right now at 4:30, outrage in oakland. protests over the wisconsin police shooting turned violent in oakland overnight. the damage we're now seeing for you coming up in a live report. plus -- >> it feels great to be back and into your own place. in santa cruz county, some evacuees get to return home, but thousands still waiting. we're live with the very latest on all the bay area wildfires. and one of the most powerful storms to ever hit the gulf coast, hurricane laura makes landfall overnight. we're just now getting our first daylight images of that destruction. "today in the bay" starts right

now. and a good morning to you on this thursday. i'm marcus washington, thanks for joining us. >> and, yes, thanks for being here. i'm laura garcia. we will get to mike in just a moment. want to get to our own weather system and see what's going on out there. good morning, meteorologist, kari hall. >> good morning. starting out with some nicer weather for the bay area. as we see the fog roll in during this morning hours and bringing in higher humidity. as we go through today, we're going to see it a little bit cooler than the past couple of days with some upper 70s for the east bay at noon and reach into the upper 80s in some of the warmer spots while the south bay will be in the low 80s. we'll talk more about this coming up. mike, any issues for early commuters? >> kari, i have a traffic alert which should be clearing any second. we'll take you to the maps and talk about mostly green sensors as you expect for the morning commute. closures still in place for the czu and lnu fire.

we slowly saw just past the welcome back. bottom of your screen, i think they reopened the lanes but the 4:49 for you right now. latest chp update says they're breaking news. we're tracking hurricane laura blocked by a rollover crash at barreling through the gulf coast. whipple and in towards union that storm made landfall city. should be cleared any second, overnight as a category 4. want to take a live look right laura. send it right back to you. now as you can see right here. >> all right, thank you very look at that right now in lake much, mike, a lot of breaking news to get to this morning. charles, louisiana. at this hour we're tracking the this is the storm hitting and you can see the high winds and three major wildfires burning the gusts and the rain and even across the bay area. that reporter there working our team is monitoring, of right now. you can just see how strong course, hurricane laura as it makes landfall packing 1 they're really bracing themself against the wind right now. this is happening in parts of 150-mile-per-hour winds. texas and louisiana where there the evacuation and damage has been damage. impacting so many from both of "today in the bay" jay gray is these disasters. we'll have more on that coming up in just a momemoments. tracking the storm's latest impact. >> reporter: laura crashing into live team coverage. this is the growing racial unrest across the country the gulf coast early thursday sparking new tensions and chaos. morning. new overnight for you protests the most powerful storm to to in kenosha, wisconsin, and minneapolis. this is where george floyd died, cross the louisiana/texas of course, and right here in the bay area. border. sustained winds of 150 miles an and all of it in response to the police shooting sunday a

hour, gusts even stronger. more than a foot of rain in some 29-year-old jacob blake. blake now paralyzed from the areas and what the national waist down. the u.s. department of justice hurricane center calls an now confirming it is launching a unsurvivable and potentially federal civil rights investigation. historic storm surge. authorities have now identified at just three feet, the surge the officer who shot blake can be life threatening. at six feet the waves can smash through windows and doors. rusten sheskey. at nine feet entire a seven-year veteran. neighborhoods can be swallowed. police were called for domestic laura's storm surge could crest disturbance and tried to arrest blake. the entire incident was caught at 20 feet. on camera which was frozen >> to think that there would be a wall of water over two stories before those shots were fired. high coming onshore is very officers first deployed a taser difficult for most on blake and leaned forward. but that is what is going to officers say sheskey was holding happen. >> reporter: then laura will on to blake's shirt and fired that gun seven times hitting continue to wreak havoc as it pushes inland. >> 90-mile-per-hour wind gusts blake in the back and up to central arkansas. investigators now say a knife we expect millions of people to was found on the floor of blake's suv. be without power by thursday meanwhile, police have now charged a 17-year-old suspect in evening and deal with rainfall and flooding in tennessee and that deadly shooting during tuesday night's protest. kentucky. >> reporter: this massive storm he is identified as kyle ritt tonight just beginning its assault. jay gray, nbc news, lake rittenhouse. charles. >> we saw there in that live

two demonstrators were shot and shot just how strong that wind wounded and a third was wounded. still is, kari. bob redell following the the threat of even more flooding and rain. very scary out there. fall out from sports teams in response to the shooting, as >> yeah, and the many people well. don't realize how many tornadoes cierra johnson joins us from the can be spawned by hurricanes, as scene of tense protests last well. they're looking at that threat night. today. cierra? >> yes, good morning. along with all of the heavy rain when the protesters hit the as it continues to move farther streets the organizers of that protest wanted to emphasize that to the north across louisiana. they wanted to keep things we can see this storm basically peaceful. but by about 10:00, oakland police began getting those covering the whole state right now with some heavy rain, some initial reports that things had high winds as it continues to started taking a turn and that make it way towards arkansas things were turning violent. later today. so, this will definitely make right now at the intersection of bay and harrison in front of the more headlines and we'll continue to monitor that. whole foods right near that as we also look at what's happening around the bay area, 7-esl7- 7-elev we're starting out this morning 7-eleven. i'm showing you what played out with some fog, some low clouds yesterday. a double pane window completely and it's helping to improve our shattered and objects thrown at air quality as we've seen higher it and looks like wood at the humidity and this also brings in other side. it didn't go through. glass is completely covering the more of a westerly wind that's street and the only sound you been helping to mix out some of that smoke that we've seen just hear now, things are quiet. really settling over the valleys the only things you hear are for the past couple of days. as we look at what's going on

those workers sweeping up that now and our temperatures, we're glass, shoveling that glass and really just working to get this starting out with some upper 50s business back up and running. and low clouds. as the fog starts to retreat back towards the coast later on now, last night oakland pd says today, we're going to see our temperatures that will reach those agitators within the crowd into the low 70s for parts of began throwing things a little the east bay at noon and some after that protest began by upper 70s for the east bay as we go into the lunch hour. 10:45 their reports from chp so, we'll be a nice day to take that 580 was shut down in both your lunch outside, if the air is clear enough. directions because of those we are at times still looking at protesters. windows were broken at alameda drifts of smoke and temperatures county superior court. today reaching into the upper again, organizers wanted this to 80s, a few spots will briefly hit 90 degrees but for the south be peaceful, but things quickly bay low 80s today and a nice took a turn. take a listen to one of those cool down once the wind picks organizers. >> i respect everything, but at up, once again and the fog starts to return to the the end of the day, make it be coastline. our seven-day forecast shows a pea spike in temperatures for peaceful. all these people are resting in tomorrow for most of our inland peace, let them be peaceful. valleys for some of the hottest stop tearing up our city and places where we have to live. spots reaching 96 degrees and it >> now, oakland pd says there looks like our air quality will improve for the weekend as we were several arrests made and get more containment and none of their officers were favorable weather conditions as we see also cooler temperatures injured. pack out here, they are just

near the coastline. taking out this window only to mike, you're following a traffic replace it, again. there is also some spray paint alert. on the wall. what's the update? >> the update is that traffic there was a road block sign that alert has cleared, kari. but we'll stay in the area. also had graffiti and last night we'll show you on the maps what also some fires not only set to we're talking about. that alameda county superior the traffic alert south 880 at court building but oakland pd whipple that cleared from the tweeting out the photos of fire lanes and just right after that happened saw more slowing to the just set in the middle of the road. south. turns out another crash, this a very emotionally charged night, not only from what played time instead of blocking the out in wisconsin, but some of right lanes, it's blocking the the other officer-involved left lanes. south 880 two lanes are blocked shootings. high tension, but things, just before you get to fremont and the exit there. unfortunately, to the organizers that things turned violent. other than that, everything is we are live here in oakland, smooth as you look through the rest of the bay and the south bay and the peninsula and cierra johnson for "today in the closures for the highways bay." >> you can hear all the cleanup throughout the area and the north bay, as well. they have to do out there, too. thank you very much. the giants doubleheader czu and lnu fires, still active. today against the dodgers is really up in the air, not to back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. mention the rest of the nba moving on to decision 2020. playoffs as pro athletes tonight, marks the final night nationwide protest the shooting of the republican national convention. of jacob blake. bob redell live and i know the president trump will deliver his nomination acceptance speech. quakes postponed last night's

game and what about the one also speaking tonight ben carson, as well as senate coming up this weekend? >> good morning. majority leader mitch mcconnell and the president'sivanka trump. haven't addressed the status of tonight's game but did last night. they did release the statement. your vote tool. the san jose earthquakes find the link on our website, organization stands with the black community, our players, nbcbayarea.com. getting the green light. the bay area and the nation in next here on "today in the bay" the fight against injustice and the inexpensive testing kit for inequality. we support our players' decision coronavirus you could have in to not play tonight's match in your hands in a matter of weeks. plus, bay area health an effort to shed light. leaders pushing back against the in oracle park a black lives cdc over it newly revised guidelines. but, first, hapgening now matter banner on display as the giants decided to postpone the for you. dramatic video from the coast game against the dodgers after the dodgers decided not to play. guard showing a sinking yacht mookie betts said he was not and that's when that fire broke out yesterday. all 17 people onboard had playing who was shot seven times in the back in kenosha, already jumped into a rescue boat when the coast guard wisconsin. blake is african-american and arrived. the cop who shot him was white. 4:54. we'll be right back. that decision followed the milwaukee bucks decision to

boycott against the orlando magic. me, i think no matter what io to support is much more powerful and we talked to the giants and they were in lock step with our thoughts. >> i feel for myself as a white man, just to sit out with them. >> to support the players and not be here tonight. >> nba broadcaster kenny smith, who you heard there briefly, walked off the set during his broadcast on tnt last night to show his solidarity with the bucks players and other nba players who have refused to play basketball. "the washington post" reports later today the nba board of governors will meet on whether to resume the nba playoffs.

the dodgers and the giants are scheduled to play a doubleheader today. the giants say they're on board for these games. the dodgers' manager says that's another conversation. reporting live, bob redell "today in the bay." >> speaking of conversations, a lot of people are having them right now. we want to remind you that you could be part of our ongoing conversation about race in america. we will have our fifth installment next. those conversations can be found at nbcbayarea.com/raceinamerica. the other big breaking news story here in the bay area, the trio of ongoing fires and work being done by firefighters, as t get those fires contained. good news in santa cruz county to report. one week after being evacuated, the orders have now been lifted for uc santa cruz. people were forced to evacuate last thursday as the fire came within a mile of campus.

so far the school is only reopening faculty and employee housing but we spoke with workers who were very relieved to be home. >> feeled great to be back into your own place. 4:57. welcome back to you. it just feels wonderful. well, the fastest and cheapest >> it took the work of a lot of rapid covid-19 testing kit yet hasusd federal people to allow us to come home. to pick up on that. approval. we're really grateful. the giving emergency use authorization to a new portal >> the others still evacuating and the fire is now 21% rapid test from abbott labs that contained. gives results in 15 minutes and firefighters say the fire destroyed more than 400 homes does not require extra equipment and costs just five bucks. and cousins 'cause dozens of ot. well, health experts pretty as for two large fires much everywhere are blasting the burning in the bay area. new cdc coronavirus testing firefighters making progress guidelines, including right here battling the scu fire. in california. it has now burned more than the cdc now recommending no need 367,000 acres and is 30% for people to be tested that contained. on your right, the lnu fire in don't have symptoms, even if the north bay, well those flames they've been exposed to someone have burned more than. infected. and it's no longer advising a 14-day quarantine for travelers. 300 national guard troops are

arriving in santa rosa today. governor newsom quickly they will be working alongside responded and santa clara county firefighters. breaking right now on the health leader called the new gulf coast, hurricane laura churning its way through louisiana after making landfall guidance bazaar. a few hours ago near the border with texas leaving some areas the overnight protests turning destructive across the devastated. little before midnight our time, country and right here in the it made landfall as a category 4 bay area. plus, three major wildfires near lake charles, louisiana. still burning across the bay area. it's now at category 3 strength the progress firefighters are reporting. and it is expected to weaken to 4:58. you're watching "today in the a tropical storm by this bay." afternoon. we're getting our first look at some of the damage already left behind. winds at times hitting 150 miles per hour. so high toppled this truck in lake charles. the national weather service is calling catastrophic storm surge. want to take a live look at lake charles right now which has seen heavy rain, wind, flooding overnight. "today in the bay" jay gray is on the ground there and join us with the latest coming up. 4:41. president trump set to defend his record and present his argument for another four years. next on "today in the bay" who else takes center stage tonight

on the last day of the republican national convention. plus, a late-night announcement from tiktok what i >> i am angry.

i am angry! right now at 5:00, breaking news on several fronts on the streets of oakland overnight anger and chaos in response to the wisconsin police shooting of jacob blake. we'll have live update on the damage this morning. some evacuees finally getting to go home in the santa cruz mountains but thousands may not return for days. our fire coverage continues next. plus -- >> happening right now. hurricane laura making its way inland after becoming perhaps the most powerful storm ever to crash into the gulf coast. we're tracking the storm, plus the damage. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a

good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. here are today's top business headlines. watt street set to open up in the red after stocks rose yesterday. the s&p 500 and nasdaq closing at record highs while the dow is less than 1% away from break

even on the year. tech and economy stocks powering all the gains and investigators reacting to potential covid-19 vaccines and expectations the fed will continue to keep interest rates at historically low levels and offer more support to the economy. fed chair jay powell is speaking later this morning. the ceo of tiktok has resigned. a former disney executive said the political environment has sharply changed since he joined in may. president trump issued an executive order that would ban tiktok in the u.s. on national security concerns because it's owned by a chinese company. claiming it hasn't been given due process and it is not a security threat. it says it does store customer data in the u.s. and singapore. google is bringing hands-free hospitality through its display. find out when the restaurant and

pool is open and control smart devices in the room such as tvs, lights and blinds. google says you won't need to sign into your account and erase all activity when the hotel resets for the next guest. kari hall, over to you. >> thank you, frank. let's head to the south bay right now with a look at our temperature trend. we're starting out with some better air quality. a few clouds this morning and we will see our temperatures heading into the upper 60s by noon. it will be a cooler day. we'll get a look at all our microclimates and look ahead to the weekend, coming up. and that traffic alert has cleared from hayward. unfortunately, there is another crash that may be going on in union city just a few hundred yards away from the first. we'll talk about that and show you those sensors coming up.