no layoffs have taken place. the pga is wine countryonrging for the st. croix open, considered the first in the new wraparound '20-'21. stewart cink pulled away to win by two shots. he said, well, we're doing everything possible. at that moment it's like franklin roosevelt after pearl harbor had told the american poem the truth a lot more could have been done. >> author bob woodward wrapping up an interview with the "today" show on the east coast after the release of taped interviews where the president admits to downplaying the covid crisis. all that as president trump heads to northern california today. the third hour of "today in the

bay" continues right now. a good monday morning to you. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia of i hope you managed to have a good week. we're hoping the smoke will be getting out of dodge. it will take its time getting out of here. those fires are still burning and it doesn't matter which direction the wind is coming from we're getting smoke coming from that direction. as we get a look at air quality today still remaining unhealthy. as we go into the afternoon another day to limit your time judd. we'll talk more about what's ahead in a few minutes. mike, you've been tracking a traffic alert in the east ba still going on. a crash happened, took down a power pole, power lines blocking highway 84. that's your cut through.

can you not use that windy roadway. locals may have a problem getting to 680. coming from 680 out of livermore that may be a reroute. you see the angled avenue, and then we have the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza forming just after 5:30 with the metering lights on. back to you. thanks so much, mike. 6:02 and happening today president trump making his first stop in california since the start of the devastating wildfires weeks ago. the president will visit an office near the sacramento airport. california senator and vice presidential nominee kamala harris visiting the creek fire zone in fresno today. later today joeo address the deadly wildfires an this, journalist and author bob woodward speaking out on the "today" show on the east coast this morning. as you know his latest president interview tapes are making quite a splash.

this includes the president saying he actually down played the seriousness of the coronavirus. and "today in the bay's" tracie potts has been following all of this for us. tracie, what is bob woodward saying about it this morning? >> reporter: he's speaking out live on the "today" show telling savannah guthrie that he learned a lot about what president trump knew versus what he was telling the public in the early weeks of coronavirus hitting the united states. on the "today" show woodward laid out the time line of what he learned about the president and his advisers and what the president was learning just how deadly this virus could be. >> may, three months k piece of evidence that o days before the call, the president was warned

by his national security adviser in a top-secret meeting that the virus is going to be the greatest national security threat to your presidency. >> reporter: he says the president talked about a lot of other things including the north korea threat and at the end he told the president this was going to be a tough book, that it wasn't necessarily going to be favorable to him. and in that "today" show interview, you'll see it shortly, woodward says that shortly after that conversation, about an hour and a half the president tweeted that his book was fake. >> tracie, thank you. make sure you keep it locked here on nbc bay area. you can watch the full interview with bob woodward coming up on the "today" show starting at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." it is 6:04 right now. the three bay area complex wild first that started just about a

month ago are now all reaching full containment. the fires in mendocino and butte counties are still below 30% contained. at least 12 people, sadly, have died in butte county. full containment for the scu fire in the south bay is expected by thursday. this is now the third largest fire in state history having burned nearly 400,000 acres. it damaged 150 structures. >> a lot of smoke from all of those fires still sitting like a blanket. today marks the 28th straight spare the air day. now nearly twice the old record. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live for us. and this is a place where the students there at san jose state will not be attending any of the classes in person bus of the air quality. >> reporter: san jose state, the campus, the real campus behind me, will remain closed because

of bad air quality. only faculty and certain students will be allowed. online classes will go on as scheduled. up north to cal state east bay they will be open today in spite of the bad air. in-person classes will be allowed to return. it can be a struggle to keep the dirty air out of your home. we spoke with the owner of hvac services out of hayward. he tells us he's been receiving upwards of 130 calls a day for service. one of the more popular requests, air scrubbers that filter out smoke, dust, viruses and airborne bacteria. at center hardware in san francisco there's been a run on portable air pure fires. >> it's been crazy. we've been busy with the fires and covid. you see we have some fans left, air pure firifiers we're gettink in stock this week. >> reporter: the 28th spare the air day in a row.

that is a record. we are expecting some clearing tomorrow. not clear if that means we'll be done with the spare the air days, though. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. i know a lot of people ready for that smoke to push on out of here. we'll check in with meteorologist kari hall on that. thanks, bob. well, continuing our coronavirus coverage, the bay area now has more than 93,000 confirmed cases. take a look at the screen there. you can see how your county is doing. close to 1,300 people in the bay area have died. ucla researchers seiko individual 19 may have actually been in our state even before china first announced the outbreak. in a new study that was published by the journal of medical internet research, researchers say during the last week of december southern california hospitals reported a significant number of patients with respiratory issues and

coughs. china the next week alerted the world health organization about covid. researchers say between december and february the number of people visiting the hospital for coughs actually increased by over 50%. this morning new hope for a vaccine rolling out before the end of the year. pfizer ceo saying there is a good chance the company will know by the end of october if its vaccine is effective and if the fda approves it distribution of hundreds of thousands of those doses could begin soon after. pfizer just one of three companies currently in the late stage testing. the other two are moderna and astrazeneca each announcing that it will resume trial tests after a temporary pause for safety reasons. 6:08 for you this morning and it's time to get a look at that forecast for you. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that. we're still talking about it, kari, the air quality out there very unhealthy.

>> it has been so unhealthy as we take a look at our numbers around the bay area this morning. we are seeing a lot of reds and even purples here especially in san francisco and a lot of smoke settling in. it does show some improvement as air shifts from the south as we go into the afternoon, the winds pick up. it still may be at a level that will trigger a spare the air alert day. so even though we are going to see some improvements it may still bother some people and we'll, of course, be watching out for that update from the bay area air quality management district. let's head over to you, mike, for an update on the commute. all right, kari. we'll start with the bay bridge toll plaza. that affects the largest number of drivers as we look at the toll plaza, the metering lights have been on since 5:30 and the backups there. it's still moving, though. you see visible movement, flashing lights not a concern

for folks at the toll plaza. an earlier crash in the area. and then slowing for westbound highway 4 through concord. folks travel to 242. the alert with the closure for highway 84 between sunol and free throw month. the rest of the bay shows a light drive. watch for patches of fog. back to you. >> all right, thanks so much, mike. coming up, why it's still so hard to find paper towels at the grocery store. the shortage and the likely reason why. and how about designer ppes. how much this might cost you. we'll be right back. in business news important chip news both the silicon kind and the nacho chip kind. let's take you out to new york city where everything is green

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a drink with friends can turn into two, and a prescription can be stronger than you thought. and a lot of ways to go-- text a friend, call a cab, share a ride. whatever you choose to do, go safely, california. right now it's 6:13. our microclimate weather alert continues due to spare the air and the poor air quality. if you can catch public transit, if you're on your way to the warm springs b.a.r.t. station, a cool morning and a fairly mild afternoon. we'll talk about what's ahead in the forecast coming up.

and you can do that because b.a.r.t. has more frequent trains starting today. over here, though, highway 84 no traffic flow because it's closed between sunol and fremont marking your alternate there with 680 and mission. coming off 580 travel threw dublin, take a live look at the volume with those headlights. and a good morning and a very happy monday to you. it's a very busy monday morning. a lot of deals made overnight. a huge deal made in silicon valley. nvidia said it will buy the british chip design company arm for $40 billion. arm licenses out the design of its chips to companies like apple. it's really the most important tech company in all of great britain. nvidia is a huge success story here in silicon valley. the second best stock performer on the fortune 500 in the past year.

it's now more valuable than intel. silicon in silicon valley comes from chips. oracle seems to be the winner in the bid to buy the chinese app. washington wants to force a sale. it says it's suspicious. the chinese government may have access to private info tiktok gathers. this does raise two questions, though. first, why would oracle want a teen video app. oracle is not a consumer business. it's a database company. the leaders have been supportive of donald trump. trump is the one ordering the sale. in fact, the president says washington should get a cut for forcing the sale. the second and bigger question is if the deal will satisfy the white house. this does in the sound like an outright sale. it sounds more like a partnership. the white house has set a dead

ly line for september 20th and that's next sunday. after that perhaps tiktok just shuts down. i'm sure you caught the game last night. that was great fun, or yesterday. food delivery services did pretty well. pizza was the most popular delivery. 25%. chicken wings 22%. nachos came in third. uber eats is the least expensive followed by door dash. marcus and laura, you might expect this really big jump as far as food delivery goes with football coming but so many of us are not able to go out to eat. food delivery has been doing really well. football did not cause a huge spike because they were already up there. >> a lot of people don't want to get out. thanks, scott. 6:16 for you this morning and new for you walmart launching a

new drone program for on-demand delivery of its health and wellness products. the company partnering with zip line which operates the largest drone delivery network in the world. trial runs will begin early next year. this is near walmart's headquarters in arkansas. well, if you're still having a tough time finding paper towels, not to mention the prepandemic prices it turns out you are in the alone. analysts say many people are hoarding and manufacturers are having a hard time trying to actually just keep up with demand. customers say they're not always able to find the most popular brands. some of the shortage they say has to do with the tight supply of raw materials. >> trending for you this morning a little style to protect you from the coronavirus. louis vuitton has a luxury face

shield featuring golden studs and when the visor is up it can be worn as a cap as well. now there's no word yet on the exact price but, get this, reports say that it could set you back nearly $1,000. but you know what, you don't have to pay that much for protection. take a look here. all these beautiful masks, the silkiness that contour to the face and, yes, they're all under $1,000. we can get one to you -- no. >> marcus -- hey, marcus -- >> what's that, mike? >> what was the name again? >> louis vuitton. >> oh, i have larry vuitton. >> not the same. mine is a tortilla. it's for hispanic heritage month. >> i love that.

>> if you see a tortilla coming it's this little enchilada right here. >> this one was provided by our station general manager free. look at that. >> nice. well, when you work from home you have to provide your own tortilla. >> kari, we're going to need those masks because that air quality not so great and, of course, we have to because rules say it. right. we're not the only ones dealing with all the smoke. i wanted to show you this map showing the upper level smoke that's been traveling across the country and now across the world, but notice that as we look at the smoke that's near california all the way up and down the coast it's also offshore. even if we get a stronger onshore wind flow, that still brings in more smoke. today we're looking at more of a southerly wind as it picks up at about 20 to 25 miles per hour later this evening. we still have fires burning to the south of us, so that w n ex

improvement for the day and our because of the thick smoke especially during the early morning hours keeping our temperatures warming up very quickly. as we see our high temperatures today for the inland east bay we have some mid-80s. also some mid-80s through the north bay. oakland today reaching 73. and today in san jose 78 degrees. what we need is a big shift in our weather pattern. an onshore wind flow along with more fog and a brisk wind. we know that sometimes a brisk wind can be a bad thing because it can cause those fires that are currently burning to spread. this will also bring in some higher humidity, possibly some rain to the north. that's something we'll be watching as we head to the end of the week and how it affects our fires that are currently burning. hopefully we don't get any new ones. as we lock ok at our forecast a cooldown by the end of the week. it will warm up again in time for the weekend.

mike, how is it looking heading out the door this morning? kari, we still have one distinct problem. it's been there -- i double-checked the time -- it's been there since after 11:00 last night, so over seven hours now as we look at the map, the closure for highway 84 on the right side of the tri-valley. everything on the left side is just fine. the coast, the peninsula, the south bay, in fact. between sunol and fremont, the curvy section is closed because of power lines that were taken down after a power pole was hit last night at about 11:00 just after. you can use 680 to mission or use 84 coming through the area up until sunol if you don't have to get to palomares road. the toll plaza, even though the times are fine, when you're at the toll plaza itself you do have to wait. the lights have been on since 5:30. back over to you. >> thank you, mike. covid health emergency over? well, that's what leaders in one northern california county are

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it's expected to make landfall as a category 2. more sandbagging, boarding up windows and getting out of dodge. kari hall will give us an update coming up later in the newscast. starting today people who refuse to wear facemasks on new york city subways, trains and buses will face a $50 fine. so the goal here is to convince people that mass transit is safe to ride as new york city and its suburbs open up more in the coming weeks ahead. and happening for you in new york city today. restaurants say that they have not been given any guidance or extra help to survive the pandemic. one california county ready to move on. in placer county east of chico have ended their state of emergency. now this past weekend all businesses reopened and those who do not operate under a state

license are not required to follow social distancing rules. on friday the county reported just one new case for the 400,000 people living in placer county. well, a daring rescue to show you that morning. a northern california puppy, just adorable, was rescued inside of a fire zone. >> take a look here. butte county sheriffs were up near berry creek over the weekend when one rescuer happened to spot the puppy there. take a look. t he is doing just fine and was taken to the vet for a checkup. they were able to locate his family. >> i bet that family was overjoyed. >> i bet they were. lock at that. 6:26 right now the coming up on "today in the bay," all new overnight, so sad, deadly violence in vallejo leaving a family broken. >> yeah, he was a really good

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central valley as california's battle against wild first rages on. a live report on the trip just moments away as "today in the bay" continues right now. if you're coming off a nice weekend, 6:30 right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping us updated on the traffic commute this morning. first let's start with meteorologist kari hall with a look at the forecast for us today. kari, pretty much the same with air quality? yes, it's still pretty bad. we've had unhealthy air quality and we're still seeing a lot of smoke this morning and it will continue into the afternoon. unhealthy across all of our microclimates so limit your time outside. we are starting out with a very light southerly winds. winds will pick up today. we'll talk if that will help improve our air quality coming up as well as the rest of the forecast in just a few minutes. let's head over to mike for an update on the trfk alert.

it's still there. it's been going on since after 11:00, before midmidnight. smooth drives almost everywhere. highway 84 you cannot use that to connect sunol and fremont over on the west side of 680. 680 and mission are your alternates. your traditional build through livermore and 580. the bay bridge toll plaza, i've circled the backup. concord getting lighter. i'll show you the bay bridge coming up. back to you. all right, thank you very much. we'll check back with you. 6:31. vallejo police investigating a deadly shooting inside a valero gas station convenience store. it happened a little bit before 10:00 last night on sacramento street. an unidentified man died. a woman claiming to be the victim's cousin later showed up at the scene. she says the victim was 30 years

old and had four children all under the age of 6. >> we grew up together. he was a very loving father, very doting. always had his kids. his kids just talk about daddy. >> police now confirming details about the victim but do say no arrests have been made. it's still not clear what led up to the shooting. to that breaking news happening across the state, dry and windy conditions are fueling 29 wildfires burning as president trump is set to visit. the death toll now stands at 24 so far this year and several are still missing. so far this year at least 3 million acres have burned an area about the size of the state of connecticut. let's go live to "today in the bay's" kris sanchez to tell us what the president's visit will entail when he arrives here very soon. >> reporter: well, hi there, laura and marcus. the president is going to be

visiting the emergency operation center in sacramento. that's where cal fire is launching a lot of their big wildfire fighting aircraft to try to tamp down on some of the fires burning here in the west. the president has been criticized for not addressing the latest round of devastating wildfires burning in california in the time since they started. his press secretary reminds critics trump did approve a may skror d major disaster declaration. scott mcgrew is talking about that. the president had previously said that wildfire risk is related to forest management. democratic presidential nominee joe biden is expected to point to climate change as the overriding factor in wildfires today. his running mate, kamala harris, talking with raj mathai, will visit the creek fire zone in

fresno, the fire that trapped camp ers and required military rescue. it's just heartbreaking to see. my husband on assignment for nbc news got this video in phoenix, oregon, one of the towns just decimated by wildfire. it looks lick coffey park did. as we know here in the bay area so many people are still working to rebuild two years after that firestorm. so definitely both the president and democratic presidential hopeful joe biden will have to address not just the wildfires happening now but the ongoing support for people trying to rebuild years later. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> a lot of people just losing everything. kris, thank you. 6:34 for you this morning and some hopeful news. the two l.a. county sheriff's

deputies shot are expected to survive. the department leaders say both are now out of surgery. new security video we're not going to show you that morning actually shows the gunman walking up to the parked patrol car and opening fire at point blank range. that gunman takes off running. a $100,000 reward is now being offered to track down that shooter. one deputy, a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy. the other a 24-year-old man. both have been on the job just over a year. well, a word of solidarity from san jose police chief eddie garcia. he tweeted out, we stand with our brothers and sisters from the los angeles county sheriff's department. we are praying for a full recovery. >> very sad. four highway patrol officers are recovering this morning after a potentially hazardous situation. bridge. so the officers and three bridge employees were exposed to an unknown chemical after a crash

yesterday involving a dui suspect near the toll plaza. the chp says the driver was found unconscious and there was a white powdery substance in the car. for a time they believed it could have been fentanyl. shortly after the responders began feeling the effects of some sort of possible exposure. crews did not find traces of fentanyl and don't know what the chemical was. everyone is supposed to be okay this morning. certainly across the bay area we've all been feeling the effects of all the smoke in the air. this is a live look from san francisco this morning. everybody is looking for a break including the firefighters. they especially have been battling these wildfires that have been causing all this smoke. today, kari, you say today is not the day we're going to get that break? >> we're not going to see any improvement in our air quality today. we should be seeing the sun rising this morning at this point as we take a live look outside in dublin. it's just covered with smoke and

our temperatures have been cooler. that's been working in their favor. as we look at our temperatures throughout today we make it into the mid-70s and some spots into the mid-80s in parts of the east bay as well as the north bay. we'll talk more about our air quality and when we may see some improvement in the forecast coming up. mike, what's the update on the morning commute? well, we need to show the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights have been on since 5:30. it's slow because of the lights. we've constantly seen at least a little bit of movement over there getting into the toll m plaza off the maze. tougher to see some areas. we see the highlighted yellow on the maps as well and the spots i've shown slowing for concord, west highway 4. no big drama there. the big drama is in the tri-valley where we still have the closure since last night before midnight. this is highway 84 at palomares.

power lines are down. they cut off sunol and fremont. you'll use 680 and mission as your alternates to get around the area. the rest of the bay shows a smooth, lighter drive. back to you. >> thanks, mike. scarlet and gold fans feeling the blues this morning. the niners had a big loss at home yesterday. so what happened? we'll hear from jimmy g. next. president trump says he's taking coronavirus very seriously, but he also held an indoor rally against nevada rules. we'll take a look coming up. and next what's reopening today in san francisco and how it's expected to boost the city's largest industry. >> reporter: we are back on b.a.r.t. for season two of "derailed." in our last season we showed you how b.a.r.t. has a history of being one of the most dangerous transportation systems in the country. now taking you onboard again to show you how the transit agency

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ret now at 6:41 our microclimate weather continues. over to antioch for your morning commute and lunch hour. we'll see temperatures in the upper 50s. a lot of smoke continues today, so grab that lunch and head back

inside. we'll talk about all of our microclimates and when we could see improvement in our air quality coming up. we were hoping for improvement for highway 84 but it's still closed between sunol and fremont. a crash in palomares. some fog registering there. the yellow highlighting despite a build in san jose, no problem on the maps. a live look shows 101 seeing more traffic. i am watching that. back to you. thanks so much. top stories we're covering this morning, this is a day many san francisco businesses have been waiting for finally allowed to reopen. >> "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live to show us which are getting relief as part of the latest reopening phase. cierra? >> reporter: yes, good morning. and it is a good morning for thousands of business owners here in the city that have really been waiting for this news for months. mayor london breed announced

that today is the day several industries can reopen. one of the most notable hotels who, as you can imagine, have been struggling since this pandemic began because of the stay-at-home order. now hotels aren't the only industry able to reopen today. the lists include hair and nail salons, massage parlors, hotels, gyms, churches for individual prayer and outdoor family entertainment centers like mini golf and batting cages. now the reopenings come with restrictions. capacity will be limited and all of those services and visits will need to be done with everyone wearing masks. now this is big news for the barbers and those hairstylists. for weeks we've shown you the rallies and protests with the stylists asking to reopen on the inside. for many they were allowed to do hair outside, it was a concern because there was limited outdoor space and most recently that poor air quality made it really difficult for them to do their jobs. so big news for those able to

open. mayor london breed looking ahead to what we can expect in a week. september 21st, next monday, she's saying that elementary schools may be the next to reopen along with some of those museums, zoos, and aquariums. really just forging ahead. we want everyone to do so safely. we're live in san francisco. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> all right, cierra, thank you. we know the reopening, the easing of restrictions can be confusing for you but we have you covered. you can head over to nbcbayarea.com and see what's open and when. it is 6:44. decision 2020 and ahead of the election defensemen contracmocr republicans need to work together to keep the government open. >> that deadline a few weeks away. >> yes, the end of the month. we've all been given up hope congress will come up with some sort of coronavirus stimulus

bill, another one there, but we are fairly certain they're going to be able to keep the government open. we know speaker pelosi and the secretary of the treasury, mnuchin, are talking on a deal to fund the government. there have been two previous shutdowns including the longest one ever at 35 days. president trump defied nevada's rules that said no more than 50 people can gather in a spot and held an indoor rally in henderson, nevada. those rules based on white house guidelines. mr. trump's been defending his record on coronavirus saying he's always taken it seriously. the governor there called the rally reckless. nationwide 1,986 americans who were alive on friday are not alive this morning, dead from covid-19. president trump on sunday signed an executive order that forces drug companies to set the price for medicines it sells our government to be the same as the price they sell to other governments. this video of a similar signing

in july. some conservatives voiced opposition because it doesn't allow the u.s. government to negotiate price, a capitalist approach. instead, it lets other countries set prices for america. just a few minutes ago we learned that shares in oracle have been halted trading on wall street. we think it might have something to do with the news over the weekend that oracle wants to partner or buy tiktok. this is very strange days indeed as far as oracle and tiktok goes. hard to say why oracle, a database company, would want a teenage video app. we're waiting on news for that. president trump has been encouraging the sale of tiktok to oracle. so we'll be tweeting about that. you can follow me on twitter @scottmcgrew. >> yeah, oracle up over $2 over this morning when it was halted at $59. election mailer drawing

criticism in california urging people to vote early. the sacramento county leaders say it may be going overboard because it tells people to request an absentee ballot at least 15 days ahead of the election and to add a postage stamp if necessary. in california all registered voters will receive a mailed ballot and postage is not required. the 49ers have some work to do. their season opening loss to the cardinals couldn't quite come up big when it really mattered. the game played out at levi's despite bad air quality and when arizona scored a touchdown with five minutes left, the niners had to answer with a td. jimmy g. drove them but could not convert on fourth down. jimmy g. not giving up hope just yet. >> not the way we wanted to start the season. there were some positives. the consistency for our offense i think just needs to improve. >> the nfl tried to signal a new

era along with the new season allowing players to openly protest before the game. in some cases teams stayed in the locker room during the anthem. and before each game a performance of "lift every voice and sing" plays. many consider this the black national anthem. it's 6:48. i hope jimmy g. knows we still support them even though they lost the first one. >> there's always the next one. >> we're here for you, jimmy. >> i'm sure jimmy has full support. let's get a look at the forecast for you this morning. kari, we saw that the air quality during the game not so great and still continuing today. yeah, we still have really bad high numbers of particulate matter in the air. we've seen the worst of it in san francisco this morning where the numbers are a little over 200 and you need a number over 100 for a spare the air alert

day. we have this continuing for today but we are looking at some improvement as we go into the next couple of days. the winds will shift out of the south and also pick up with some of those gusts at about 20 to 25 miles per hour. you can see how we go from red today for all of our microclimates to yellow which means if you have breathing problems this may still bother you but it may still be above the threshold for the bay area. air quality management district still calling a spare the air alert day. we're waiting for that news. as we lock look at what we need, we know that with higher winds sometimes that can fan the flames of those fires that are already burning around california. this will bring in more of a westerly wind but it will bring in some much-needed higher humidity and maybe even some rain farther to the north.

while we have fires they're dealing with a tropical system in the gulf. it's just to the south of the florida panhandle. this will be moving in just to the east of new orleans over the next couple of days as a possible category 1 hurricane. so sally will definitely be watched as we go into the next 24 hours and we'll, of course, have more updates on that. as we bring you back home your seven-day forecast, temperatures in the mid-80s through the inland areas. check out friday, a slight cooldown. that's when the storm system moves to the north of us. it will heat up quickly by the weekend and the upper 80s. and in san francisco we have some 70s in the forecast for much of the workweek. mike, you've been watching a traffic alert going on all morning long. still watching it, kari. we don't really have an update. haven't any new news since about 5:00 in the morning. it's highway 84 still closed. power lines taken down close to the roadway after a car hit a

power pole. highway 84 at palomares. now the canyon area is cut off right now. you'll use 680 and mission. folks in and out of livermore, highway 84 not a problem. altamont has been steady all morning. you notice the highlighted orange areas the tri-valley, also parts of the south bay and along the peninsula where our index is reporting some lower visibility. a live look shows you highway 101 -- sorry, highway 92 over to 101. the san mateo bridge shows the low clouds. it's all right for the drivers. trust me, it's still there. >> good to know, mike. thanks. happening now for you israel will implement a nationwide coronavirus lockdown. the country is now dealing with 4,000 new cases a day. that lockdown will start friday and will include the jewish new year, israel the first to impose a lockdown on a national level,

banning more than ten people congregating indoors and closing schools, shopping centers and travel limited to half a mile from the home. coming up next a look at the top stories we're covering for you on this monday morning including president trump making his first visit to california since the start of the raging wildfires. where you can expect to see him today. plus, an update on the progress firefighters are making and the impact the smoke continues to have on the bay area. it's 6:52. you're watching "today in the bay." floor and decor is now open for safe shopping

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welcome back. 6:55. a quick look at the top stories we're following. >> that includes president trump's visit to northern california. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is following a look at his agenda. kris? >> reporter: hi there, laura and marcus. the president will visit the cal fire emergency operation center near sacramento today, and he's take wildfires until this past weekend, three weeks since they critics trump did approve a major disaster declaration back on august 14th. he will arrive in california fresh off an indoor campaign rally in nevada that scott mcgrew has been telling you about, and that is stoking coronavirus concerns. the president has previously

said that wildfire risk is largely related to forest management, but today democratic presidential nominee joe biden is expected to point to climate change as the overriding factor today. his running mate, kamala harris, talking with nbc bay area's raj mathai, will visit the creek fire zone in fresno. you'll remember that is the wildfire that trapped so many families who were camping, and they required military rescue. we are covering all of this for you and will have the latest at 11:00 during our midday news. >> thank you, kris. you can see that exclusive interview with journalist and author bob woodward coming up on the "today" show. that's in just minutes at 7:00 right after "today in the bay." the three bay area complex wildfires that started just about a month ago are now reaching full containment. while the fires are still below 30% containment lines. full containment for the scu

fire in the south bay is expected this thursday. it burned nearly 400,000 acres. all that smoke continues to be a huge problem. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in downtown san jose. san jose state will remain closed toe, i understand. >> reporter: because of the bad air quality. only certain faculty and students will be allowed here. north of here cal state, east bay comparison will be open today, their campus, both online and in person. it can be a struggle to keep this dirty air out of your home. we spoke with the owner of heating and air hvac services. they've been receiving 130 calls a day for service. one of the more popular requests air scrubbers. at center hardware in the dog patch neighborhood of san francisco there's been a run on portable air purifiers.

>> it's been crazy. we've been busy with the fires and busy with covid. we have some fans left. air purifiers we're getting back in stock this week. >> reporter: today is another spare the air day, the 28th in a row, a new record. we are expecting some cloeearin tomorrow. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." speaking of the air quality, bob, an outside look at those conditions across the bay area. you can see it there. again, this marks the 28th spare the air alert day, nearly doubling that old record. kari hall has been tracking that. we can see the effects as we step outside. >> absolutely. this is a look at our air quality. more unhealthy air today. we've seen our temperatures a little bit cooler and we've seen, also, a shift in the wind. our temperatures come up slightly by the end of the week.

we are going to have a cooldown on friday before more warm air comes in for the weekend. san francisco trending into the 70s for much of the middle of this workweek. mike, you've been tracking the alert. how does it look for the commute? still there, kari, the closure for highway 84, the connection between sunol and fremont. at palomares an overnight crash took down lines close to the roadway. mission boulevard is an alternate to or from the fremont area between fremont and sunol. the highlighted orange there and other patches around the bay is where the fog is a little bit thicker. the bay bridge toll plaza we see the fog but we don't see the backup anymore. it's very light.day" show is up.

a smoky san francisco there. a big boost to tourtourism. have a great morning. good morning breaking news. dual disasters new fires exploding in the west. the death toll growing dozens missing air quality becoming more toxic by the day and in the south, sally strengthens and targets the gulf coast. >> we do need people to take this storm system very seriously. louisiana to florida and al is tracking it all. all the rage new recordings emerge overnight from bob woodward's explosive new book about the president and the pandemic >> nothing more could have been