right now investigators spread the one at tennison has cleared. out on several downtown streets looking into what happened. aside from those two spots everything else is moving well. we're there live with a report happening now for you in the coming up in just moments. as the third hour of "today in past few minutes leaders in the the bay" continues right now. big ten conference approved a plan to resume football in a matter of weeks. they agreed to an october 23rd and a very good wednesday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. start date. president trump already tweeted his approval. other major conferences have already started, but the pac 12 so far has made its decision in a live picture for you. that's sam brock. lock step with the big ten. this is hurricane sally. right now pac 12 still plans to of course you can see storms are kick off in january. still brewing there in the area. 6:54 right now. coming up next on "today in the we know it is a category 2 when it reached landfall this bay" we'll have a quick look at morning. our top stories including breaking news overnight in san jose. causing a lot of flooding. that's where two people were you canin sam killed in a shooting that injured three others. this morning. we'll continue to follow what's theest on the surviving happening there, possible damage victims and the certificate. for the gunman. you're watching "today in the and, of course, everything bay." that's happening with hurricane sally as we continue with the morning. right now a look at what we can expect in the forecast here in the bay area.

meteorologist kari hall has been monitoring that. kari, of course something good behind you there this morning, the air quality looking good. this is the best air quality we've had in about a month here. we're starting out with a lot of good air quality. we'll talk about what we're expecting as we continue the forecast coming up. mike, how is it looking for the morning commute? kari, we may have issues for the tri-valley and that may ripple out. the live picture from our dublin camera. headlights in the middle of the screen heading west to the clock where it will continue to the dublin interchange and a crash right around hacienda just outside of our view. the map shows you the slower drive approaching the dublin interchange for west 580.

one lane may still be blocked but that may have more folks heading to pleasanton city streets, to stanley and 84 making their way through livermore. that's okay right now. still slow for 880 south to 23rd with the construction zone. looking much better across the bay bridge. that earlier crash has cleared off on the san francisco city streets. metering lights are still on there. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. are it's 6:02. back to that breaking news near downtown san jose this morning. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez has been live at the scene all morning. five people shot, two people killed. i understand you have new details for us, kris. >> reporter: yeah, we do have an update from san jose police. they say three people were also shot and survived will survive. they are in the hospital. officers are still here at the scene, though, trying to collect evidence. this is south eighth street and reed street not far from the san

jose state campus in the apartment complexes out here. there are some of the greek houses in the area. officers arrived around 10:00 and found five gunshot victims. as you mentioned two people did not survive. they died here at the scene. the others are doing better at a hospital this morning. people were gathered around what looked to be a street side memorial for someone who passed away when the shooting happened. another said there was another shooting before this one. >> i heard five shots go off. welcome back. a quick look at the top stories i heard screaming. we're following. "today in the bay's" kris i told my wife let's shut the lights off and lock the doors. sanchez is live in downtown san jose this morning where five she said she heard some shots people were shot, two people earlier. died. kris? >> reporter: san jose police tell us they expect the three >> reporter: the earlier people who survived will shooting has not been confirmed. continue to be okay in the hospital but we're still waiting they don't have suspect or for the coroner to come for the two people who did not survive out here in san jose. motives at this point. reed is closed in the area while it happened about 10:00 last

officers investigate. night near south eighth street this should only affect local and reed street. traff witnesses said this was not the first shooting of the night. traffic. we are waiting for the coroner to arrive. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris, thank you. >> i heard five shots, decision 2020. screaming, a couple cars. president trump talking about a i told my wife let's shut the lot of things and taking tough lights off and lock the doors. questions from voters in an abc town hall last night. again, denying he downplayed the she said she had already heard dangers of covid-19 despite all shots earlier. >> reporter: witnesses told us people seemed to be gathered the tapes including bob around the street side memorial woodward's recent recordings. when the shooting happened. to washington and "today in the bay's" tracie potts. sjpd hasn't confirmed that but just 48 days to go until we do expect an update with them election day and biden is also on the move reaching out to this morning. we're heading over to sjpd voters, tracie. headquarters right after this. kris sanchez, "today in the >> reporter: yes, specifically latino voters but also some old bay." santa cruz county is colleagues in the senate. he has a phone call set up this starting the rebuild, approving morning to get some of those democrats to help him in this a wide range of measures to help campaign. people get back on their feet by fast tracking permits and today democratic presidential nominee joe biden speaks to providing temporary housing. more than 50 businesses were

democrats in the senate about destroyed by the fire. mobilizing voters after a trip the fire now 93% contained. to florida where he courted 6:58. a live look across the bay area veterans. >> we'll make sure no veteran is right now. locked out of treatment. ons 30th straight spare the >> reporter: and latino voters. air alert day. >> you can decide the direction but the good news things are of this country. >> reporter: polls are tight in improving. this morning we're experiencing florida with biden lagging among actually the cleanest air we've latinos, a group hillary clinton won easily four years ago. seen in about a month. >> i don't take anything for and you think it's only going to granted. >> reporter: his running mate, get better from here, kari? senator kamala harris, going yes, at least the next few after that same group in nevada. days. some stronger winds coming in. >> there are clear choices in it's still going to warm up this election. today into the upper 80s. and so i urge everyone to, here some cooler breezes coming in by tomorrow as well as friday. in nevada, vote and vote early. >> reporter: president trump in we'll continue to monitor by the an abc town hall with george end of the week. how is it looking for the commute right now, mike? stephanopoulos in pennsylvania last night, defends his coronavirus response. kari, everything but the >> could you have done more to stop it? >> i don't think so. tri-valley and east bay are >> reporter: the president defending why early on he fine. exactly where our camera is, withheld how deadly this virus could be. that's a slow drive because of the crash there and the san >> i don't want to scare people, make people pan i can. mateo bridge moves smoothly but you're not going to go out and slow on the nimitz getting say this is death, death, death. there.

it is going to disappear. >> reporter: the president still claims we'll have a vaccine >> all right, thank you very much. within weeks despite drug makers that's going to do it for us. and a final look at and health experts who say it'll hurricane sally has decreased to be some time next year. a category 1. the "today" show has more coming and that is sure to come up at up next. the first presidential debate. joe biden told reporters in florida he's ready. he's doing his prep. he is ready to face president trump one-on-one. marcus? >> all right. we will be waiting to see that. thanks so much, tracie. turning back to our coronavirus coverage this morning there are now more than 94,000 coronavirus cases in the bay area. santa clara county is reporting this hour. 78% new cases, the lowest number in more than two months. let's check in with "today in millions facing a day of heavy the bay's" cierra johnson this rain and a potentially historic flooding morning live up in mill valley threat. power outages mounting. we're live in the storm zone and for us. al has the forecast track. tough questions. cierra, people in marin county undecided voters take on get to do something that none of president trump in a nationally televised town hall. >> why would you downplay a us have done in months, they get to go to the movies. pandemic?

>> reporter: yes, we did some research and there's a theater showing their first film on friday. if you're a movie buff, big news coming out of marin county. course they're moving from red tier purple to red tier one, one the most restrictive. there's a slew of other things you're able to do here in marin county including retail stores, indoor malls, personal care services like skin care and nail services, museums, places of worship, movie theaters, gyms and restaurants. they are able to resume indoor operations. this, of course, welcome news for business owners. if you're planning to visit any of those newly reopenedn mind m them are operating at reduced capacity. at 25% capacity or 100 people,

whatever is actually fewer, for some of the folks we caught up with here in marin the reopening is welcome news but it also came as a bit of a surprise. >> i didn't even know we were allowed to eat inside today. it's a pleasant surprise. i think it's really a great way to help support small businesses and get back to things being back to normal. >> reporter: once a county moves into a new tier, it must remain there for 21 days before it can move into the next tier. the soonest would be october 6. with this excitement of reopening comes some concerns from health official. with freedom comes risk and that couldn't be any more true. they'll be keeping an eye on the percentage and the number of cases to ensure the movie

theaters and restaurants can remain open here in this county. things are getting to be more normal here in marin county. live in downtown mill valley, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." >> i think we've forgotten what normal was. new this morning santa cruz county starting the long process of rebuilding after the czu fires. county leaders approving a wide range of measures. this is to help people get back on their feet by fast tracking construction permits and providing temporary housing. more than 900 of those homes and 150 businesses were destroyed by the fires. a live look outside in oakland and walnut creek. today marks the 30th straight spare the air day, more than twice the old record. however, finally there are some signs of relief.

last night you could actually see some stars. as smoke clears, more people are heading outdoors to the relief of local business. >> people are sitting outside. >> just to be out and breathing is nice. >> a little fresh air. as for the smoke leaving the skies entirely, it's still up in the air. "today in the bay's" bob redell will have more. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. you're watching the conditions rather closely. a breath of fresh air for folks. >> i love that quote, just to be out and breathing. that's what we've been feeling like. we've been waiting to see our air quality getting better. wind speed is coming in from the south. as we go into today because we

don't have the thick layer of smoke swawe'll have cooler air the forecast. how is it looking for the commute now, mike? kari, we have a tough spot in the tri-valley. things are changing in other spots. take a look out here and see the slower drive approaching west 580 and the dublin interchange. the off ramp may be affected by the crash and there may be a second just past that. slowing focused on your alternate from west 580. only one lane blocked. 84 is a good alternate if you're cutting through down to pleasanton and there may be another crash. 880 and that's all cleared the last few minutes. the nimitz back at speed. the backup lights continue. that crash has cleared. back to you.

>> thank you very much, mike. it is 6:11 right now. while you were sleeping hurricane sally making landfall in the gulf. it's moving very slowly. that is not good news. it's causing a lot of flooding. we'll have a live report coming up in about 15 minutes. plus, back home we are heading into the holiday season. how will you be spending halloween? we'll tell you what the state's top health leader is saying. that's next for you. you're watching "today in the bay."

let's get a look at your morning commute. our temperatures will be in the low 60s. a few clouds to start. looking forward to better air quality. what's ahead in our forecast coming up. i have to show the slowdown in dublin because of a crash west 580, folks bailing off the highway at hacienda and the backup at the toll plaza continues although the span is cleared of the earlier crash. you see the middle lanes flowing more smoothly the let's check in with scott.

good morning. happy wednesday to you. a local silicon valley company announced a deal to print 3d hockey helmet liners. the printing process is pretty cool. we sped this up. this is a company we've talked about before, it makes custom nike shoes. i talked with an executive and asked if the team was nervous the first time one of their helmets hit the ice literally. >> we take a huge amount of responsibility. there was comfort in a tremendous amount of testing on this product. it has to be through third-party validation to validate the tests we have done are accurate and true. we did spend a lot of time, i'm not going to lie to you and tell you i wasn't nervous watching the first game as a player and

seeing one of our players get hit for the first time. >> one of the helmets was used in the playoffs, columbus blue jackets, seth jones was the player. he set a record, five overtimes for an all-time skating record of 6:05. other news "the wall street journal" says the federal trade commission is considering antitrust charges against facebook. "the journal" doesn't have a lot of detail but there's concern that facebook has in the past bought up customers and there was concern companies like instagram were a threat. the fed meets today. what we hope happens we'll get a better idea as to their strategy as far as attacking the problem in the future. we talked about big ipos, two of them today debut on the market.

snowflake on the nyse. snowflake out of san mateo now a $30 billion company. back to you. thank you, scott. as we approach halloween get ready for changes but it's not just halloween getting the rearrangement. even the jewish holiday rosh hashanah will feel the impact in california. the secretary health of had you man services says californians should attend virtual services. as far as halloween next month -- >> each of these upcoming celebrations are going to look different over the course of the rest of this year certainly and into early next year. >> so far there are no state guidelines fee but those should be coming out soon. we are celebrating hispanic heritage month and when a young

girl turns 15. typically it's a pretty big deal including a church service. but 2020, none of that. so as you're watching the chicago family they made sure the day was very special for their daughter. it included a car parade and a reception according to all the city rules, they observed there. temperature checks and masks required as well. mom says it's very important to keep everyone safe. how are you celebrating maybe your daughter's quintinara. >> it's always a big event. big dresses, too. today would be a better day than we've seen in the past.

we are seeing much improved air quality. a look at the upper air smoke we've seen clearing away from the coastline and the bay area seeing much improved air quality. we are still looking at some thick smoke there. i just retweeted a meteorologist in washington, d.c., who are taking pictures of therom our w here across california. as we look at our air quality it's been so nice to get some improvements here. this is our 30th spare the air alert day. we're looking at a shift in our winds. our winds are come from the south and will increase throughout the day. more of a westerly wind coming off the coast.

we are looking at another improvement as we go into the weekend, the storm system moving into the pacific northwest will bring in some rain for them and some westerly winds for us and it looks pretty good. at least a cooldown, too. we are tracking the rain for spots like eugene and seattle as they get ready for those showers that will be moving in by friday and the week. expecting quite a bit of wet weather which they so desperately need because of the fires burning in those areas. as we look at our forecast a nice cooldown by the end of the week. we're all making plans to finally get outside and enjoy some fresh air and some sunshine along with some cooler temperatures. as we head over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute through dublin. the tri-valley is a slower drive. there may be a ripple effect for west 580.

take a look at the interchange around the hacienda off ramp. we know the slow lane is still blocked. the backup back to el chara. speeds are improving for the short section of slowing heading through the area. it's still slow so 84 is a good cutthrough. a crash on 680 doesn't look like it's been a problem as far as speeds go. another crash in hayward does bog you down right around the interchange. the other commute shows an easy drive. middle lanes are moving better. back to you. back to the gulf coast, what to expect.

yeah, look. this is what they're dealing with now as that storm slowly moves through making landfall this morning. of course jay gray is in mobile, alabama. this is pensacola, florida. we'll have all of that and much more ahead for you right here on "today in the bay."

happening now hurricane sally made landfall overnight along the alabama/mississippi border as a category 2 storm. in fact, we have a live look at

destin, florida, this morning. hurricane-force winds in the area, this life-threatening storm surge. a lot of flash flooding in the forecast. take a look at this, this is in pensacola, florida, where you can see flooding already happening in that area as the storm slowly moves through. nbc bay area "today in the bay's" jay gray in mobile, alabama, with the latest. jay? >> reporter: marcus and laura, thankfully the storm just continues to inch inland, we are starting at this point to feel a bit of the eye. we're getting a bit of a break. it's not over by any means and i want you to take a look at the conditions right now. the rain has been coming down in sheets. you can see the winds whipping around -- you look at the trees and the poles shaking. you move down to the area of mobile bay and we're elevated

over the water, you can see it's still pushing the water and creating white caps and has been for hours here. unfortunately, that's the situation that's going to continue here. we are, as i said, getting a bit of a break because we're experiencing the eye of the storm moving through very slowly. and marcus and laura, that's what the issue is, the slow pace of the storm. some areas could see as much as three feet of rain before it's over, just amazing. >> wow, it sits there and dumps it all down. take care and cover if you can, jay. it is 6:27 right now. in the meantime in our neck of the woods, boy, a breath of fresh air. the skies are starting to clear. kari hall is tracking when we might see some blue skies in your neck of the woods. your weather and traffic right after the break. plus --

>> reporter: i'm kris sanchez in san jose. five people shot overnight. two of them did not survive. we'll show you what neighbors say was happening shortly before the violence. you're watching "today in the bay." rush to work, grab a drink, hurry home. - [cell phone beeps] - stop! don't be on your phone. let someone else take the wheel. make a little eye contact. make a plan. it's a busy world out there. we're all in it together. go safely, california.

everybody felt fine. but now im super sick. everyone is sick.

i just wish we had been more careful. it would have been easier than this. so wear a mask. do what you can outside. stay six feet apart. because some things you just can't take back. do your part to lower the risk. 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. right at 6:30, developing now for you, bay area, some very good news as you wake up this wednesday morning. you can go outside! maybe head out for a walk or run this morning. we're finally experiencing some

of the best air quality we've seen in about a month as the smoke is finally starting to clear away from the san francisco bay. "today in the bay" continues right now. it's really nice to start off with some good news, some clearing air. good morning to you and thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike is keeping up with the commute. kari hall is monitoring the air quaul. it's something to smile about. it is. we've also been watching something not so happy. hurricane sally making landfall near mississippi, gulf shores, mississippi, as it continues to move through. i believe this video was in pensacola, florida. you can see how much rain they've seen and some of those measurements over two feet of rain so it's really heavy rainfall we've seen around those

areas and they're expecting some catastrophic flooding as the storm system slowly moves forward speed of 3 miles per hour. so, unfortunately, they're going to be dealing with this for quite a while as we look at the storm as it continues to move across alabama, florida, georgia, some of the rain bands will continue. it is a category 1 hurricane. it made landfall as a category 2. it's weakened slightly. that's something we'll be watching for the gulf states the next couple of days. we're excited to see cleaner air and, mike, as you head to work this morning, you can roll those windows down. yeah, get a little breeze if you're able to go at speed. a couple areas you can't, kari, we'll show you the big map and most of your commute looks great, some fog rolls in where the highlighting is yellow. over on the east bay the concern isund 880. we now have your three right lanes blocked as you head southbound just past 92 around

tennison. major impact out of hayward and san leandro. recovery to pleasanton and the dublin interchange, still slow around hacienda. there may be yet another crash moving to the short that ties you up to the dublin interchange. laura? thank you very much, mike. we are following some breaking news. deadly violence overnight in san jose. five people shot, two killed. bay by's kris sanchez joins us live at the scene. this is not too far from san jose state's campus, kris. >> reporter: no, and it's not too far from downtown either. we just got an update from police. they say they are told the three people who were also shotvived t the hospital this morning but they are still here on the scene. you can see the officers behind me, the crime scene investigation unit out here, south eighth and reed street. the scene around 10:00 last

night was pretty chaotic. officers arrived in the neighborhood to find the five people shot, two of those people did die here at the scene. we are waiting for the coroner to respond here this morning. one witness tells us people were gathered around what seemed to be a street side memorial when the shooting happened. another neighbor told us there was another shooting in the area shortly before this one. >> it sucks because this is our neighborhood. this is not the type of community we want to live in. this is not the example we want to set for our kids and, i mean, what can we really do about it? deal with it. >> reporter: sjpd has not confirmed the shooting. this stretch remains closed. reed remains closed while officers investigate and wait for the coroner.

friends and family members have arrived. how devastating violence can be for the people left behind. san jose police say they will get us an update later on this morning. we will keep you updated on that in our midday news. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> kris, thank you. as the reward grows to find the gunman who opened fire on two l.a. county deputies investigators are intensifying the manhunt. a go fund me effort has raised more than $300,000 for the deputies. the reward to find the suspect in this is $200,000 now. it comes as the city manager of l.a. county linwood is now instagraming a response for the photo of malcolm x saying chickens come home to roost. in a statement it reads in part communities like compton where the shooting took place have been plagued by deputy gangs that inflict fear and violence,

end quote. leaders posted those opinions do not reflect the opinion of the city nor counci developing in butte county another death is now confirmed in the firestorm that tore through the community near lake oroville. that brings the total number of confirmed deaths there to 15. authorities now believe two victims may have chosen not to evacuate because they got bad information from an outdated u.s. forest service incident update on containment. mandatory evacuation orders have been ordered for the area. a live look in dublin right now. finally there's a chance we can breathe cleaner air. the extreme poor air quality is at long last improving. the bay area in the midst of a

30th straight spare the air day. >> bob redell is live in brentwood. a lot of people need a breath of fresh air out there, bob. >> reporter: yes, and hopefully it stays this way. it depends on the wildfires. if there are new wildfires or the current ones flare up again we could see conditions deteriorate. right now there's a weather system that's offshore that is improving, the best air quality we've seen in weeks. moderate to good air quality throughout the bay area. now that san jose state university will be reopening its campus this morning. this is not the case up north in seattle. that's where the giants were supposed to play the mariners. the air quality index over 240

considered to be very unhealthy. they'll play today and tomorrow. and here was the scene last night in san francisco. a number of people dining outdoors after weeks of bad air quality. a line of drivers waiting to get their cars washed and cleansed of all the ash. >> it's not good for the paint or the finish. not good for our lungs. i wanted to get it cleaned up. >> reporter: and, again, today is another spare the air day. the 30th in a row, another record. reporting live here in brentwood, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. let's head up north to portland. we want to take you there with live pictures we have right now. the air quality there is still pretty bad.

right now being called the worst in the world. the good news is the weather could be changing for them as well. we will add for us as well. the jet stream headed our way, kari? an approaching storm system that will bring in rain for the pacific northwest and will help improve our air quality as well. for them they're looking at rain which is much needed at this point. we're going to start to see the change in wind direction as we head to tomorrow and then by friday we could see the rain falling in those areas. so really good news. hopefully more containment on the fires as well as we are waking up to some of the best air quality we've had in at least 30 days. we're waking up to looking at heading outside and enjoying more time outdoors. also with some comfortable temperatures. we'll take a look at our microclimates coming up and talk about how that storm system affects our weather that's

coming up. how is it looking getting out the door, mike? kari, in many spots it's your typical lighter commute we've had for months. others we have tough drives. a number of spots with a tougher drive on our maps, we're sorting them out. the peninsula south bay just fine. 880 jammed up in san leandro and down to tennison. the bottom of that red stretch, in the middle we have another crash that might be blocking a couple of lanes. three vehicles involved, i'm told. no major injuries. recovery to the dublin interchange but in the backup there may be another crash clearing to the shoulder between there and isabel. more slowing for 84 as folks try to avoid the backup through livermore and pleasanton. backup at the bay bridge, an earlier incident did clear from the toll plaza. metering lights are still on. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:40 right now. back to school for in-person classes.

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right now at 6:43 a live look at some video we have coming out of pensacola, florida, after hurricane sally made landfall. it has since weakened to a category 1 but the main thing here is the catastrophic flooding. this is a look at destin, florida, high winds and heavy rain continues. two, maybe even more feet of rain as we go into the next 24 hours. here at home we're waking up to some improved air quality as we take a live look outside in walnut creek. get some time outside today. it's going to be nice. we'll talk about this and what's ahead in the forecast coming up. yeah, but not this time on 580. slow driving and it may last for

a while. we had all the crashes cleared up. bad news for folks heading to the dublin interchange. you may have trouble on this span as well. thanks so much, kari and mike. top stories, contra costa county allowing more personal care business to reopen as long as they operate outdoors. >> it's not the only place. cierra johnson is live in mill valley to break down what's reopening in marin county including, get this, movie theaters. >> reporter: yes, good morning. a big day here in marin county. movie theaters, one of many businesses able to reopen. marin county moving from tier one to tier two meaning some restrictions will be eased. a full screen with a list of changes taking place. they include indoor malls, retail stores, personal care

services like skin care and nail services, museums, places of worship, movie theaters, gyms and restaurants are now able to operate indoors here in marin county. this is welcome news for many business owners but if you're planning to visit newly reopened businesses keep in mind many of them are now operating at reduced capacity. if you wanted to see a movie, there's a theater open, they're going to be operating at just 25% capacity or 100 people, whatever is fewer. for some of the folks we caught up in marin, welcome news but it came as a bit of a surprise. >> i didn't even know we were allowed to eat inside. it's a pleasant surprise and i think it's a great way to support small businesses and get back to normal, i guess. >> reporter: so it is important to note once the county moves into the new tier it must remain there at least 21 days before it can move on to the next tier.

the soonest marin county could move on would be october 6th, this under the state's new system. but with all of the excitement of some of those businesses reopen and getting back to resuming a sense of normalcy are some concerns about safety. we had a chance to speak with the marin county health officer. he said with that freedom comes risk. if you're venturing out, he said his office will also keep a close eye on those numbers and those cases to make sure those businesses are still safe to open. we're div in downtown mill valley. charter and private schools may be ready to reopen fully according to "the examiner" which reports at least 12 schools are now in the final stages of obtaining waivers for in-person classes. in the meantime santa rosa school leaders are scheduled to hold a special meeting today.

"the press democrat" reports they will recommend keeping campuses closed through at least the end of this year. to decision 2020 joe biden is in florida today. >> and president trump is defending his record on fighting the pandemic. scott mcgrew has the latest. good morning to you. florida has been a tossup state in so many elections. think of bush and gore. it will be with trump and biden running neck and neck. president trump was on abc participating in a town hall hosted by george stephanopoulos, self-declared undecided vetters asked the president about his record on coronavirus. the president says he, quote, upplayed the virus despite talks with bob woodward about downplaying it and speculated a vaccine was just around the corner. >> the previous administration would have taken perhaps years to have a vaccine because of the

fda and all the approvals and we're within weeks, it could be three weeks, four weeks. we think we have johnson and johnson, pfipfizer and other companies are close. >> he has consistently said three weeks from now he thinks there will be a vaccine so we will return to that issue three weeks from now. michael caputo has apologized and said he may need to put himself on medical leave. caputo has been accused of manipulating government data to make the white house's handling of the pandemic look better than it is. and finally a church in delaware has raised an objection over an ad for donald trump that it says implayed its clergy and congregation are thugs. the bethel ame church says it wants an apology and the trump campaign to stop running the ad.

we're talking about all of this on twitter. let me know what you think. you'll find me ther there @scottmcgrew. >> we continue our weeklong series of black businesses fighting to make it in the bay. tonight a man using the lessons he learned growing up in the slums of kenya and is now helping others thrive in the pandemic. you can watch that at 6:00 on nbc bay area news. rescue dogs in australia train to save koalas ahead of the peak fire season. the team is led by a dog named bear that you see there, part of the university of sunshine coast detection dog team. they actually can sniff out koalas in distress. last summer, the worst fire season in decades, the dogs helped rescue more than 100

koalas. also from the animal file, the case of monkeying around. a man says he discovered this video you see here and photos on his phone seemingly taken by that monkey. this is while the phone was missing. it appears it put it in the mouth as you see the red. the man late are found his phone in the back garden. he says the discovery made him choke from laughter. look at that. what is this? why can't i eat it? >> no kidding. it's not a banana. >> that monkey using the camera better than some of my older relatives. the big story we're talking about not just weather here but meteorologist kari hall is monitoring that hurricane that made landfall overnight. kari, how are things looking? we are still seeing this

storm moving very slowly. hurricane sally made landfall as a category 2 earlier this morning and it is just barely making its way. i think we can walk faster than this storm is moving right now and it's just dumping heavy rain. that will cause potentially catastrophic flooding. we'll continue to watch that as well as the six or seven other storms they've been watching out in the atlantic from paulette to teddy to vicky and now one more name on the list. we're midway through hurricane season for the atlantic basin and we've already used up the names. what we're seeing here, fresh air. we can get outside and breathe today. it's nice to open up the windows as we're starting to see the smoke mix out here. still thick over the sierra and traveling across the country. in d.c. they're waking up to a smoky sunrise.

nice to see the green sensors here. we another kick of westerly winds and we're going to get this as the storm system moves across the pacific northwest. that's going to also bring them some rain and us some cleaner air for at least a little while as well as some cooler temperatures. our high temperatures will go from the upper 80s inland today to the low 80s tomorrow and then some upper 70s on friday. saturday is also looking nice. it will start to warm up on sunday and that may be also when we see our air quality going back down. so we'll be watching that. how is it looking for the morning commute right now, mike? kari, the tri-valley and east bay tough. out to the maps, west 580 approaching hacienda toward the dublin interchange. still jammed up, one lane blocked and it may be until after 7:00. 10 to 15 minutes at least until they get atow truck out to pleasanton.