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atmospheric process gas. may see some improvements in the mars has long been considered forecast. the best candidate in the solar i'll have more on that coming up in a few minimum. system beyond earth to have mike, how is it looking for the early morning drive? well, kari, for the earlier hosted life. check out this drone video, than now drive it was great. we have the backup forming at it's fascinating, 10,000 ducks the bay bridge toll plaza. taking over a rice crop field in metering lights are not registering on yet. off the 880 overcrossing the two thailand. after rice is harvested the areas are slowing and the side birds devour pests like snails lanes are filling in over the that are hiding in the rice last couple of minutes. i think the lights are turning stubble. on right now. this is a way of raising ducks a look at the map, the arrow in rice growing areas, a very shows you that area. heading away from the bay bridge long tradition. south 880 jams up to 23rd. they call it field chasing that construction crew scheduled ducks. to pick up by 6:00 but they're fascinating. they're hungry. still not out of there from what it's 6:00 right now and happening now, oh, tainted by i can tell. that will cause you slowing. the smoke, i think we all have the rest of the bay starts to it in our lungs these days, as we wait for clearing skies. ease up. new long-lasting impacts start back to you. to emerge from the onslaught of >> thanks so much, mike. a live look at the bay area smoky skies. we'll have a live report next on smoky skies. the warning from the key bay today is the 29th straight spare area industry as well. the air alert day. >> as firefighters try to make and check out this morning's
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more progress bay area leaders headline in the "l.a. times." try to fast track new help for west coast cities leading the the victims of recent fires. world in the worst air quality. details on that plus today's san francisco is number three. visit to the fire zone by portland taking the top spot. senator kamala harris. >> and all new for you that morning that smoke is not just and cover up or pay up. bad for your lungs but may be berkeley considering fines for covid rule breakers. a look at who the rules are meant to target the most as the bad for the pinot. third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. wine growers in the middle of the harvest. bob? >> reporter: marcus, the threat that's right, we're here for you of so-called smoke taint on the starting at 4:30 in the morning. grapes here behind me is a real 6:00 right now. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. concern for wine makers in napa >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping his eye on the and sonoma and livermore. commute. we must start with meteorologist we spoke with steven and he says kari hall. if enough smoke gets on his kari, smoke, pollution something we're talking about. grapes and permeates the skin, the wine can end up tasting like yes, and we're not the only what he describes as an acrid, ones seeing it. all of this smoke across the smoky, lick the bottom of the west has made its way across the ashtray type of flavor. the scu fire burned miles away country. just re-tweeted someone in connecticut showing the sunrise from his vineyard. with a lot of our wildfire smoke
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as we look at what we're expecting today, another they are waiting on test results unhealthy day across all but we from a lab to see if the grapes were affected by that smoke. the problem is the laboratories is backlogged with so many test requests from other winemakers he won't get the results in time so he must go through with the harvest of his grapes, make his wine and find out three years later whether or not his grapes suffered from smoke taint. >> if there are issues, we don't know this, it's like baking a cake for the queen of england and you don't know whether it was salt or sugar you put in the cake. we really won't know until the product is finished. >> reporter: the laboratories tells us the smoke may be transitory and could be none at all. they don't think the smoke would affect an entire vintage in any of the wine growing regions. for steven mirassou, this is a
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first for him in his 25 years of making wine. he reiterates he doesn't know if his wines are affected. if it was, he wouldn't be putting it out on the market. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> one of those wait-and-see situations. thanks for the latest, bob. 6:05. happening today observing leaders will debate opening more clean air centers. over the weekend people could escape the smoke and the heat at places including the diamond library. people are asked to follow social distancing rules if they do enter. a look at the impacts statewide from what has now been a month full of wildfires. some say it feels like a full year. right now there are at least 26 fires burning across the state. 3.2 million acres have burned. at least 2 dozen deaths are linked statewide. more people are missing. happening today for you napa
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county supervisors discuss fast tracking a relief plan to help recent lnu wildfire victims. supervisors will discuss authorizing hotel stays longer than 30 days and new price gouging protections for czu fire victims. and san mateo county leaders plan to hold and honor first responders for their acts of he roism. the scu fire may be fully contained by as early as thursday. and you can actually view the size of these fires and see how they compare to the size of your own city. we have all of the tools to let you see how this all works on our website. visit nbcbayarea.com. rule breakers facing fines as the fight to slow the spread of covid-19 and protect others continues. one east bay city is looking to
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crack down on people not wearing masks. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live in berkeley where there's a vote taking place today. good morning, cierra. >> reporter: yes, good morning. i'm here at cal berkeley where school is in full session. as an extra level of responsibility for the city to not only keep students but those residents safe. so today members of city council will look to vote on an ordinance that would allow the city to enforce the orders of the health officer, in this case, you fines for those not wearing masks or following those health orders. the council meeting comes as students at cal have documented those not doing their part to slow the spread and stay safe on campus. some students have recorded classmates heading to parties in large groups. another has gone as far as even creating an instagram account to document the behavior. but the proposed ordinance looks to address those $100 will
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be issued for not wearing a mask or following social distancing, and that fine would increase for those repeating the behavior. one cal student says she frequently sees classmates not taking the pandemic seriously. >> not a lot of mass beks, peop are walking into fraternity houses. >> reporter: the city of berkeley is reporting seven people are getting infected daily. a spokesperson says this semester they've received 24 reports of covid-related violations allegedly happening on campus and off campus housing. now if passed berkeley with join several other municipalities like contra costa, napa and sonoma counties for enforcing mask or health ordinance violation fines. cierra johnson forday in the bay." >> all right, thanks for the latest there, cierra. the smoky air, a's players not happy about playing in seattle last night.
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take a look at the air at t-mobile park. the air quality index was above 250, very unhealthy. oakland starting pitcher told reporters after the first game he was gasping for air. >> i'm a healthy 22-year-old. i shouldn't be gasping for air. >> the a's beat the mariners, 9-0, after losing the first game. but that particulate in the air is so fine and it's really dangerous for your lungs. >> absolutely. you think you're going to get away from here and the air quality we're dealing with here, you go there and it's the same thing, kari. yeah, but they're going to be heading the road to travel and play against the colorado rockies, so they should see improved air quality there as we are still dealing with all of the smoke here as we take a live look outside in dublin. as we go into today, the next couple of days, it's still going
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to be smoky. there should be improvements down the line. we've had cooler temperatures and today it will reach into the mid to upper 70s by 2:00 in the afternoon. so a slightly warmer day. we'll talk about what's ahead in the forecast. mike, what's going on with the commute? a number of changes over the last 10 to 15 minutes, kari. we'll look at the bay bridge toll plaza. one is the metering lights indeed registered on. just as we're giving the last report we saw that backup forming. the metering lights are on. that should be better news for the span. and then down the decline into san francisco. more grown heading across west 80. circles, all red and all green. that construction also cleared in oakland. great news there. there was a car fire that had vasco road closed for a couple minutes south out of brentwood that has reopened. we'll talk more about that coming up. back to you.
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>> sounds good. thank you, mike. marcus, as we've seen californians are really turning around that covid curve. that means more businesses are reopening now. what about the happiest place on earth? coming up all new details we're learning about disneyland's possible reopening along with other popular amusement parks. apple definitely not reopening its big even. they're going to have a virtual event as they announce new things. out to the futures board this morning, wall street moving higher. lots of tech ipos on the way.
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right at 6:13, a few more clouds moving by and we are going to start out with those temperatures mostly in the upper 50s and low 60s. it will be slightly warmer this after afternoon. we'll talk about what's ahead in our air quality forecast and a look ahead to the weekend. kari, we're looking over at the tri-valley where things look standard for the altamont pass and for sunol. as folks areut vasco taking you over half an hour down through the earlier area where there was a car fire now clear
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cleared. it's just slower than you might expect. good morning and a very happy tuesday to you. it feels sometimes like the world is burning down around us. more high tech firms are promising action on climate change. facebook is joining google in promising not just being car gone neutral which you can do by paying some money out but being carbon negative by using green energy. facebook says they will be green this year. facebook is trying to push back against its own users who spread climate denial or even conspiracy theories about why so much of california and oregon and washington are on fire. the company calls it the climate science information center. it's not going to create statements from op-ed articles or politicians. president trump assurance those around him as he visited california the climate would get
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cooler. he didn't explain why he thought that or why it would happen. we'll talk more about that as we talk politics in about half an hour. here is something heating up for you, though, the ipo market, the number of companies debuting on the stock market this week alone. some funny names. jay frog, sumo logic, snowflake. snowflake in san mateo could be worth as much as $30 billion. wall street seems to be over some of the jitters it had last week though, remember, historically september is always rough on stocks. energy stocks as people use less oil as the nowhere soon. 583 people died from coronavirus. apple usually has an event to show off iphones. the company is holding a virtual event today. they need a 5g phone.
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no 5g so far. today's event will be about ipads and the watch, improvements to things we've seen before. ro as we were seeing earlier a lot has changed since the early days of apple events. people used to line up to get the latest advice. now they're just shipped to your house the day of the release. with the coronavirus situation you don't have the in-person events any longer as well. it will be interesting moving forward, marcus and laura, whether we'll have these big, giant events even when we do have a solution to the pandemic. back to you. >> we shall see. a lot of people want to move forward and that includes california theme parks. they're demanding guidelines to planned, six flags and universalnow the california att and parks association is creating its own plans to reopen but they need the green light from the state. the plan includes limiting the number of park goers requiring face coverings and, of course,
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social distancing. trending this morning if you feel like during this pandemic your life is getting flip turned upside-down. >> we're going to tell you how you can become the next fresh prince of bel air. ♪ looked at my kingdom i was finally there to sit on my throne as the prince of bel air ♪ >> yeah, will smith opening up the classic '90s tv show to an airbnb stay. oh, yes. we checked this morning. it seems it is all booked up. the cost $30 a night to celebrate the show's 30th anniversary. while staying there guests have several perks including playing basketball in will's room while wearing air jordans. i looked that up. it's just a wing of the mansion that you get to stay in. the will wing. >> oh, just cool. 6:18. time to
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forecast and what we can expect from the weather. meteorologist kari hall has been keeping track of all of that. kari, stepping outside today still may be an issue for people with the air quality. yeah, we do still have bad air quality for the south bay especially as we get a live look outside, starting out with that smoke once again settling in during the early hours where we have the inversion where the air is pushed down as the air qua quality has been bad. heading to lunch time if you're planning on heading out for a little while, it's going to be in the mid-70s as we take a look at what we're expecting in concord and livermore and going into the afternoon we'll see the temperatures near the coastline staying in the 60s while we'll see some 80s in spots like napa as well as parts of the inland east bay, antioch, 83 degrees. then going into this evening, a little bit more of a breezy wind still coming in from the south. but our temperatures start to cool off later tonight and fog
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returns to the coastline. and then as we look at our wind speed forecast, the winds have been picking up, but a southerly wind is just bringing in wildfire smoke from the south and northerly wind brings in wildfire smoke from the north. what we need is a brisk westerly wind and even over the ocean we've had some smoke but we are looking at -- it's looking stronger enough with the approach of this storm system that could help improve our air quality at least going into the weekend. this could also bring in some rain to the pacific northwest. and for the end of the weekend for us it's going to bring in some slightly cooler temperatures. we lock at our five-day forecast for the air quality and once again it's unhealthy today and still moderate tomorrow. but then look at the yellow colors that we have here as those sensors start to possibly pick up on less of that smoke in the air going from thursday into friday as well as saturday. so as we look at our seven-day forecast our inland areas some
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of our warmest spots will only be in the 70s by the end of the week and some breezy winds. san francisco staying in the 60s over the next few days. mike, how is it looking heading out the door right now? it's actually looking better now than half an hour ago, kari. we had road crews in observing and concord, walnut creek. look at the map, we see a lot of green. that's good stuff. we'll take you out to the bay bridge toll plaza. we're going to jump all over the place looking at the map, a smooth flow of traffic as we look to the tri-valley. vasco road reopened. it still takes you about a half hour out of brentwood down to 580. the bay bridge toll plaza has seen buildup. the middle lanes are still moving. that's better than some tuesdays at 6:21. >> thanks, mike. >> getting busy out there. up next this morning breaking news and the settlement reached in the death of breonna taylor at the hands of louisville police officers.
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plus, the west coast battles wildfires and smoke, the gulf coast bracing for a slow moving hurricane. her name is sally. a live lock at biloxi, mississippi. up next the new time line on when sally will strike. and nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: he needed warranty work but the shop was closed due to covid-19. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. give you my world ♪
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welcome back. 6:25 for you. breaking right now the city of louisville has reached a settlement with bre onna taylors family. our nbc affiliate says the city will pay a seven figure sum. taylor died in march when officers broke into an apartment with a no-knock search warrant in connection with a drug investigati investigation. the agreement will be one of the largest in its history. the attorney general now investigating that shooting. happening now, hurricane sally inching towards the gulf coast. right now the slow moving storm is expected to make landfall late tomorrow as a category 2. the current path could take it anywhere from louisiana to the florida panhandle. residents are filling up sandbags, boarding up, and
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stocking up to prepare. >> lights might go out. just to be on the safe side. >> the storm surge could reach 11 feet and some areas could see a foot and a half of rain. nbc bay area responds to a south bay driver who had trouble getting warranty service on his car thanks to covid-19. >> he asked consumer investigator chris chmura and his team for help. >> reporter: good morning. luis walker called us about his 2017 lincoln he bought from carmax in free month in february right before the pandemic started. he says the suv's front end began drifting out of alignment and the sun roof would get stuck. the car came with a 90 day warranty good until may. because stores were closed early in the pandemic carmax says it provided a 60-day extension. that took the warranty to july.
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he says carmax didn'trepairs. we contacted carmax. his warranty. mr. walker's concerns are important to us and we are willing to extend to august 15th to allow time to partner with the store. luis wrote us and said, book, that's what i'm talking about. a mercury dealer did the work and invoiced carmax $1,599.76, of which luis paid zero. thank you, chris. senator harris heads today to the fire zones in california. as president trump's comments on climate change goes viral. a live report on the battle over science next. and should i wash my car? when do i wash my car? is ash bad for the paint? well, we'll answer all those questions up next.
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i wish science agreed with you. >> i don't think science knows actually. right now at 6:30 polar opposites. president trump denies the impact of climate change while joe biden calls him, quote, a climate arsonist. but where does that bitter divide leave californians. senator harris visits fire zones today. plus, brand-new details on how pg&e's error may have cost
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people in the middle of a heat wave. the latest services to get back to business in the east bay this week. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good, terrific tuesday on this tuesday morning. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. we want to check in with kari. the air improving overnight? yes. still smoky in the east bay. take a look at these numbers because we are seeing yellow sensors which means if you have breathing problems this air may still bother you. for a healthy person it's not as much of a problem. way too much red here. higher levels of pollution in parts of the east bay as well as the soit bay. i'll be monitoring this throughout the day. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for the
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morning commute? it's not looking bad. the backup is there filling in all lanes. you notice there's good, steady movement for those middle lanes and that's always a great thing at 6:32 in the morning. no surprises. the highlighted yellow and slowing out of vallejo. off the castro valley wide and the build under where it says mill milpitas. i'm checking on a crash. back to you. thank you, mike. it's 6:32. a live look outside in oakland where the historic spare the air alert has been extended threw tomorrow. this marks 29 days today. the straight days, the longest span we've seen of spare the air
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days. some people just feel trapped in their homes right now desperate to exercise and get out. experts say it will do more harm than good. if you believe exercise outweighs the risk, here is one doctor's advice. >> it's the equivalent of smoking a pack or half a pack of cigarettes in a day going out into this air. >> you will feel it. going outside means you're inhaling ultra fine particles. an n95 mask can block the majority of those particles from getting in your lungs but even then 5% can still get through. >> good information to know. pg&e is reportedly citing a misstep during the rolling blackouts in mid-augment they never impacted the bay area thanks to efforts to conserve energy. "the chronicle" reports they mistakenly had a plant scale back when it meant to tell a smaller plant to wind up to full capacity. that misstep reduced power
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capacity by less than 1% at the highest point of usage. pg&e had that issue cleared up in less than 30 minutes. santa rosa police investigating a deadly double shooting. a man aged 24 shot in the head and died. another man was shot in the arm. first responders found them in their bullet riddled car near a behavioral help care center. police believe it started as a gun battle. anyone with information should call santa rosa police. san will he and droe police officer due in court to answer to charges tied to a deadly shooting in a walmart. two weeks ago prosecutors filed charges against officer jason fletcher in connection with the death of steven taylor in april. it shows fletcher holding a baseball bat in the store. less than 40 seconds passed from the time fletcher arrived to
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when he tased taylor and ultimately shot him. fletcher will be arraigned on a charge of voluntary manslaughter. san jose councilmembers discuss tense conversations between police and protesters in the days after the death of george floyd. new body cam video tied to the protest and aprovided cites off inexperience with large crowds for the chaotic response. and arguments heat up over wildfires and climate change. this is after a visit to california from president trump. and today that issue remains in the spotlight as democratic presidential nominee kamala harris visits the fire zone in fresno county. that's where so many people were rescued. kris sanchez coming in this morning. i know this is one of those areas where president trump and biden campaigns really disagree.
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>> reporter: sometimes you go to the ballot box and there's not much difference. this time there is. president trump talking about forest management and denying climate change in addressing the devastating wildfires that have killed 24 people in our state and decimated entire communities. the sacramento airport. governor newsom was there, too, as the president down played the role of climate change and the extreme weather contributing to the wildfires. the president said without evidence that the warming planet will cool eventually and, quote, the science doesn't know. he focused on forest management. but in california nearly 60% of forests are federal land. >> when you have years of leaves, dried leaves on the ground, it just sets it up as a fuel for a fire. >> the west is literally on fire.
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and he blames the people whose homes and communities are burning. he says, quote, you've got to clean your floors. you have to clean your forests. >> reporter: today biden's running mate, kamala harris, will spend time in fresno. her camp says she's going to focus on the victims who have lost so much but that climate change interaction will continue to be a talker today. noaa records climate change reports the northern hemisphere just had the hottest summer on record. ever. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, kris. have you had your car out at all? you've probably seen it, thick ash from the wildfires coating your vehicle. don't leave it on too long. it can damage your paint. they recommend you don't brush
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it off. it has the potential it damage the paint or scratch it up. we could probably use a good rain. maybe some clearing skies air wise, kari? i think a lot of people will be packing up the car washes. as we start out with our temperatures we're still seeing a lot of smoke and the smoke will linger today. temperatures will trend more into the upper 70s with high temperatures here while we will see mid-80s in the lower 80s. we'll talk about the improvements and the air quality and why that will happen coming up in a few minute. mike, how is it looking as folks get ready to head out the door? ash in san jose. the traffic flowing up to the
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crash reported at oakland road. some slowing here. brake tapping. we show the arrow so, again, the crash should be clearing the next few, i believe. the rest of your bay shows a nice easy drive getting to the bay bridge where metering lights are on. thanks, mike. let's head to the tri-valley where today in the bay's bob redell is tracking those conditions. >> reporter: another spare the air day. the impact the smoke is having on the grapes here in wine country. the two candidates for president have very different ideas about science. we'll expand upon that. let's take up out to the big board this morning moving higher. a lot of tech ipos this week as well.
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traveling across the country. it looks like today we're still dealing with this very unhealthy air quality as that smoke settles down to the ground. we'll talk about an incoming storm system that could change our pattern coming up in a few minutes. a new crash on the nimitz. you see a little bit more slowing heading to the dumbarton bridge and from there actually from san leandro past the scene down to our camera near the fremont/milpitas border traffic moving smoothly. they're going to open up the express lanes through the area for tolls starting october 2nd, marcus. >> all right, thank you, mike. . let's check this out, this "l.a. times." west coast cities lead the world in the worst air quality. los angeles number three. portland takes the top spot. all new this morning the
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smoke not just bad for our lungs but maybe bad for wine as well. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from livermore to explain the growing concerns for winemakers right in the middle of the harvest, bob. >> reporter: correct. it's called smoke taint and the threat of smoke taint is a real concern for winemakers in napa, sonoma and livermore. we spoke with steven mirassou here in livermore. he says if enough smoke gets on his grapes and permeates the skin, the wind can end up, in his word, an acrid, smoky, lick the bottom of the ashtray kind of flavor. even though the scu fire burned several miles away from his vineyard there was smoke and ash that blew through here. mirassou is waiting on test results to see if his grapes were affected. the problem is ets laboratories is backlogged with so many
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requests, mirassou won't get the results in time so will have to harvest his grapes, make his wine and find out three or four years from now whether his grapes suffered from smoke taint. >> it's like baking a kcake for the queen of england. you bake the cake and you don't know whether it was sal or sugar you put in the cake. we really won't know until the product is finished. >> reporter: ets laboratories tells us the smoke may be transitory and little if none at all. ets doesn't think the smoke would affect an entire vintage in any of the wine growing regions. for steven mirassou this is a first for him in makiing steven kent wines. he doesn't know if his were affected. if it was, he wouldn't be putting it out on the
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staying in the tri-valley as we continue our weeklong series on black businesses fighting to make it in the bay, we raise a glass to the bay area's storied wine industry. no shortage of reds and whites but it is rare that a person creating them is black. we'll meet the livermore winemaker working to change the perceptions one glass at a time. be sure to watch that story coming up for you right here on nbc bay area tonight at 6:00. moving on to decision 2020 from wildfires to coronavirus the election will be a question of science. >> scott mcgrew, the candidates have very different ideas about what science tells us. >> yeah, very different. just this week we heard accusations the white house tried to alter scientific data coming out of the cdc about
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coronavirus. the spokesperson michael caputo accused of sedition. the president says patriotic for americans to wear masks but we rarely see him or his supporters wearing masks. he held a rally indoors in henderson, nevada, despite state rules that said he couldn't. the city of henderson will fine the company that hosted this rally. the two candidates trump and biden have very different thoughts on climate change and the fires consuming the west as well. >> we know he won't listen to the experts or treat this disaster with the urgency it demands. as any president should do during a national emergency. >> it you just watch. >> i wish science agreed with you.ly. >> president trump has criticized california for mismanaging the forests saying
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we need to rake more leaves. in august saying, quote, you have to clean your floors. you have to clean your forests. much of the fires are federal forests and not state forests. the bob woodward book "rage" comes out tomorrow, 18 interviews with the most famous reporter arguably in all of the world. trump's son-in-law jared kushner will be on the "today" show at 7:00 presumably to push back against some of the claims made in the book right after "today in the bay." an important thing at the white house today the leaders of bahrain and the uae and israel will gather together to sign the abraham accord. we haven't seen the text but this is the normalization of the two arab countries and their relationship with israel. technically it doesn't go into effect until the israeli parliament okays it. it's a big deal. the president confirming
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something he denied that he wanted to assassinate syria's bashir al assad. we'll talk that on twitter. you can find me @scottmcgrew. the sheriff fears more deputies will come under attack after saturday's ambush. surveillance video showing what happened after those deputies were shot. both are expected to survive. investigators are looking for two people, the gunman and a possible getaway driver. that reward has grown to $175,000. also developing right now in southern california, firefighters having a hard time holding the line with the bobcat fire. the fire has burned more than 38,000 acres and started nine days ago in the angeles national forest. hundreds of homes are evacuated in areas surrounding santa
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anita. yesterday containment dropped from 6% to 3%. so far no homes have burned. 6:50 right now. wear a mask, millennials. that's the viral psa this morning from andrew cuomo. >> he even enlisted one well-known honorary millennial. >> a lot covid is transmitted by us millennials. cuomo asked me, paul, please help. what are you, 26? i didn't correct him. >> that's paul rudd who, get this, isn't a millennial. he's in his 50s. but still rocking it out. >> surprise, surprise. any surprises when it comes to the forecast? >>een smoky the past several days, maybe as you get up and get online this morning you may be seeing in your social media feeds people in the midwest as
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well as even the east coast are waking up to some smoke. in fact, i retweeted someone in connecticut showing the sunrise with our wildfire smoke overhead. we know it's been so thick here. we're looking at some improvements in parts of the north bay as we take a look at some of these numbers this morning and we're down to the yellow colors here from san rafael over to vallejo with those unhealthy air quality numbers registering in san francisco and parts of the east bay. we we need a brisk, westerly win, more improved air quality as we head to the end of the week, bringing the possibility of some rain to the pacific northwest and for us some higher humidity, cooler temperatures, and some improvements in our air quality. as we look at our forecast for the five days ahead and our air quality numbers we're seeing red
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sensors for all of our microclimates today and then orange tomorrow. yellow means there will be some improvement by the end of the week. also a cooldown for interior valleys reaching into the upper 70s and low 80s. now it will heat up again by the end of the weekend and early next week while san francisco will see these temperatures trending more into the 60s over the next few days. mike, what's the update on the morning commute? kari, in san jose the crash north 101 -- it doesn't show over my shoulder. it's mostly green here. if you look at the maps more closely a little bit of slowing approaching the crash but all the vehicles are on the shoulder. there shouldn't be a major problem but it is a distraction. green sensors for the most part still slow down into fremont, though, the crash near the alvarado exit.
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heading to the bay bridge a smooth drive. a very specific note for the north bay, marcus, highway 29 at tubbs, folks are slipping on some grapes. i guess that's the hazard of wine country. back to you. happening now for you a trio of humpback whales making a wrong turn. the marine ecologist discovered three whales on a fishing trip two weeks ago. they say it appears two of the three whales since have made their way out of the river. and this is the first for the tropical inlan habitat. coming up next a quick look at the top stories we're following for you this tuesday morning including breaking news. a settlement reached in the death of breonna taylor at the hands of louisville police officers. the details ahead. plus, mask up or pay up. the hefty fine one east bay city is proposing if people ignore health orders. a lot more news ahead. you're watching "today in the bay."
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bounce forward, with comcast business. put it in gear and take off., next thing you know, the phone is in your hand! stop! we should be holding the wheel, not holding the phone. it's a busy world out there. and we're all in it together. go safely, california. 6:56. welcome back. a quick look at the top stories we're following. in fact, we have breaking news to share with you. the city of louisville reached a settlement with the family of breonna taylor who died at the hands of police officers. nbc has learned the city will pay a seven-figure sum. taylor died in march when
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officers broke into her apartment with a no-knock search warrant in connection with a drug investigation. attorneys say the agreement will be one of the largest the city has paid in its history. kentucky's attorney general is investigating that shooting. a full month of wildfires, there are at least 26 fires burning across the state. so far this year 3.2 million acres burn and at least 2 dozen deaths linked to the wildfires statewide. more people are still missing. and back here at home good news when it comes to covid-19. the number of new weekly cases is going down. hospitalization rates are also declining. berkeley is voting to fine people for breaking the covid-19 rules. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live with how much that's going to cost you.
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>> reporter: yes, good morning. the city koup sill will vote on whether or not to issue fines for folks not wearing masks or following social distancing protoco protocols. the city of berkeley is reporting seven people are getting infected daily. a spokesperson says this semester they've received 24 reports of covid-related violations alleging those violations happened on and off campus. now those fines would be $100 for the initial infraction and the price would increase after that. now if passed the city would join other municipalities like napa, sonoma and contra costa counties. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." time to get a quick look at the forecast with kari. and we are starting out with unhealthy air quality. as we go into this afternoon our temperatures will reach into the mid-80s. we will see some better air quality possible by the end of
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the week as our temperatures come down and our winds pick up so that's something we'll be watching over the next few days. mike, how is it looking as workers get ready to head out the door? kari, in silicon valley this crash north 101 at oakland road. everything is on the shoulder now so this should hold steady from 680 to 880. we still have the metering lights on so the backup is still there, of course. i used to call it traffic tuesday. for today, marcus, i know you call it terrific tuesday. you can say it's terrific. >> claim it and make it that day. terrific tuesday. >> always. we look forward to seeing you for wonderful wednesday. a live look for you right now at a vineyard. somebody is backing up in the shot right there. it's a terrific day to start the day. thanks for joining us this morning here "today" show is up you. have a great one.
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♪ good morning. breaking news. bracing for sally. the impact of the dangerous hurricane starting to be felt across the gulf coast this morning as the storm inches closer. nearly 20 million people in the path of its high winds, heavy rains, and life threatening storm surge. we're live with the very latest. and al is tracking it all. fanning the flames? with wildfires ravaging the west wiping out entire neighborhoods -- >> it's the worst thing i've ever seen in my life. >> -- president trump heads to california and dismisses climate concerns.
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