic presidential election if i win. >> and take a look at this tweet from trump in 2012 and he is not in this election, and obama and romney and he says this is rigged as well. this is the latest nbc poll showing that fewer americans trust that their vote counts, and it will be counted even though there is no strong evidence that they should be worried about that. the latest poll shows that nearly half of americans don't trust the process and that number is up a staggering 11% since the last election. president trump right now is in the white house announcing a pardon for susan b. anthony, the voting rights activist who back in the election of 1872 cast a vote, and admitted that she did

and were up on federal charges, because at the time the women were not to vote. it is the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, and while history sees that as a form of protest, but technically at the time it was voter fraud. so we will show you pictures of that and the midday news of the pardon and all of that and find me on twitter, because i am @scott mcgrew. thank you very much, scott. so trending this morning, joe biden is getting a celebrity endorsement, and this is from cardi b. >> and she recently spoke with the democratic candidate for "elle" magazine where they discussed parenthood. >> biden, when you have kids like mine, the one 2 years old, your life never goes as planned. >> you are telling me. i have four kids and five grandkids, come on, i'm an

expert. >> okay. so biden also spoke about the importance of voting especially among the young voters. former president barack obama released the summer play list and it is containing a lot of songs from the last eight decades and including the chicks' latest "gaslighting" song, and the stones as well. >> and i was going to say it is funny when a younger person tells older person with kids about how crazy it is to have kids, and yeah, i have done that. >> and i have done it before you thought of it. okay. >> so, marcus, you were saying something about happy? >> well, the song "happy" and i didn't know that the rolling stones had a "happy" song. >> pharrell. >> so you learn something new everyday. we are also learning about that

forecast with kari hall, and the temperatures are looking low, but we will see them increase throughout the day. >> yeah, this is the start out the day as we are going to see a fairly mild morning, but let's take it through noon and see how hot it is going to be already at that time if you are thinking of having lunch outside and it is going to be 98 degrees in danville while we are in the mid-80s for palo alto, and we are going to see triple digits in 101 in antioch, and 91 in santa rosa, and later in the t . and another area of high pressure to cause record heat continuing across the southwest, and this thing is not moving, but the thing that is different is that it is drawing in tropical moisture from weakening hurricanes out there in the pacific and this is moving away, and so no more lightning storms for now, and we will see how the pattern changes into next week, and the high pressure still remains over parts of the bay

area, and we will see another tropical system out there which is hurricane genevieve, a it is going to weaken as it is closer to cabo, but we will see if it is drawn into the high pressure, and do a repeat of it next week. we know it is going to be hot over the next several days, and at least the humidity is going to be lower. it is going to be dryer as we go into the low 90s and the cooldown for this week, and san francisco, and we will go back to the 70s here by the end of that looking right now for the commute? >> kari, two concerns for me, and you, too, and checking the area. over here in freemont, and sunol is showing you 680 jammed up and the overnight crew is still clear lanes over to the auto mall up to kugman. and so we have a smooth drive for rest of the bay and no problems in the bay bridge toll. and so good cruise the fire crew

and chp have arrived with no update on the problems. back to you. >> thank you, mike. happening now for you, a powerful earthquake is striking the central philippines and killing at least one person and leaving many trapped in debris. the 6.6 magnitude quake hit in the morning to destroy roads and homes in a coastal town. coming up next, a quick look at the top stories including today's push by bay area leaders and lawmakers to solve the u.s. post office crisis. you are watching today in the bay. awesome internet.

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>> welcome back. the top stories we are covering for you on today in the bay, one of the two wildfires raging in napa county. it is called the hennessey fire and burned 120 acres with no containment. the fire is threatening 120 buildings and prompting evacuation. this morning, the gamble fire is burning near lake ber yes, srye >> and this morning, the marsh creek fire has scorched over 1,700 acres and this is outside of brentwood burning more than

1,400 acres. takinge aing a live look at jose's post office with a day of action with house speaker nancy pelosi who is going to be in san francisco for what she is calling at a tack from president trump who is trying to hinder the election by stopping mail-in voting. and the president says that mail-in voting is going to lead to voter fraud. all right. let's get a look -- >> and it is 6:58 and we have been enduring the hot weather across the bay area, and any end to it, kari? >> no, it is going to continue, and i am going live on facebook at 7:05 and give me some time the brew some coffee to set up, and i'm at meteorologist kari hall on facebook and twitter as well as getting the latest

updates on the nbc bay area app, and you can check it out as we get alerts from nearby fires that have been burning around the bay area as well as severe weather alerts. mike, how's that looking for the drivers heading out right now? >> we still have that slow drive through freemont, and circled over here in the tri valley, and look northbound, and the typical commute jammed up with the overnight road crews there, and no word on why or when they expect to clear. you can use the mission, but it is slow with the signals. the rest of the commute is typical coming out of the tri valley, and the south coming back here, kari, you do the facebook live today, and i do mine on wednesday. you can reach out to us after the show. >> all right. that is going to do it for us. coming up next is the "today" show.

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