as well. back to you. >> thank you, mike. indoors because, kari, it sounds decision 2020 and it is now like it will be a hot one. battleground thursday. >> yeah, you want to try to find both president trump and former a way to stay cool this weekend vice president joe biden are and at least we still do have visiting key swing states hoping that cool air that will continue their messages resonate as new today and we're taking a live polls show how important those look at dublin. we've also seen some improvement states might be come november. in air quality but as we go into "today in the bay" tracie potts is live in washington tracking today, we're going to at times developments. a lot of new polls out there, see the drifts of smoke coming in and our temperatures staying tracie. nice and comfortable. >> including because it looks actually cooler than normal in specifically at some of the san jose as we reach into the swing states and in arizona, upper 70s and then for the east bay, we're going to see highs north carolina and wisconsin reaching into the mid 80s for where he'll be today. our afternoon highs. so, it's going to be a nice day, joe biden is leading. the president was just in but we will have some high heat kenosha, wisconsin, before biden's visit. ahead for the weekend. >> communities not criminals. and some other concerns i'm jobs not mobs. watching. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. >> president trump takes his law mike, how is it looking now for and order message to the commute? pennsylvania today. fresh from north carolina where he continued to claim, without >> well, looking like i have an arrow pointed right at me because behind me i'm covering proof, fraud and mail voting the scene of the crash. urging residents to vote twice. a lot of slowing right now south >> let them send it in and let 880 and 16th avenue off ramp and him go vote and if the

the crash there have just assistance as good as they say cleared. it is, they obviously won't be that slowing should clear pretty quickly. able to vote. >> reporter: backed by attorney general in washington. >> reckless and dangerous and people are playing with fire. >> reporter: joe biden lands in kenosha, wisconsin, today to do the one thing president trump didn't do there. meet with the family of jacob blake. >> be a positive influence on what's going on. talk about what may be done. >> reporter: blake's police shooting touched off riocil unr. biden is rolling out new ads after raising a whopping $365 million last month. a new fox poll shows him with an eight-point lead over mr. trump in wisconsin. among likely voters. he's accusing president trump of ignoring the covid bill stuck in congress. >> mr. president, where are you. where are you? get off twitter. and start talking to the congressional leaders in both

parties. >> reporter: both nominees will be talking soon. the first of three presidential debates is set for later this month in cleveland. >> and on twitter, the president is threatening to hold federal funds from cities experiencing racial unrest. he calls it anarchist. seattle and portland, d.c., new york, new york's governor says that the president's not a king. that he can't do that. that it's an illegal stunt. back to you. >> tracie potts live from washington, thank you. 5:03 right now. continuing our coronavirus coverage for you now. as most students start to settle in with online learning, there are some schools in the bay area that are now planning to offer back to school service because they received some waivers. "today in the bay" sharon katsuda joins us now outside one

of the schools>> school distric schools and here in menlo park are getting waivers from the county. last friday the state announced a shift from its monitoring list to a color coded four-tier. since many counties are in the purple tier, schools are not permitted to open for in-person learning until covid conditions improve. to move into the red tier, the county's case rate needs to be between four to seven per 100,000 residents and a testing positivity of 1 to 5%. as part of the waiver application process, schools and districts in alameda county, for example, would need to develop a reopening plan that addresses categories that include disinfectants, cohorting, health training, contact tracing and testing of all staff. many schools that are asking for

waivers are those that have students with special needs and find it difficult to conduct online learning. now, check out the list of schools that are applying for these waivers and the list is very long and the county health departments are going through them one by one. reporting live in menlo park, i'm sharon katsuda. starting tomorrow barbershops and hair salons can also reoepen for business indoors. tweeted out new guidelines just days after outdoor hair cuts were given a green light. outdoor malls can reopen tomorrow at 25% capacity. it won't be crowded. family recreational activities like mini golf, batting cages and go-kart can also resume. developing right now, san leandro police officer now faces criminal charges tied to a deadly shooting that happened in april inside a walmart. alameda county district's attorney announced those charges yesterday. body cam video shows the death

of steven taylor who was holding a baseball bat inside the store. investigators say less than 40 seconds passed from the time officer jason fletcher arrived at the store to when he tased taylor and ultimately shot him. in an online video, district attorney nancy o'malley read a prepared statement saying officer fletcher failed to de-escalate the situation. we couldn't ask questions. taylor's family calls the charges a small step towards justice. >> we know she's not charged an officer in alameda county, but we know her. so, we're kind of excited that maybe this is a turn for the better for everyone that has family murdered in alameda county. >> fletcher has been charged with voluntary manslaughter and be arraigned on september 15th. we're talking about the fact that the weather will be heating up this weekend and firefighters are already making a push to knock down bay area wildfires already burning.

the czu fires have already destroyed more homes in santa cruz county than the loma earthquake did. close to 1,500 homes and buildings have burned along with more than 85,000 acres and containment stands about 46% right now. we know one man died in bonny do doon. but more evacuations lifted in areas including ben lomond. five deaths tied to the lnu fire in the north bay. that fire is now nearly 80% contained. more than 1,400 structures have been destroyed. firefighters can now expect full containment of the scu fires by the end of next week. it's burned close to 400,000 acres covering parts of santa clara county and the east bay. five people have been injured in this fire, including two first responders. this morning a new warning that smoke from those fires could linger in the bay area for

months. here's a live look in san jose and san francisco. another spare the air alert has been extended through today and that's marking 18 straight days of alerts. this is the longest stretch ever that we've had of these spare the air alerts. but with the three big fires that were consuming much of the bay area, kind of not surprising, as well. there was a lot of smoke out there. so now we're talking about coming up for the weekend and we know that we are going to have unhealthy air quality combined with hot temperatures going into the weekend. our excessive heat watch goes into effect on saturday. this starts at 11:00 a.m. and will continue through sunday, as well. we're looking at near record high temperatures in the valleys into over 100 degrees and then for our bayside temperatures will be in the 80s and 90s. also still have the smoke advisories. as we look at our temperatures,

we're going to see some upper 70s for today. still a very nice day for getting outside and, also, for the east bay we're in the upper 80s while oakland will only be in the low 70s. we'll still have some cool coastal temperatures, but then you head over through palo alto and in the mid 70s and very comfortable and mid 60 for the embarcadero and north bay high temperatures reaching up to 93 in ukiah and santa rosa in the upper 70s. we'll take a closer look at the weekend forecast coming up. mike, how is it looking for the commute right now? >> well, it sounds cluttered, but it looks pretty good. we'll show you the map. circle the area first. the bay bridge approach off north 880. that connector reopened after overnight construction and that ramp isn't back open with no problem. we still have that closure and that should be clearing any second. this is off eastbound 80. away from the bay bridge. the east shore freeway gilman off ramp is closed. there is a roadside fire and fire crews there.

again, that should open any second. these lanes did open 880 southbound and the earlier slowing and maybe some activity on the shoulder still caused slowing in the slow lane and that will be a distraction. the rest of the bay looks great. so, back to you. >> sounds good. we'll check in with you later, mike. deepening mystery for a southern california family. still ahead at 5:25, the l.a. county firefighter now missing thousands of miles from home. and the obstacles loved ones are facing as they try to look for answers. just minutes ago, facebook announced some major changes. i'll walk you through it. as a country we owe more money than we make. >> the whole community is coming together to create santa cruz mountain strong. coming up, the way one evacuee is trying to help his community as the czu fire rages on. another day, another chance to bounce forward.

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sensor still shows slowing. 90 down to 460. for the live look shows you farther past that. everything is nice and easy past the coliseum. we'll see how much a difference is as lanes are clear right now. and good morning and a very happy thursday to you, as well. just a couple of minutes ago, facebook announced a number of new steps it's going to take to fight misinformation in the upcoming election, including rejecting all political ads in the week leading up to the election and reminding users we may not know who won the election the night of the election and, you know what, that's perfectly okay. as well as labeling claims from users calling into question the legitimacy of the election. we get first-time jobless claims here in 15 minutes. we expect them to be lower than they have been in the past. that's good news. number of the first time

seems to be dwindling. tomorrow we get the august jobs report. we expect this number to be low latest indication. wall street ignoring all the rock solid data. the dow above 29,000 and the nasdaq above 12,000. not that long ago, cnbc had a day-long special where the nasdaq crossed 5,000. as we reported yesterday, hopes are high for a new stimulus bill after treasury secretary steven mnuchin made some moves towards democrats at a hearing earlier this week. both sides want a stimulus deal, although the senate is not at work right now. the democrats want trillions more than the republicans who say we can't afford it. you know what, they're both right. history teaches us. nothing is more effective we're.

the nonpartisan congressional budget office says we will now owe more each year than the entire american gdp. that hasn't been true since the second world war. now, we haven't faced a national crisis of this size since the second world war. the problem, chris and laura, we went into this thing really deeply in depth. largely because of the tax cuts of 2016 during the boom time we owe too much money and now we're in this very rainy day, stormy day situation. we owe a lot of money and, you know, we need to spend a lot of money, as well. >> no kidding. it's a good lesson for families, as well. i mean, just talk about a big financial situation and then your own being prepare with that rainy day fund so to speak. thanks a lot. >> nice to have some rain. not going to get it for a while. live look at sfo where the airport is going a little

greener. six new electric buses will replace diesel when you go from terminal to, parking fwraush g such. the buses will save millions of dollars over 12 years and will eliminate more than 23 million pounds of greenhouse gases. well, you might want to jump on a bus. we now know in the bay area traffic can be a headache. new this morning, one new study calls it the worst anywhere. wallet hub looking at 100 u.s. cities and oakland came in dead last as the worst place to drive. le that's due to traffic and infrastructure. san francisco finished a hair better at 98th. l.a. 95 and san jose ranked 89. the best city to drive if you have any guesses is lincoln, nebraska. >> where are you going? no where. >> in circles.

hey, something good this morning from a man who nearly lost everything in the czu lightning fire. >> this is an awesome story. so, nicky gaston and his family are still evacuated from their boulder creek home. atth little guy silas only 10 months old. santa cruz mountains strong illustration to raise money for fire victims and that includes one close friend of his whose home he tried to help save. >> little scary. it was covered with fire all around. i set up a sprinkler and hoping it would help it. and then the next day we had found out or two days later we found out his house burnt down. >> here's how you can help. you can buy posters or t-shirts with the santa cruz mountain strong logo and the proceeds go to the fire victims. other artists are contributing, as well. if you'd like to help, you can find a link at nbcbayarea.com. listen to this, laura, they just moved into that house two weeks before and they hadn't eve paymy

had to evacuate and they haven't been back. really weird timing. weird timing. so, all right. >> no kidding. >> i love t-shirts that i think i know what i'm going to get now. >> go great with your cargo shorts, mike. >> they're cool looking. >> all right, well, you're going to need the shorts this weekend, right, kari. things will heat up. >> yeah, i think you'll need some really short shorts or bathing suit it is going to be so hot this weekend. here we go, again. today we do nice weather as we take a look at walnut creek and our temperatures for today. now we're starting out with some 60s and if you have some outdoor activities, maybe going for a run this morning, we do see some better air quality for the morning hours. maybe the best time to get outside. also with the cooler temperatures, we're going to have a nice day, but as we go along and you start to see the sky looking a little bit more smoky, that means the air

quality is going down and more smoke coming in and so it's time to head inside. as we look at our highs for today, we're going to see some more mid 80s inland and then as we go into the weekend, we know we'll have some hot temperatures and also watching the wind speeds for next week. this is a look at the wind speeds between monday and tuesday. we're going past the weekend into labor day and we're all heading back to work and it looks like our winds will in th hills where you see the bright pink and upper elevation a there may be some high wind gusts in those areas. and wind coming in from the north is very dry. we know with a dry, northerly wind and those winds picking up, we have the concern of those fires that are currently burning spreading even more. so, here's a look at what we're expecting for the weekend. unhealthy air quality, as well as hotter temperatures this weekend. those winds picking up between monday night and tuesday, which means an increased fire danger and also the potential of power outages and so that's something

we have to keep in the back of mind as we head back to school and work next week. as we see our seven-day temperatures, we're going to start to really heat up as we go into the weekend on saturday but temperatures peeking on sunday at 1:03. mike, we have been watching the commute. couple minor issues, right? >> that's right, kari. a couple on the peninsula. i want to take a second to point out over my shoulder here 101 and 92 the interchange and let's take that full to screen. right there we may have a crash. two reported but i think only one there and i don't think any lanes are blocked but i'll track that. details still coming in from that side of the bay. you have a chance to look at most of your commute for the area. looking all right and we still have the slowing here. 880 southbound towards the 16th and earlier crash cleared some lanes and 20 minutes ago we still see slowing there and getting towards the bay bridge, no more problems. live look shows you we're just starting to see a few more cars now. back to you.

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developing now, new fears that a los angeles firefighter who disappeared in mexico might have been the victim of a violent kidnapping. aguilar was last heard from 12 days ago. the fbi is assisting mexican authorities. aguilar's daughters say everyone is facing a lot of obstacles. >> the difficult part was, you know, the information flow from the u.s. to mexico, as well as mexico needing records from my dad here to continue their investigation. and at first the connection and

that information line was a little rocky. >> l.a. mayor eric garcetti said he's stepping in working tirelessly to make sure that aguilar is found safe. 5:26 right now. good news for barbers and hair stylists in l.a. county. they've been cleared to reopen, again. under some new restrictions, however. indoor shopping malls still remain places that are closed. the county is trying to balance really health concerns with economics in a region where unemployment is now at 20%. in the meantime, l.a. mayor eric garcetti is ordering testing sites countywide to close over the weekend due to extreme heat. temperatures in most places will reach triple digits. new details now about lake tahoe where leaders are reminding everyone that camp fires are illegal right now and that firefighters really need to bewildfires already burning. an ordinance in north tahoe

burning charcoal and fire wood from june to november and on red flag day all grills, gas and charcoal, are banned. 5:27 right now. coming up next, top stories that we're following for you on this thursday morning, including a war of words. house speaker nancy pelosi defending her visit to a san francisco salon and the video showing her not wearing a mask. new backlash and new denials from the salon owner. plus, an act of defiance. why one south bay pastor says he will continue to hold worship service indoors despite tens of thousands of dollars in fines.

>> we trusted a salon i have been to for years. >> appointment was already booked. there is no way i could have set that up. house speaker nancy pelosi defending herself after visiting a san francisco hair salon that should have been closed with her face uncovered. why the salon's owner now says the speaker owes her an apology. lawyer up if you don't mask up. new advice for south bay businesses when it comes to customers who don't comply with those public health orders. and with the pandemic in place, you probably aren't going outside too much. this labor day weekend you may not want to. the extreme heat that's headed our way. "today in the bay" starts right now.

and a very good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> kristen's here. >> marcus is having a couple days off. i hope he has indoor plans for the weekend. we're hoping to enjoy the next couple days, kari. >> we still have the nice weather for today and tomorrow. saturday is when that heat kicks in. let's talk about our air quality for this morning. we've seen some improvements. if you want to get outside as soon as the sun rises, it is going to be a fairly good start to the day but we are going to see also some more comfortable air for this afternoon. we'll talk more about this coming up. mike, what's the update on the commute? >> well, kari, on the peninsula we did find more information about that crash on highway 101 as we take you to the map. one screen that we talk about. right around 92. only one crash, not two. it is not blocking the lane and

sounds like a rolled over vehicle and no major injuries in the initial report. it will slow you heading north towards the san mateo bridge. everything else on the peninsula is cleared. the east bay we had that construction zone south 880 around the 23rd. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. now to one of the most talked about stories of the week. new developments in nancy pelosi's controversial hair salon visit, which the house speaker is claiming was a set up. this morning we're hearing from the stylist and owner of the salon. "today in the bay" pete ssuratos is following it all for us. >> the stylist agreed with speaker pelosi that this was possibly a set up, but the owner did discuss thisw in fox news a course, she's disagreeing with the set up claim. let's show our viewers this

video. the controversial video of speaker pelosi during her hair appointment here at the east salon in san francisco. now, of course, she's getting some backlash because one indoor appointments are not allowed due to the coronavirus. also, you can see in that video, it looks like her mask is under her face. so, it's in her neck area. the stylist did say in a statement through his attorney that he claims this was a set up. claiming that the owner of the salon erica kious has been illegally styling clients for months. also pointing out that the owner is unhappy with how speaker pelosi with covid restrictions and how if is affecting this business. here is kious talking to the response to of this in an interview with tucker carlson on fox news and speaker pelosi weighing in on the incident yesterday, as well. >> since this happened, i have received nothing but hate text

messages, death threats. they're going to burn my hair salon down. my yelp page is just unbelievable with bad reviews. >> when they said we are able to accommodate people one person at a time and that we can set up that time, i trusted that. as it turns out, it was a set up. so i take responsibility for falling for a set up. >> now, i did get a chance to go on the yelp page and, yes, there is some backlash from mixed reviews and showing support or against the owner after this incident. but kious did say in that interview with tucker carlson that she thinks her business is done here at union street due to the backlash. we'll see what happens there. reporting live, pete suratos for "today in the bay." the bay area just saw the highest number of covid-19 deaths in one day.

there were 30 reported yesterday. the most reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic. there are 87,000 cases in the bay area and more than 1,000 deaths. statewide, nearly 800,000 cases and more than 13,000 deaths. all right, so, take a look at the state's new color coded reopening tiers. this is new. where each bay area county currently stands by color. you can see san francisco, napa, are the only two below that purple widespread risk level. that could soon change, though. "the chronicle" looked at recent data and it's possible that marin and santa clara counties might shift from that purple tier and tiers are updated each tuesday. stay tuned for that. a new advice from santa clara county this morning to businesses in this county. if customers don't follow health guidelines, then you should lawyer up. santa clara county health leer really be seeking legal counsel if their customers are refusing not to wear masks or

keep their social distance. the counsel will help guide each business to how they should react. if businesses need legal help, they can contact the business county call center to point them in the right direction. well, chris, that health order is not stopping a local church from continuing their services. north valley baptist church in santa clara has racked up more than $50,000 in fines because they're holding indoor services. this week the pastor posted video saying no local spike in cases and they are following protocols. santa clara county sees it differently. >> very sad that we find ourselves in this condition that the county is basically shutting down a church. >> it's concerning examples of folks not following the public health directives and as a result, putting not only their own congregations but, in fact, all of us at risk.

>> county attorneys say the church is one of only two buildings that continue to defy the health order. a dire new muni forecast from the director of the mta, the examiner reports muni will require more than $600 million. every year just to replace infrastructure through the year 2040. right now, over the next five years, muni stands to lose more than half a billion dollars annually. the director of the mta says basic transit repairs and maintenance would likely be slashed. firefighters and power grid operators are bracing for a dangerously hot and dry labor day weekend. "today in the bay" tom jensen live near brentwood where neighbors are hoping they don't have to evacuate, again. and hope they won't lose power in what will be a very hot weekend. good morning to you, tom. >> good morning to you, as well. very hot weekend. it could get up to 110 degrees

in contra costa county and neighbors in this area could face power outages along with power curtailments around other parts of the bay area and northern california. and this is, this area has faced this before. this is an area where the deer zone fire sparked or caused evacuation. those fires burned more than 3,000 acres and forced evicuatievi evacuations of more than 150 homes in this area. that is part of the scu lightning complex, which is now about 76% contained. but just as they face containment and making headway on that fire, we get this extreme heat warning coming from the national weather service. excessive heat warning through the weekend potentially dangerous heat that could last through monday evening, according to the national weather service. you heard kari just talk about this heat in her forecast and the winds were already winds out

here this morning. the threat of fire increases and so does the threat of power outages. state electric grid regurates say we should prepare for outages over the weekend. strains during the heat wave have forced curtailment this summer. already pg&e saying it has to follow the orders for curtailment when they're given. mild temperatures also at night. not giving firefighters or the power grid much of a break. the dry brush out here remains dry through the night and those winds, if they kick up, fire danger, power outages and things that we're going to have to look out for through the entire labor day weekend. we're live in contra costa county, thom jensen, "today in the bay." growing up in california when we were kids they had the animated commercial to give appliances the afternoon off. but it's really so important to do. >> i remember it. >> i remember it, too.

>> do you remember it? as an adult, i really do because it really helps the power grid. >> i'm constantly turning off the lights and knocking things offline and kids are like, why are you unplugging things? that's why. keep our power when it's hot. heat is one factor and the dry lightning. are ewoo tawe talking about tha? >> not dry lightning but high wind. let's go through what we are expecting as we go into the next several days. i know it is going to be labor day weekend and sometimes we tend to unplug on the weekend but you want to make sure what r nbc bay area app is a good way. we look what we're expecting much hotter weekend with some of our valleys reaching over 100 degrees by monday into tuesday. we're going to see those gusts picking up to 20 to 30 miles per hour, as well as that increased fire danger and that potential for power outages. so, we'll talk more about that. and those hot temperatures in the forecast coming up.

mike, how's it looking right now for the commute? >> well, kari, things are looking pretty pleasant as far as the drive and remember we're approaching a holiday weekend and less of a commute and we had even less right now. we'll look at the bay bridge toll plaza where there's no real backup and things moving very smoothly on the approach and the map shows you the slowing through the construction zone south 880 is clearing even now as we speak to create clearing from that direction. north 101 on the peninsula and one lane still blocked by a crash activity and the injuries sound like minor injuries and not major as originally reported. one crash in the south bay and not on the freeways. we'll talk about that coming up. back to you. >> thank you, mike. dwayne "the rock" johnson not as tough as we'd like to hear. he and his family all recovering from covid-19 and now he's sharing his story on social mead i a. what he says about how they got infected that could help your family. president trump encourages

some of his supporters to vote twice. do not do that. you could end up in jail. plus, grab the tissues. the sweet and touching surprise for one grandfather that's going viral this morning.

ment. right now at 5:44, we are going to deal with excessive heat for the weekend and all the

areas shaded in red will be included in that excessive heat watch starting on saturday. we'll take a look at our temperatures in the forecast coming up in a few minutes. and throughout the south for those freeways, typical pattern with 101. little slowing you see it on the map in the northbound direction and we also do have a crash that is closing down part of the major expressway. capital expressway. we'll tell you why coming up. breaking news at 5:45. new weekly jobless numbers just in and 881,000 filed for first-time claims. it is down from last week which was over a million and lower than fexperts were forecasting. president trump is encouraging his supporters to vote once by mail and one in person. >> to see if officials will do

it on his count. >> we'll talk about that in a second. i understand you guys have a little bit of breaking news and little bit of live video you want to show. >> let's get right to it. this is space-x that is about to launch off from kennedy space center in florida. this is the 12th mission. let's listen in to the countdown. >> five, four, three, two, one. zero. ignition. and liftoff. >> as we watch that liftoff, we'll tell you that the falcon 9 rocket is taking satellites into orbit. launched 600. the company hopes to land the first stage of a "falcon-9" rocket on a drone ship about nine minutes after liftoff. so, we'll be watching that for

the next nine minutes. for now, we'll go back to scott mcgrew who is talking about voting and voter fraud. president trump asking us to vote twice. once in person and once by mail. you say that's illegal, scott. >> it is illegal. good morning, i was just texting elon saying why do that in the middle of my segment. is that not something you could wait a couple minutes on? president trump in north carolina talking to his supporters suggested that they should vote twice. once by mail and once in person in order to figure out, you know, which vote goes through. that is voter fraud. it is a felony. and it is illegal to even suggest or encourage voter fraud, as well. and you can bet we'll talk about that several times over the next couple of days. but this morning what i would really like to talk about is the national guard.

take a listen to this political ad that was running in wisconsin. >> president trump is sending national guard and federal law enforcement to protect wisconsin's family. >> all right. you heard it right there. the campaign claims that the president sent in the national guard to wisconsin. that is not accurate. the president of states does not demacommand the national guard. it is not a national force at all. state governors command their various guard units and it was the wisconsin state governor who call called up his guard. he asked other states to send in their state forces. they did, but the command stay would the governors who sent them. alabama, michigan. yet the president over and over claims it was he who brought the guard in. >> we called up the national guard. we sent it out and they did a fantastic job last night.

>> we are finally able to get the go ahead from the local authorities to end is in the national guard. we sent in the national guard. >> and it all stopped immediately upon the national guard's arrival. >> and once we said let's go, that was the end of it. unfortunately then a few days when people wouldn't call us. they didn't want to have us come in. >> when the governor didn't want us there, he didn't want the national guard, as you reluctan. >> when the president says we in washington, washington did not do anything. the president does not command the national guard unless he federalizes it, which he did not do in this case. so, the guard is not a federal force. the president does not command. it's a national guard in wisconsin is made up of people from wisconsin who are commanded by the governor of wisconsin. when the president says we sent them in and you hear him say it in future crises, unless he is

federalizing him, what he's saying is not true. we'll be monitoring, of course, what is happening in washington and this new push for the double vote. you can talk about it on twitter. you can join me @scottmcgrew. >> thank you, scott. we talked about how covid-19 is indiscriminate and now we know dwayne "the rock" johnson had coronavirus and his whole family tested positive and he shared the news in an instagram video yesterday detailing the diagnosis. >> this has been one of the most challenging and difficult things we have ever had to endure as a family and for me, personally, too, as well. and i've gone through somes doies in td doozies in the past. >> his daughters had sore throats for a few days and heand his wife had a rough go. they believe they got the virus from family friends. discouraging people to hang out over the holiday weekend.

cautionary tale. trending this morning, the pandemic has kept a lot of families apart, but one woman flew with her 10-month-old daughter 2,000 miles for a very special reunion. >> oh. that's the look of grandpa's face after meeting his very first granddaughter. her mother posted it to tiktok after flying from california to ohio. it has nearly three million views. the mother says it is certainly worth the trip. that is pretty precious. i can't imagine holding your grandchild. >> i have some friends who had babies during the pandemic and it is just so hard to know that you can't meet them. we're watching them on facebook. four months. what do you mean, i haven't even nibbled on the toes yet. >> i'm so confused, are we

supposed to hang out with our family or not. >> we're not. i know. one story we're saying, avoid groups and then the next one we're like this lady flew to ohio. but it's just so hard, right? it's so hard. >> it is. >> all right. well, you are not going to want to hang out with anybody. too sting sticky hot this weeke kari. >> you're going to try to find some air conditioning or also just try to stay cool throughout this weekend. now, that's going to be very important because our temperatures will be very hot. as we start out this morning, we are taking a look at it's also really nice to see the fog. we know it's going to be abu th quality, we're also going to have at times some unhealthy air quality in parts of the north bay and santa clara valley and then as we go into the weekend, we'll see not only the smoke in the air, but ozone as our temperatures go up on saturday and sunday.

and then it continues into labor day, as well. here's a look at our today high temperatures. we'll take it in and enjoy it as our highs reach into the upper 70s in the south bay. that's actually cooler than normal in san jose and then mid 80s for antioch and concord and up to 77 today in santa rosa. as we go into the weekend, we've been talking about how hot it is going to be and se spots anywhere from 13 to 19 degrees above normal. as you can see your microclimate and those temperatures. let's go through the seven-day forecast. mid 80s for today. 90 for tomorrow. look at those temperatures jump on saturday into the mid and upper 90s. and then peaking on sunday at 0 103 degrees. hot on labor day and in san francisco we'll see temperatures going from the 60s to up thor 7 70s by the weekend. mike, how is it looking for the commute? >> kari, we'll focus on the south bay where the speed

sensors is just little slowing near 680. surface streets and capital expressway, i'm sorry. eastbound between center. major injuries and police activity going on and an investigation. you can just go north of the alternate to capital expressway. the rest of the bay moves nicely and slowing for north 101 approaching hillsdale and that crash activity still blocks one lane. back to you. >> thanks, mike. firefighters work to get a handle here on wildfires in california, washington state is now dealing with one of their own. thousands of people are forced to evacuate from the evans canyon fire in yakima county. the out of control fire has burned more than 30,000 acres already. the cause is under investigation. making changes. coming up next on "today in the bay." the action san francisco pride leaders are taking following rising tensions with police. plus something to cheer

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response from a clash from officers and demonstrators last year but the pride community did acknowledge several efforts they took to make changes within the department. bill scott said in a statement that he is disappointed with the pride board's decision. if you're looking for a new place to rent, we have some tips for trying to make it in the bay. many landlords across the bay area are offering incentives for new renters and on a survey of apartments on zillow showed 41% of rentals in san francisco had discounts. that is up from 16% in february. while in san jose, 40% of rentals offered some sort of concession. rent across california is also down about 1% but that's compared to average rent increases of nearly 2% the previous five years. the oakland a's are back at home waiting to be cleared by the mlb to return to the diamond after someone in the organization tested positive for covid-19 over the weekend. no players have tested positive

and the goal is to return to play tomorrow. when the nfl season kicks off and 49 cheerleaders among the changes they'll follow a little different game plan this year. like most everything else, the football season will be like no other for the gold rush. team members will not travel for road games or even appear on the sideline. some members will still be at levi's doing pregame performances for a virtual audience before home games. fans will the team's home page. the season kicks off a week from today, believe it or not, when the chiefs play the texans right here on nbc bay area. football right around the corner. >> exciting times. right now at 6:00, right now at 6:00, vying for votes. >> american warriors did not defeat fascism and oppression overseas only to watch our freedoms be trampled by violent mobs here at home. >> what we want to do is we want

to heal and put things together. key battleground states take center stage on the campaign trail as tensions simmer across the country. some bay area schools now have the green light to resume in-person learning. coming up, we have a live report on what that means for students, teachers and parents. plus, a battle to stop the three complex fires burning across the bay area as firefighters race against the clock and rising temperatures. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. all right. we say continues because we've been here for you since 4:30 in the morning. glad you're joining us now. i'm laura