"today in the bay" continues right now. a very good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. mike, taking a look at that commute in just a bit. first meteorologist kari hall with a look at the forecast for today. kari, something to smile about this morning. it's going to be a great day, cooler temperatures and that trend continues today. let's get you out the door in the east bay checking out walnut creek and we'll start out at 56 degrees. grab a jacket. slowly warming up. it will be a really nice day, also improvements in our air quality will make it a good day for getting outside. our highs reaching up to 84 degrees here. 84, also, in livermore and 77 in san jose. we'll talk about what's ahead in the forecast coming up. how is it looking for the commute, mike? it's looking pretty good. slight changes.

let's show that you overall nothing alarming about this. we've come to know more intensely that there will be slowing through the construction zone north 680. the westbound your drive out of the altamont pass is standard and so is the westbound drive across the bay bridge with no delays. back to you. >> thank you, mike. in washington this morning a president in recovery and a stimulus plan in limbo. on his first full day back at the white house after being hospitalized for covid-19 president trump stopped negotiations on pandemic stimulus and then appeared to reverse course leaving the white house to explain. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live from washington this morning with a look at how this may affect your next stimulus check. tracie? >> reporter: if that check comes, and it's looking more and more, marcus and laura, like that check will not come before the election.

shut down by a president recovering from covid-19. he first tweeted negotiations are off until after the election. the stock market took a nose dive. >> clearly this is a huge shock to the system. we know millions of americans are out of work and they're depending on another stimulus check. >> reporter: then in an apparent reversal the president said he's ready to sign off on stimulus checks and billions for airlines and small business loans. the president wants to deal with each issue separately. still contagious the president says he will attend the debate in miami next week. >> we have to ask if the stress of a debate is worth taking along with the infectious implications that potentially in the debate. >> reporter: the president's post comparing covid with the flu was taken down by facebook and flagged on twitter. >> you don't get a pandemic that

kills a million people and it isn't even over yet with influenza. it is not correct to say it's the same as flu. >> reporter: at least 18 people tied to the white house have now tested positive. the latest adviser steven miller, at the pentagon defense officials tell nbc the joint chiefs chair and other top brass are quarantined after a coast guard official caught the virus. now it turns out seven of the eight service chiefs were in a meeting with that coast guard admiral last friday. one was traveling so the other seven are now quarantined as well as the head of the national security agency who was also in that meeting. laura and marcus? >> the list is growing. voters hungry for information are looking to the vice presidential candidates to deliver at tonight's debate. here is a live look in utah where that stage is set with

covid-19 safety protocols in mind. it includes socially distanced seating and even plexiglas between vice president pence and senator kamala harris. supporters of both candidates are hoping to hear more about how they plan to handle some of the biggest issues. >> how do we move forward would be nice to cover, how we're going to pay back all of this debt we've incurred. >> climate change. you have to acknowledge it. we're in california. we're not going to last much longer without a deal. >> the debate begins at 6:00 p.m. here on nbc bay area. it will run 90 minutes with no commercial breaks. california's democratic party is holding a virtual watch party. the preparty starts at 5:00 p.m. it celebrates california women leaders including bay area native kamala harris followed by a predebate event at 5:30.

following the debate there will be debate analysis. you can watch that vice presidential debate here on nbc bay area followed by insight and analysis from our team at 6:00 p.m. all bay area counties in a holding pattern when it comes to covid tiers. no county moved up or down. san francisco remains the only county in that orange tier or moderate tier for you. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live for us in san francisco to explain how this is all allowing more reopenings today. cierra? >> reporter: yes, good morning. this month you could see more reopenings and today is the day that movie theaters are officially allowed to reopen. but as we've seen with so many other businesses in the past it's going to open with some sort of restrictions. those movie theaters are able to reopen at 25% capacity, up to 100 people. and you can forget about that

popcorn. you won't be allowed to enjoy any snacks. no outside food or the concession stand. they will not be allowed to open at any of those theaters, but, according to cnbc, the chances of many theaters reopening is pretty slim because like all of us hollywood has been shut down so there won't be a lot of movies to show. and making a switch from the theater to the classroom the state provided an update on the virus and education according to the state's top doctor california has not seen a connection between the reopening of k-12 schools and the virus spread. dr. mark ghaly says it could take time to see patterns but what he has seen has been encouraging. >> the way we're setting everything up each class is considered a cohort and they will stay with each other throughout the day. for lunch and recess pe time we have different zones set up throughout the day so that each child and each group of children will be together and they will

not cross over or co-mingle. >> reporter: so the key is taking those proper protocols, keeping the social distancing, sanitizing your hands. right now we're unsure exactly what theaters are open. as we mentioned there are not a lot of movies to show in a lot of the smaller independent theaters were already having a hard time prepandemic. right now it's a waiting game to see if this theater along with dozens of others actually reopen. we're live in the marina. >> thank you for the latest there. 5:07 now. happening today registered nurses at san leandro and alameda hospitals walk off the job starting a five-day strike. in both cases citing contract talks and safety concerns amidst the pandemic. alameda health operates both facilities. the union says talks have been stalled for two years.

"the east bay times" reports a blind side when he appeared before alameda county supervisors saying residents will feel the impact. a former palo alto police sergeant is facing criminal charges stemming from a controversial arrest. our investigative unit first showed you last year. surveillance video shows police pulling over alvarez from his home in february of 2018. pulled him out of the home on suspicion of driving with a suspended license. then he's slammed against the car. at one point the officer appears to be mocking him for being gay. officers never filed a use of force report. wayne benitez now facing charges of unlaw if the beating by a public officer and lying on the police report about the arrest. >> there's an officer using more force than necessary at a time no force was needed. when he filed his police report made no mention of use of force. >> last year the city settled a

civil rights case paying more than half a million dollars. alvarez's attorney pointed out the charges are misdemeanors and contend that it they should be more severe. in a statement the palo alto police chief says in part, quote, the palo alto police department appreciates the important work of the district attorney's office and supports the district attorney's recent decision involving a former palo alto police officer. developing for you right now california wildfires and the huge toll. the 4 million-plus acres burned statewide is already a record for one season. fires have destroyed at least 8,700 buildings. 31 people across the state have died. 5:0 9 right now. a live look at the golden gate bridge and downtown san jose. you see the fog moving in. a spare the air alert is being extended until thursday. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking all of this for us.

kari? with that spare the air alert they do want us to, of course, limit the amount of pollution we're putting in the air because there's already so much from the wildfires in the north bay. and so as we look at our north bay air quality it's still going to be unhealthy throughout today but we've seen some improvements elsewhere still looking pretty good across the rest of the bay area from the coast to the east bay down to the south bay. our temperatures are going to be very nice this afternoon for your walk outdoors. a cooldown of five or six degrees from yesterday. mike, what's going on with the commute? kari, commute wise everything seems pretty cool but i have to give that warning again. we talked about alamo. 680 a deer was hit up there. it's out of lanes and everything is moving smoothly. watch the construction north into fremont to sunol. highway 17, i've circled it there, south of the 7, reports of a deer and a bumper in lanes.

we're talking about deer jumping across the roadway about now through november. a little fog into watsonville. a live look shows you how things are shaping up as well as travel flows smoothly. much less clouds there. back to you. thanks so much, mike. it's 5:11 right now. remembering a rock 'n' roll legend. still ahead at 5:25 on "today in the bay," folks who had a front row seat working with eddie van halen. big accusations against high-tech companies. we'll cover the failure to pass a stimulus.

right now at 5:14 a nice morning for your commute and as you're walking out the door we'll see temperatures in the upper 50s in brentwood on the way to work. it's going to be cool but we'll gradually warm up today. it's going to be a nice one. make some plans to get outside. we'll talk about what's ahead in our weekend forecast coming up. and now as the clock turns 5:14 tracking the peninsula. an easy drive for 101 to palo alto. fog reported at the golden gate bridge. we'll take a look at that in a bit. another live look out here. the richmond bridge into the north bay, we're tracking the fog as well as another important bridge note coming up.

a very happy wednesday to you as well. president trump appears to have reversed his reversal when it comes to a stimulus first urging congress to pass a stimulus plan. he said that in a tweet from the hospital yesterday, shocking wall street. tracie was talking about this. shocked some in his own party by saying the white house would no longer be involved in any negotiation until after the election. now he would negotiate over a piecemeal check, possibly more money to airlines. the democratic house very unlikely to agree to such a narrow solution. the president's declaration that a full stimulus bill was totally off the table came hours, moments really, after the head of the fed once again said a stimulus was badly needed. jay powell told an audience of economists basically congress can't overdo it. pledge too much, no harm. not enough that would further

damage the economy. right now we're looking at nothing at all. it is an unusual strategy because a stimulus would help the president politically. waiting to see if he wins in november could be worse for him. there may be a democratic senate. if he loses he would be a lame duck. it's possible the senate would move forward without him. a democrat-led house investigation released yesterday found google and facebook, amazon and apple all demonstrated anti-competitive behavior. this is a significant moment in silicon valley. washington used to be hands off with us, let silicon valley be silicon valley. let it grow unimpeded. you don't want to step in too early and stop the next google was the attitude. we'll be revisiting this finding through upcoming hearings throughout the rest of the year but know right now we are at a major pivot point. facebook says it will ban qanon

content treating it more like an organization than a strange set of ideas. many conservatives would like to be antifa treated the same way. apple will unveil a new phone next month. the delayed 5g phones. marcus and laura 5g up around america right now but a lot of people aren't really using them. your phone may even say 5g on it. if it does not have the chip in it, if it's not a newer phone, you're not getting a 5g connection. you need a new iphone. as of right now there is no apple iphone that connects to 5g at 5g speed. >> every year they say you need a new phone. thanks, scott. >> and right when you get it, they come out with a new one. well, new this morning, maybe you're watching this on your phone. tiktok taking the social media world by storm. the popular video app has tapped

insta gram as the second most popular for teens. 34% of teens list snapchat as their favorite social app with 29% picking tiktok. 25% select instagram. i think the next story is about me. trending with halloween lurking a new revelation about people who watch horror movies. a new survey finds after watching a scary movie, 36% of us, yes, including myself, will sleep with the lights on. i haven't done that since i was a kid but it happens from time to time and about one third of them double-check locks in their home and i do that every day. that survey also revealed the top three halloween movies of all time which are some of my favorite "halloween," "nightmare on elm street" and "scream." >> i can't tell you the last time i watched a scary movie but you like them. >> i love them. >> it sounds like you like to

scare yourself. >> i do. >> roller coasters, scary movies, right, marcus? >> it's a perfect match. 5:19 for you this morning. nothing scary about this forecast because it is going to be a nice one out there, kari. yes, it will be, and we've seen a lot of improvements in our weather over the past few days. as we head into the weekend. now we are on a cooling trend but we still have to deal with that smoke in the north bay as the glass fire continues. hopefully we continue to get more containment. those firefighters working very hard out there and our models, unfortunately, are trending drier as we head to the weekend. that may mean a lot less rain than we were originally expecting. let's just enjoy toe. we're home schooling and looking for those opportunities to get outside. and in pleasanton expect it to start out cool at 8:00 a.m. we're at 58 degrees and then at

11:00 it starts to clear out. upper 60s, a lot of sunshine. low 80s here and dropping back into the mid-70s. we will have some better air quality for you heading out today. and as we look at all of our microclimates and our temperatures we are going to make it into the 60s and 70s around lunch time. if you're heading out for an outdoor lunch and then for today walking outside taking those little breaks in between working, we are going to have some comfortable temperatures at 7:00 for the evening walk. we're in the upper 60s for most of the bay area as the winds pick up. you may even need a light jacket. we have a couple of storm systems headed our way. the first one looks like it weakens as it moves in and doesn't bring in as much rain as we had originally hoped and then the next one behind that will stay mostly to the north of the bay area. the models are backing off on

how much rain we'll see. the possibility of only a few hundredths of an inch. it may be spotty between friday and saturday. we're still looking at a cooling trend and at this point that's about all we can ask for. and some low 70s in the forecast. but as we were talking about, unfortunately, we don't get that good soaking of rain we need to help us out with the fires. as we head over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute? we're doing okay, kari. it's early in the commute so we'll talk about things we're looking for in the next half hour. the golden gate bridge, the possibility of fog. the chp did say it was dense overnight. it's great, the view you can see all the lights right now. the maps to the north and, kari, we've been talking about patchy fog as you travel through the highlighted yellow area. now circled through observiakla that's the corridor. overnight construction and we may be slowing the next half hour. bottom of the screen coming to the top, the arrow pointing up

680 into sunol. that will get worse until they clear. another half hour away. back to you. thanks so much, mike. coming up next on "today in the bay" nbc bay area responds.. > reporter:r: the showw musun but what happens when it doesn't and you already paid for tickets? i'm consumer investigator chris chmura nbc bay area responds next. and tonight south bay voters have a chance to learn more about candidates. i along with scott budman will host a virtual candidates forum for district 14 state senate seat. it starts at 7:30. 5:22 right now. you're watching "today in the bay." oscar the grouch here to tell you, yeah, you,

to wear a mask out in public around other people. sure it'll keep you healthy. but more importantly, i won't have to see your happy smiling face. ugh. and if you don't want to wear a mask, i've just got one thing to tell you. scram, go away. ugh. caring for each other because we are all in this together. so wear a mask and have a rotten day, will ya? ugh.

♪ a rock 'n' roll legend being remembered, eddie van halen lost his battle with throat cancer yesterday at the age of 65. the one-time director worked closely with him at the point years ago to develop the video game guitar hero van halen.

>> working with eddie van halen was an incredible honor, one of the high points of my career. >> guitar hero indeed. van halen is credited with creating a whole new sound in the hard rock genre. his band van halen was inducted into the rock 'n' roll hall of fame 13 years ago. >> left his mark on the music world for sure. 5:26. nbc bay area responds to a show stopping complaint. >> that's right. she asked consumer investigator chris chmura and his team to help her get money back for a las vegas show that really didn't get off the ground. >> reporter: good morning. let me set the stage. last year heidi silva bought tickets at vegas.com to see cirque du soleil in april. a few weeks before the show, the promoters canceled due to the pandemic. heidi got an email stating a full refund was on the way. but it never arrived. after several weeks she asked if we could help. we reached out to vegas.com

again and again and again, and it didn't answer any of our team's calls or emails. we went to plan "b" and asked paypal to help. since heidi used paypal to buy the tickets. as soon as paypal started investigating heidi got her $414 back. the tickets were covered by its purchase protection program. paypal has a whole webpage including a list of things that are covered and those that are not covered like real estate and cars. we've added a link to our website nbcbayarea.com/responds. it is 5:27. up next on "today in the bay," the top stories we're following for you this wednesday morning including a big milestone reached in the south bay ahead of the election. a live report on the record number of people registered to vote and what you need to know before you cast your ballot. plus, saving animals from the burn zone. all new for you the heroic

efforts from one california woman. we'll be right back. our r retirementnt plan withtha gives us c confidence.e. yeah, theyey help us w with achihievable steteps along the way.y... ...so o we can spepend a bit n, knowing g we're p prepared fofor the e future. surprise!! we r renovated t the guest r , so you canan live withth us. oooh, wellll...

i'm goodod at my conondo. oh.. i love h her condo.. nanana throws ththe best parar. wellll planned,, well invesested, well prorotected. voya. be c confident t to and through reretirement.. right t now, aarp's work is more important than ever. accecess to healthcare, affordable prescription drugs, opopportunitieies to save for t the future.e. that's whahat aarp figights fr bebecause thatat's what everyoyone deserveves. in b business yoyou have to e thenen do it allll over agai. comcmcast busineness gives yu fafast, reliabable internenet onon the natioion's largest gigig-speed nenetwork. anand now for r a limited d tiu can n also get f fast shipp-- withth amazon bubusiness prime esessentials.. so no o matter whahat comes n, you'll a always be r ready to bounce e forward. get starteted with powowerful internetet and voicece for $64.90 a month, anand asask how you u can get one freeee year of a amazon bus prprime essentntials on us. call or gogo online totoday. comcast bubusiness.

it only tatakes a secocond forn everydyday item to become e dangerouous. titide pods chchild-guard d pacs keep youour laundry y pacs in a s safe place e and your cd sasafer. to closese, twist ununtil it cl. tide p pods child-d-guard packc. vicks vapopopatch. easy t to wear witith soothin vickcks vapors f for her, for you, fofor the wholole family. trusted sosoothing vapapors, from vicksks right now at 5:30, just 27 days to go until election day and the golden state is poised to make history. a live report next on the record number of california yaps ns ex to vote. and amazon continues its recent roll straight into contra costa county. live at the company's newest distribution center opening today. >> all of a sudden we looked

over and johnny saw some flames coming out over there. >> flames from the glass fire surrounded this winery, not just owners but others rushed to save it. the intense firefight next. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good wednesday morning to you. thank you for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike in just a little bit. he has a look at the morning commute for us. let's check in with kari right now. a look at our forecast for this wednesday morning. it's going to be a little bit cooler today. we've been looking forward to those opportunities to get outside and breathe some fresh air, but it still will be unhealthy in parts of the north bay and the area of the glass fire as we'll see more smoke coming in for today. but elsewhere we've seen major improvements as we go into this afternoon looking great as well as the cooler temperatures with highs in the mid-70s for palo alto. oakland will stay in the 60s and we'll see some low to mid-80s

for the inland valleys. we'll talk more about this as well as our chance for some weekend showers coming up in a few minutes. let's see how it looks right now for the commute. kari, the goal is improving for 680 where the road crews are traditionally there and they are today. we're looking at the overall map, things are moving smoothly. zoom in northbound 680 out of fremont into sunol and just past mission boulevard north where we're seeing the slower drive and have the overnight crew. they should be clearing within the next half hour. i think they started to clear now. the road work in oakland has yet to budge but no slowing there either. that's good news. back to you. >> thanks, mike. now to decision 2020 vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris are expected to take the debate stage tonight. the spotlight has already intensified after president donald trump and former vice president joe biden's debate last week. a live look right now at the debate stage in salt lake city as the country really grapples

with global pandemic, slumping economy. president trump and a number of his staff have tested positive for covid-19. pence and harris have already clashed over having a plexiglas barrier. vice president pence has agreed. you can watch the vice presidential debate here on nbc bay area followed by insight and analysis from our team. coverage begins for you at 6:00 p.m. voter registration is still open and already the number of people looking to cast a ballot hit an all-time high. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us live this morning from san jose with what we need to know. good morning, kris. >> reporter: first we want to make sure people know what you said, that voter registration is still open. the traditional deadline is still about two weeks away and already it is a record breaking

year for voter registration. take a look at the numbers here. according to the secretary of state, about 84% of californians are registered to vote, 3 million more than the same time during the last presidential election. santa clara county hit the 1 million registered voter mark which is 83% of eligible voters in this county and there is still time for people to register. santa clara county will celebrate that work to get the vote out at noon today, but there are a lot of moving parts for registrars right now. voter registration continues, as we mentioned, and early voting is under way along with the prep for election night. and the ballots are in the mail. if you're wondering where your ballot is right now, i did put a link up in my facebook feed and my twitter page so that you can track where yours is in the process. i tuned out mine is already in the mail and should be arriving soon. on the push to register voters

still continues, there's going to be a voter registration drive in east oakland, a literal drive. folks are going to go through some of the neighborhoods with historical low voter turnout. remember, it doesn't matter how you plan to vote in the presidential election and you hear a lot of people saying it doesn't matter anyway because our primary is so late and because california is traditionally democratic. there are a lot of local issues on the ballot. you could decide where money goes in your community. register to vote and make sure you have your say. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> all right, good advice there. thanks so much, kris. and our website, we want to remind you is a great resource as you prepare to cast that ballot. we have a complete voter guide that goes beyond the ticket and breaks down for every voter in every county. head to nbcbayarea.com/electionguide. >> a good resource there.

a small city in the east way bay is expected to get a big boost from the economy. bob redell is live for us in oakley. this is where amazon is cutting the ribbon or a new distribution center later this morning. bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. we just spoke with the mayor of oakley who tells us this brand-new amazon distribution center behind me on wilbur avenue is expected to create 800 jobs for the city. in a few hours the city and amazon will cut ribbon on the 150,000-square-foot distribution center that is expected to be up and running by the end of the month, the first of five buildings to be constructed in the contra costa logistics center, a brand-new 143-acre business park in northwest oakley. if you're not familiar with this area, maybe you are, this is the site of what used to be the dupont chemical plant. the entire project when built out over the next couple of

years expected to bring in about half a million dollars in property tax revenue and create a total of 2,000 jobs. >> oakley residents have some of the longest commutes in the county. as you bring in local jobs it's really important for quality of life or for those people who would like to be home to attend evening baseball games during the summer and what not. it is important that they work closer to home and that's what we're trying to do out here. >> reporter: this is one of the most affordable cities with the median housing price a little over $500,000. i know that's a lot of money but for the bay area, unfortunately, it's not. "the east bay times" reports amazon jobs will pay a minimum of $15 an hour. amazon with this new distribution center will become the city's largest employer

supplanting the local elementary school district. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> more jobs are needed. bob, thank you. 5:37 this morning. developing now sonoma county is holding a virtual town hall for those impacted by the glass fire. so far that fire has burned 67,000 acres and is more than 500 homes destroyed along with a number of wineries. it's 54% contained right now. today's town hall will focus on the recovery process starting at 5:00 p.m. and one north bay winery that was on the verge of destruction was saved not by firefighters but the family and employees who took a stand refusing to let it burn. jonathan cline remembers gripping a two-inch hose to fight that fire. he says that it was so close to the home and so close to burning down that family business located in the hills of st. helena. cline and his wife were married there. his mother-in-law and her husband built barnett wine vineyards in the 1980s from the

ground up. the family, extended family and friends all helped save the winery. >> johnny saw some flames coming out over there and all of a sudden we realized, oh, my goodness, it's getting close. it's fortunate we still have a winery and a house. we have a lot of people to thank for that. >> barnett says she hopes she can rebuild a small portion of her business that was burned in seven months. and people aren't the only victims of the recent wildfires. animals are as well. now an international fund for animal welfare and other groups rescued around 600 animals from the north complex fire burning this butte county. cats, dogs, horses, chickens, goats, even coy fish. in some instances owners have only moments to escape and really couldn't rangel wrangle

their pets in time. >> there's a unique bond people have with their animals, and i have just always found that it's very important for us to protect that bond. so when a disaster strikes and that bond is somehow -- it could be shaken a bit, it's really just an honor to be able to help people in that time of need. >> more than half of those rescued animals have been reunited with their owners. rescue groups are taking care of the others whose owners are still without a place to live. 5:40 this morning. time to get a look at the forecast and still the glass fire, kari, certainly on a lot of people's minds this morning. yeah, we've seen some really good weather conditions for hopefully slowing the spread of the fires and getting more containment. i want to show you how cool it is in the area near the perimeter of the glass fire. you can see with these two outlines what 67,000 acres looks like on the map and our relative

humidity come up at 86% and we have a calm wind so it is looking pretty good there. hopefully more containment continues. as we look across the bay area our highs will reach into the mid-70s for the north bay, some upper 60s for oakland while san jose will reach the upper 70s today. we'll talk about our weekend rain chances coming up. mike, how is it looking now for the morning commute? not bad, kari. the timing we know we'll see slowing in san jose. look at our live camera down here. a lot of brake tapping. right in front of the camera the last five minutes showed a lot of slowing. the map shows you we're in that slower compression. we have that construction through fremont so keep that in mind. everything else moves smoothly. back to you. >> all right, thanks, mike. colleges and covid. next here on "today in the bay" the growing outbreak in one small northern california school that's causing big problems for the community and forcing new business closures.

say yes.s... to t the best babargains ever atat ross! yes!s! oh, , yeah! yep. yesss! savings onon savings o on savi? that's's yes for l less. atat ross.

we like clockwork.ht.ess. do it! run your dishwasher with cascade platinum. and save water. did yoyou know cerertified dishwashshers...

...use lesess than fouour gals peper cycle, while a a running sisink uses that, , every two o minutes. soso, do it wiwith cascade. the surprprising wayay to save water.r. each febrereze car venent clip giveves you up t to 30 days of frfresh air. so, , you can hahave open window f freshness..... evenen with all l the windowow. enjoy y fresh, anyny time, with febrereze. oh, , yeah! therere's alwas sosometat r ross. in store yep.p. oh yeah!h! say y yes to thohose looks, the e best brandnds... ...andnd "check k you out" barg! sasavings fromom top to bobo! ththat's yes f for less. a at. as you get ready for the morning in parts of the east bay walnut creek and our temperature trend. a cool start to the day with some upper 50s and a slow warm-up as we get ready for a nice and comfortable afternoon. your lunch time temperature at

71. we'll take a closer look at this and talk about those weekend rain chances. kari, a wider view of the bay. i circled three areas we have overnight construction spots. it will cause slowing in free throw month and sunol. a live look shows you the volume builds a bit. coronavirus always going to be a challenge for the white house. now it's a challenge inside the white house. scott mcgrew, some of our top military leaders are in quarantine. >> quarantine is when you have been exposed or are worried you will develop the disease and then we have several joint chiefs of staff doing that. you have covid like the president does, that includes admiral charles ray of the coast guard who attend this had event for families on september 27th.

he was there inside with this group. you can see largely without masks along with the president and defense secretary. the day before that the pick for the supreme court judge, including an indoor reception after the outdoor announcement, looking more and more as if this was a significant spreading event. though we may never know. there's a lot of coronavirus risk in the white house. top adviser steven miller is the latest to test positive. president trump, of course, also positive. he says he's feeling fine. yesterday i defended the president's decision to take off his mask on the white house balcony because i said he was alone. his doctor had said that. no harm in being alone and taking off your mask except, it turns out, it's not true. the president was not alone. there was a photographer there along with him. "the new york times" endorsed joe biden for

president. "the times" has supported democrats back to the 1950s. "the times" editorial board says joe biden has vowed to be a president for all americans even those who do not support him. the idea the president should have the entire nation's interests at heart feels almost revolutionary. here is biden at an event near gettysburg yesterday. today engaged once again for the battle of the soul of the nation. the forces of darkness, the forces of division, the forces of yesterday are pulling us apart holding us down and holding us back. we must free ourselves of all of that. pictures of the event area in salt lake city. tracie potts will be talking lots more about the vice presidential debate you can

watch on nbc bay area. follow me on twitte twitter @scottmcgrew. thank you very much, scott. it's 5:47. a recent outbreak at a small shasta county college is now being credited with bumping itself up to a lower tier status. teachers, at least 120 of students and teachers have tested positive over the past two weeks. the county is now moving back to the red tier from orange. a new record enrollment despite remote learning. the happiest place on earth is closed, one california man decided to make his own right in his backyard. >> welcome to dobbs land. he decided to create his own version of disneyland in his

home for his grandkids. the tiny world like "it's a small world" ride. it's not just for kids. a "star wars" inspired ride. pretty creative. >> nothing like a grandfather. they go all out for you. let's get a look at the forecast this morning. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that for us. this is something we can all smile about. these conditions are really nice today. this is the break we needed. we are getting some cooler weather and higher humidity and it's not searing hot. hour by hour in the 50s. at lunch time if you're going to

be outside or going out for a sandwich we have some upper 60s in the north bay. it's still nice and cool. we only reach into the low 80s today. we take you through 3:30 in the afternoon. along the coastline is still in the low 60s because of the fog hanging on and then as we go into this evening making plans to go out for a walk, we're going to be back in the upper 60s so it does cool off fairly quickly and then tonight mostly some upper 50s across the bay area. i'm watching a couple things here as we look across the region and what's happening in the pacific. we see the clusters of clouds and a couple systems heading closer to us as we've seen the remnants of a tropical system bringing us more clouds. this first low coming in we were hoping to bring us some scattered showers on friday but it looks like it weakens significantly before it moves in.

another system right behind that and that one looks like it's staying to the north of the bay area so those two chances of rain we were hoping for doesn't look like it will pan out to be a lot. that will warm up our temperatures. where that rain is a lot more certain will be across the gulf states. this is now a category 2 hurricane, delta expected to make landfall on friday morning, so that's something we'll be watching in our headlines and our social media feeds. as we see our temperatures reaching into the mid-80s today you can see the cooling trend, the thing that's working for us for the fires in the north bay will be lower temperatures. we will see at times more clouds as we make our weekend plans. still a spotty shower or two possible. that's not the heavy soaking we were hoping for. mike, you have a look at the commute. what's going on? >> folks have to watch out in

the east bay. two things we'll show you. the first one which affects the most volume of people at the bay bridge toll plaza, the middle lanes. you are going to have to wait for the middle lanes. that indicates slowing at the incline. no metering lights but there will be slowing through berkeley and into emeryville, west 80 at powell, a crash that blocks your slow lanes. construction crews still there for 680 causing more slowing. the same thing on the nimitz. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now a great day for uc berkeley professor jennifer doudna won the nobel prize for her work in the genome editing. she and a french scientist created a tool called a crispr. it's like genetic scissors used to cut dna in a specific location and can help change dna in animals and plants, plus it helps to create new cancer therapies. her work as professor, she will

split that prize money, $1 million. incredibly impressive there. well, there's much more ahead on "today in the bay" this wednesday morning including the future of pandemic street closures. coming up, there will be more car-free roads after complaints were filed to end the program. plus, protests in new york city. orthodox jews up in arms over imposing more covid restrictions. the latest intense movements coming up next. 5:53. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. 5:56. kentucky's grand jury on the breonna taylor case. the attorney general is accused of using the inquiry to deflect accountability. they want it to be openly debated in court. now to a follow-up for you, vallejo is now officially asking its leaders to declare a public safety emergency. the city is currently on track to have one of its most deadly

and crime ridden years in decades. they wan more officers to enter public safety. funds have been depleted and along with shaking public trust in the police department. ultra orthodox jews were protecting governor cuomo's latest rules. he is limiting the number of people at houses of worship to ten people or 25%. protesters at one point created a fire in the middle of a crosswalk. later chased away two deputies trying to keep the peace. one person was hurt but no arrests were made. san franciscans will have a place to go to social distance. the city will finalize its slow

streets program at the end of the month. the program started back in april but stopped in july after appeals were filed. supervisors later denied the appeals allowing the project to resume with added closures of 40 miles of san francisco streets. even if flying remains at an all-time low due to the pandemic american airlines is opening its newest admiral club at sfo. expect a lot of plexiglas and sanitizer. the club takes up more than 11,000 square feet. happening now stimulus roller coaster. president trump back and forth on a new stimulus deal leaving americans hanging and the markets shaking. a lot of updates from washington is just moments away.

stimulus bound to come up at the one and only vice presidential debate tonight. next the plexy glass. movie theaters reopening. what will they show and will people return? the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. a very good morning. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. let's start out with meteorologist kari hall and a look at the forecast. something to smile about, kari. there are some things i'm watching. we do still have the smoke in the north bay, it's going to be very localized to the north bay. we are going to continue to make

progress toward a cooler weekend. the models are trending drier. we may have more clouds and humidity so i'll talk more about that in the forecast coming up. how is it looking right now for the morning commute? >> right now, kari, looking pretty good. we see the transition happening. the middle of the screen for the nimitz. there's a remnant of that recovery going on. you see it looks like that construction crew is in the process of clearing. delaying you from berkeley and into emeryville, there is that crash that blocks the slow lane. a mild backup. >> thanks, mike. we begin in washington with