>> the president lashing out at dr. anthony fauci on the campaign trail claiming americans are over covid. but are voters buying it? a live report next on the state of both campaigns. plus, combatting covid in california. we are live with how the golden state is keeping the virus at bay as other states see spikes in cases. >> don't let your guard down. fire danger continues. we're tracking areas at risk and could face power shutoffs. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. mike keeping track of the commute. first the forecast for you with meteorologist kari hall with that terrific tuesday forecast. let's hear if it's going to be a terrific forecast for us. it's going to be pretty nice, but very warm in the inland valleys as our temperatures heat up into the upper 80s today and we're also

going to have that high fire danger for the north bay. we're continuing to monitor that as well as what's going to happen the next few days with a few more bursts of high winds that could affect more of the rest of the bay area. today we're up to 85 in san jose. 86 in martinez and san francisco will reach 70 degrees. we're going to once again have some warm weather but a cooldown in the forecast and i'll have more on that in a few minimum. heading over to you, mike, how is it looking for the commute? well, kari, not as bad as we sometimes see on a tuesday. and by bad i'm talking about the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza. the middle lanes very slow but the outer lanes, you can transition off the berkeley curve but off the 880 overcrossing we do have to stick it out for the middle lanes that are coming off the overcrossing. a look at the map, a smooth drive. i've circled the traffic break that has now cleared 880 south down to 66 should improve quickly over the next few and san jose slowing has cleared as well. back to you.

thanks so much, mike. 14 days to go and this morning we're learning there will be a mute button on this thursday's presidential debate. moderated by nbc news kristen welker. now let's get to tracie potts in washington. tracie, so far both candidates are still in. >> reporter: right, and, marcus and laura, people were wondering what the commission would do after the last debate and all the over talking and the interruptions. they said they would do something. now we know what they are planning to mute the mic of the opponent when a candidate is answering a question. no word from the biden campaign. the president is already saying he will show up but he doesn't like that. >> why wouldn't you answer the question? >> reporter: to prevent a repeat of this -- >> radical left -- >> will you shut up, man. >> reporter: the presidential debate commission announced they will mute the opponent's microphone during each candidate's two-minute response

at thursday's debate. the trump campaign calls the commission biased, changing the rules to provide advantage to their favorite candidate. and they're disputing the topics. >> we're going to win the state of arizona. >> reporter: polls are now open in 37 states. president trump reportedly wants to boost his rallies to five a day telling campaign workers -- >> people are tired of covid. i have the biggest rallies i've ever had, and we have covid. people are saying, whatever. just leave us alone. they're tired of it. >> reporter: the democrats' vice presidential nominee senator kamala harris slamming the president in florida for not listening to scientists. >> deny facts, deny science, and lie to the american people. so we know we need a change. and a change is coming. >> reporter: democratic nominee joe biden taking a break before the debate is warning his team

against being complacent. polls show him ahead by double digits, but tighter in swing states. coronavirus it continues to dominate the campaign. >> this ain't no joke. it's killing people. all you have to do is look at the numbers. >> reporter: the virus surging in 38 states with cases up 10% in the last two weeks. so we are also tracking what the president had to say about dr. anthony fauci's top infectious disease expert calling him a disaster on the phone call with campaign officials. fauci now has personal security because he's been getting death threats. back to you. >> such an interesting time, tracie. thanks so much. 6:04 right now. a live look at capitol hill where house speaker nancy pelosi wants to reach a stimulus deal. progress is being made on a new covid relief package.

the house speaker and treasury secretary steven mnuchin negotiated for fearly an hour yesterday. the session was called productive by both sides and they're expected to hold more talks today. in california there are now more than 880,000 confirm covid cases across the world more than 40 million people have been infected with covid-19. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live where young children can now get tested through the county. kris, talk to us about that. >> reporter: hi there. this will be a relief for parents who may be wondering if their kids are healthy. the drive-through testing will start at 1:00 this afternoon here at the san mateo county event center. it's for children who are 5 years old or older but you do have to have an appointment. so if you show up without an appointment, you will be turned away. you can go to the county website to make that appointment. i'll put a link on my facebook page and twitter feed. a person who has had a couple of covid tests, the kids are not

going to be very happy about it. testing is really such a critical part of california's reopening plan along with strict mask requirements, social distancing and limited capacity for businesses. while other states are dealing with surges, california's slow and steady reopening plan is working despite the fact that a lot of us feel a little cooped up. even better news overall for the bay area we have here the lowest coronavirus risk of any major population center in the state according to "the mercury news. "however, sonoma county is struggling with its covid spike especially in the latino communities and now supervisors are considering a $16 million public health strategy to broaden test availability and provide incentives for testing. a lot of folks don't want to get tested because if they're positive they'll have to stay home. to that is another idea to

perhaps offer stipends for people who test positive and have to stay home but are afraid of missing work. a lot of work but a lot of guidelines coming from other bay area counties. in san mateo, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you, kris. a ucsf pediatric professor says now is a good time to reopen bay area schools. the doctor says that one of the reasons is the low virus transmission rate. test positivity rates in san francisco, alameda and santa clara are holding below 2%. getting back to safe in-person learning is vital for kids. the doctor also points out to new york where there are no signs of outbreaks related to school reopenings.

>> we can't sacrifice the safety of teachers and families but we have the opportunity to do that. >> she says if indoor dining is reopening, schools could do so as well. but it must include masking, distancing and ventilated classrooms. san francisco school leaders are still planning to vote today on the controversial lottery admissions plan for lowell high school even though it's getting blasted by parents and students. normally they are based on scores and test grades. because last spring they went to pass/fail and state tests were never given. that led them to using a lottery. more than 5,000 people have signed a petition opposing change.

a 7.5 earthquake triggering a tsunami warning. the video captured the moment of that quake. it struck yesterday afternoon. no damage has been reported and tsunami warning was called off after the quake produced waves about two feet high. thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes. in boulder county the cal wood fire is over 9,000 acres. it started just a few days ago. the wildfire concerns in colorado always remain here in california let's see if the temperatures will cool down at all. perhaps by the weekend perhaps? >> yeah, we are going to see cooler weather this weekend and it has been such a busy wildfire

season. nice to have these breaks. in san mateo making plans to go to the park today, and then in the low 70s by 1:00. the fire danger coming up. how is it looking for the commute? kari, it looks pretty good from our palo alto camera. i'm watching for any brake lights, any tapping. the taillights are heading to holly up in redwood city. blocking one lane and i saw slowing. light traffic volume still. as we look at your maps get by the area circled. slow at the bay bridge toll plaza holdi ining steady. just the middle lanes right now. back to you. all right, thanks so much, mike. still a lot of us have probably changed our shopping habits due to the pandemic. are shoppers really happy? coming up the top retailers that

are leaving customers, they say, unsatisfied. breaking news out of washington this morning. there are several reports that say the department of justice will move against google. we will have the very latest coming up. well, look at that. a wild scene on the streets of san francisco. don't panic, it's just hollywood doing its thing. up next for you the major motion picture being film right now in the city. 6:11. you're watching "today in the bay." woman 1: get your vote-by-mail ballot?

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at 6:13, to the south bay and a look at how the bay will shape up, mostly clear skies and temperatures in the mid-50s but then as we go throughout the day going to heat up and we'll be in the low 80s throughout much of the afternoon and then cooling to the low 70s around sunset. we'll talk about our high fire danger in a few minutes. still northbound one lane may be blocked by a disabled vehicle. no injuries as we look to the bay bridge not a lot of change there. we still have middle lanes slow coming off the berkeley curve.

there's breaking news "the new york times" was the first to report that the u.s. department of justice will file an antitrust lawsuit against google accusing it of anti-competitive behavior in search and search advertising. this is the most significant move against big tech in the 1990s. you'll recall that one lasted years and we can talk in the coming days whether the result of that was effective. this doj accusation is separate from the investigations many u.s. states are conducting as a team against google and those are separate from what california may or may not be doing with google. xavier becerra is being closed mouth about his office's actions. i signed in to the press conference that will start at 6:30. i'll have more as we see that

lawsuit with our own eyes. as for the stimulus, let's talk about that. lots of different restaurants are serving people food. they're showing -- well, we won't do that. we'll talk about wall street. closed slightly lower monday. i put up intel in our board. the santa clara-based company selling off its memory chip unit for $9 billion. foxconn which makes apple iphones promised it would build a big factory in wisconsin, one of the first to say it would move manufacturing to the united states in exchange for big tax breaks. this morning wisconsin is saying it may not give those big concessions because foxconn didn't build the factory it promised and is not employing as near the people they called for in the original deal. it is being reported foxconn buildings are now being used for storage.

>> a lot of storage there. thank you, scott. it's 6:16 right now. customer satisfaction is down during the pandemic according to a special covid-19 related survey. amazon took the biggest hit. satisfaction down for supermarkets, specialty retail and discount retail stores. personal care stores are the only ones said to be keeping customers happy. all right. listen up for this because you now have 66 days until christmas. and as holidays approach people are, of course, changing the way they shop. that means holiday hiring will look a lot different this year. the staff confirms people and the most in-demand who will did i jobs are warehouse associates like fork lift operators, customer service representatives, packers and

retail truckloaders and unloaders. laura, it's time. lights, camera, action. if you're going to be in san francisco maybe you've seen the muni bus traveling out of control. take a look at this. >> yeah, you may be wondering what's going on. it's for a new marvel movie. stunts between the bay and north point. steamboat is the working title for this superhero movie. and the legend of the ten rings. it's about a marshall artist who becomes a deadly assassin. filming is supposed to wrap up this week and scheduled next summer. >> very excited amongst my kolic

book friends who grew up looking at comic books with no asian superheroes. but they didn't call me. >> well, maybe you could go out there and be an extra. >> i think if you stand out there, they'll call on you, mike. >> it's good. i'll stand by the out-of-control muni bus. >> you're mike inouye. why wouldn't they? it's time to get a look at the superhero when it comes to weather meteorologist, kari hall, a look at what we can expect today. >> we're talking about what's happening out there in the atlantic with storm epsilon. we've gone through our names, we're through the greek alphabet and this storm that will hopefully stay out to sea. it strengthens to possibly a hurricane over the next few days. the next in line will be xeda.

a high fire danger today. all of these areas shaded in red and elevations above 1,000 feet included in this warning, low humidity. then that gets extended starting on wednesday so we have a couple of wind even heading our way that will potentially spread any fires very quickly and we've to be careful. a strong area just to our west giving us a northerly wind blowing it offshore instead of our cool and humid ocean air a wind from the north and blowing off the coast so this creates the high fire danger that we'll see for the next couple of days. then by the weekend major changes coming our way as this storm system tracks to the north and off to the east. it changes wind direction and will cool off significantly.

so we're looking at highs this week starting out in the upper 80s for the interior valleys. look at the changes on thursday into friday. now we'll also usher in high winds. those winds start to calm down and we can settle in with cooler temperatures and then the 60s returning to san francisco. mike. anything new coming up? the bay bridge toll plaza we've been holding with the same volume of traffic which is good though it is slow for the middle lanes and off the 880 overcrossing. we now see the lanes fill in on the right side of the approach. the left lanes to the hov on the bottom of your screen are still clear. good stuff coming off 580. the disabled vehicle on the peninsula a crash is a distraction adding to the build out of hayward and san leandro. back to you.

thanks so much, mike. 6:21. up next on "today in the bay" nbc bay area responsible. >> reporter: her online order was delivered to a store 65 miles away. and her request for a refun, yeah, it went missing, too. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, nbc bay area responds next. in the bay area, we believe in science.

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refund for an online order went missing. >> she turned to chris chmura and his team for some help. >> reporter: good morning. katherine paid jcpenney $38 for a new coat. it was supposed to be delivered to her house in eastern contra costa county. somehow it went to a jcpenney store in san jose 65 miles away. >> i really wasn't worried because the email confirmed shipment clearly stated if the coat wasn't picked up by a specific date the order would be canceled and a full refund issu issued. >> reporter: she let the deadline past. just like the coat, her refun never arrived either. katherine went back and forth with jcpenney and an online payment service to no avail. we asked the company what happened. it told us it would take a look although it didn't offer an explanation they did send a refund check for $38.44.

katherine made our job easier by saving all her receipts and emails with jcpenney. thank you. it's a great reminder when you place an online order keep the documentation until you have your item and you're satisfied with it. is a consumer problem giving you trouble? perhaps we can lend a hand. visit nbcbayarea.com and tap respond in the main menu or call 888-996-tips. trending this morning the first trailer is out for chadwick boseman's final film. take a look. >> i know what i'm doing. i don't care. >> remember "the black panther" star died in august at the age of 43. his final role is for the upcoming netflix film "ma rainey's black bottom" along with viola davis. the 1982 broadway play.

boseman plays the horn player for the blues legend ma rainey. the performance already generating a lot of oscar buzz. >> nice to see his work once again. 6:27 here on "today in the bay." gun violence is on the rise across all three major bay area cities. up next, a live report on one city's plans to tackle that and the push that it's already getting. plus -- >> reporter: and i'm cierra johnson in downtown napa. coming up another psps event. we'll break down which communities are impacted and when they're scheduled to begin. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:30, fire danger returns in parts of the bay area and more power shutoffs may be coming. a live look at san jose. we are tracking it all this morning from what you need to know to be prepared and the forecast. "today in the bay" continues right now. and a good tuesday to you. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. i'm also matching kari hall. we have the pumpkin spice memo today, i see. yeah, we've been talking about hot weather, so we're wearing bright clothing for today. and those are some of the things i'm watching in the forecast, the fire danger, the hot temperatures especially in the valleys this afternoon. we're also going to have some of

those high wind gusts kicking up especially in the north bay. we're reaching into the upper 80s in the tri-valley. 85 in san jose and just keep in mind that's about ten degrees above normal so this is not the way we're supposed to be in the middle of october. we'll talk about our forecast ahead as it does cool off. how is it looking for the commute right now, mike? not the way it's supposed to be for b.a.r.t. riders. hold with me as we show a major delay listed in san francisco heading towards dublin and reports of equipment problems at the balboa park station. this may ripple out to more lines, but that's what b.a.r.t. reports now. the bay bridge toll plaza shows you the backup. metering lights turned on a few minutes ago. as we look at the maps no major problems outside of that. no issues to the bay bridge and smooth throughout the bay. back to you. all right, thanks so much, mike. with red flag conditions returning pg&e is letting some

customers know as soon as tomorrow they may lose power and some of them are the same people who lost power last week due to high fire danger. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson live in downtown napa where folks are bracing for some of these possible shutoffs once again. >> reporter: yes, good morning. there is a strong possibility there could be some overlap with the folks that are impacted this week and the families that were impacted last week because 50,000 customers across 19 counties will be involved in this psps event. we want to break it down to the bay area to take a look at a map and in yellow it breaks down which communities will be impacted. 7,000 customers in all throughout alameda, solano, sonoma, contra costa, napa and santa clara counties. now the power company does have meteorologists and they're keeping a close eye on the temperatures and the wind. both of which very strong

factors in the shutoffs. this year the last several of this pg&e has stressed they're going to make the events shorter and smarter and not as widespread. they want to stress they're going to work to turn things around quite quickly. 12 daylight hours after the event is over they're hoping to have the power back on for folks. the folks that were impacted should have already received notification via automated phone call or email or text message. if that is you be sure to have your medications refrigerated and devices charged because it is scheduled to kick off tomorrow night. live in downtown napa, cierra johnson for "today in the bay." california state insurance commissioner wants to make it harder for insurance companies to abandon high fire risk areas. insurers have been abandoning such areas at high rates. yesterday insurance commissioner ricardo lara held a hearing in sacramento to address the issue

to better protect residents from the increasing risk of wildfires. later today oakland leaders may take action to reduce violent crime and protect its minority community. now this as the head of the police union accuses city leaders of turning their backs on its citizens. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live for us. this comes as oakland has seen a surge in deadly violence. >> reporter: correct, marcus. according to the union that represents the oakland police officers there have been 80 murders in the city so far this year. that's a 38% increase from the year before. later today the observing city council will consider a resolution to declare the prevention of gun violence should be the top priority for opd. the proposal recommends the police focus more on removing illegal guns from the street, increase the tracing of guns and shell casings and improve their overall response to shootings. in a scathing press release the head of oakland's police union wrote that the city proposal is

just, quote, lip service from city councilmembers who are safe behind their zoom meeting screens while they look for a new chief of police who will champion the funding of police. that's from the head of the police union. the council president kaplan is proposing the city stop the joint terrorism task force and alleges the task force has trampled on civil liberties of the arab, middle eastern, and south asian communities, targeting the black lives matter movement. and that i.c.e. has helped deport immigrant rights advocates. the head of the police union rights dismantling the long-standing relationship with that task force would be, quote, counterproductive. take a look at your tv screen. a surge in violent crime in two of our cities. oakland 80 murders. san francisco 47 murders. a 47% increase over the last year. san jose, 35 murders, a 9%

increase. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, bob, thank you. oakland councilmembers are also expected to vote on a controversial new plan to regulate homeless encampments. this with be the city's fers set of organized rules. they say it would better maintain public space and lowering health risks in the process. opponents say it would merely expand police authority and not provide essential services for those who really need it. those who live in san francisco struggling to make it in the bay during the pandemic may get a helping hand today. supervisors plan to vote on a plan that aims to help those living in 2,800 supportive housing units in the city. if the proposal is approved rent for those residents would be capped at 30% of their income. supervisor matt haney who introduced the proposal tells "the examiner" he believes the move will help keep people off the streets and homeless costs down. well, dozens of states are

seeing a surge in covid cases. california is keeping cases and hospitalizations down. so what's working? a live report next. few americans trust president trump to tell them the truth about his own coronavirus. let's take you out to the big board this morning. it is up. we do have some breaking news about an antitrust suit against google as well. also coming up, the happiest place on earth haunted? spooky stories from former workers all coming up next. you're watching "today in the bay." uber and lyft are like every big guy i've ever brought down. prop 22 doesn't "help" their drivers-- it denies them benefits. 22 doesn't help women. it actually weakens sexual harassment laws,

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right now at 6:39 if you work outside and you're getting ready to head out the door it's a two to three mask kind of day because it will be hot. you may sweat through a couple of these so make sure you have plenty on hand with our temperatures in the valleys reaching in the mid to upper 80s. what's ahead in the fire danger. the train heading in the dublin direction, recovering from an earlier track problem. you should see improvement. the san mateo bridge moving smoothly despite congestion. the nimitz slows but 92 looks green here. i'll show you the bay bridge coming up. sounds good. we'll check back with you, mike. 6:40.

to decision 2020 u.s. supreme courts of pennsylvania can keep accepting ballots for three days after the election upholding a lower court's decision. >> now, scott mcgrew, that decision comes after a tied ruling. that's right. 4-4. there are only eight justices on the u.s. supreme court after the death of ruth bader ginsburg so a tie vote means the court upholds the lower court's ruling and pennsylvania can go forward with counting those votes. supreme court nominee amy coney bryant would rule but her ruling would have broken that tie either way. and if there are more challenges ahead after she is seated we may not see the same results. the committee that runs the presidential debates confirms it will turn the microphones on and off to better control thursday's debate. the first and so far only debate was marred by constant interruptions. joe biden is off the campaign trail preparing for that debate but his vice

presidential pick is in florida where early voting just began. >> there is so much on the ballot in 2020. justice is on the ballot in 2020. climate justice is on the ballot in 2020. >> president trump held large rallies in arizona and continues to rail against the pandemic safety measures. monday saying biden would follow the advice of scientists meaning that to be an insult and that people were pandemic'd out. >> you get it, here i am. i'm here. i'm here. and now i'm immune. i can jump into this audience and kiss every man and woman. i'm immune. >> a new poll from nbc and survey monkey found few americans trust the president to

tell the truth about his own health. 8% of american adults trust president trump to be truthful about his help. when the president's covid test came through and savannah guthrie last week he said he couldn't recall when he was tested before the last debate. >> just to button it up do you take a test every single day? >> no, but i take a lot of tests. >> you don't know if you took a test the day of the debate? >> possibly i did. possibly i didn't. >> other news i just muted it but i've been talking to you and at the same time being part of a virtual press conference with the department of justice. which filed an antitrust lawsuit against google this morning. this is the biggest move against big tech in decades. the doj accusation is separate from the various states that have teamed up to investigate google and that is separate from

what california may or may not be deg. xavier becerra has been very closed mouthed about his office's actions. i will continue to monitor the press conference and we will continue to tell you things about it during our cut-ins and on the midday news as well, laura. thank you very much, scott. it's 6:44 right now. in california there are 880,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. more than 40 million have been infected. they're expanding the drive-through covid testing for young people. >> reporter: and not just young people. children 5 years old and up. the kids may not want to hear that but that is a possibility here at the san mateo test center that starts at 1:00. it is by appointment only so make sure you have an appointment before you show up or you'll be turned away.

also i put it up on instagram in case you're there. kids are not going to want to hear that. part of the reopening plan along with strict mask requirements, social distancing and limited capacity for business. while other states are seeing covid surges and second waves and third waves, experts say california's slow and steady reopening plan is working even if a lot of us feel a little cooped up. even better news overall for the bay area we have the lowest coronavirus risk of any major population center in the state according to "the mercury news am" however sonoma county is struggling with its covid fight in its latino communities. and now supervisors are considering a $16 million public health strategy to broaden the availability of testing, provide incentives for people to get tested and sti penpends for peo

who feel they can't afford to miss work if they get sick. the positivity rate in sonoma county is 5%. that is half the -- that is double the rate it is here in san mateo county where it's 2.5%. kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> all right, kris, thank you. happening today for you a protest led by a flight attendant demanding action on covid relief funding. this comes after hundreds of thousands of airline workers were furloughed earlier this month. flight attendants plan to gather outside representative barbara lee's oakland office at 11:00. all parks have been shut down for seven months. but today state leaders are expected to announce updated guidelines for reopening. locally this would pave the way for reopenings at great america and six flags and discovery kingdom. college football is about to get a little more cozy this

weekend. the mountain west schools including san jose state return along with big ten. the next week pac 12 schools return. the conference laid out minimum thresholds for the teams to take the field. for example, at least 53 scholarship players must be healthy enough to suit up for the game or it will be cancel or postponed. teams will play a seven-week season. okay. you're talking football. i'm talking baseball. no one thought baseball would probably get to this point but tonight the fall classic returns. a live look at dallas global life stadium where the world series will take place tonight. the rays are taking on the l.a. dodgers. about 11,000 fans will be allowed to attend every day. trening for you that morning we all know halloween will be different this year due to the pandemic. but hershey's is rolling out this robotic door. take a look at this. so it will dispense the king-sized candy.

look how big that cappndy is. kids just need to say trick-or-treat and it will pop out through mail slot. that's all you have to do. >> not too scary there. what about this? ahead of halloween former disneyland workers are telling the sf gate about spooky experiences at the theme park. one woman says she was alone in the store and heard the stock room door open and close. the park was completely closed at the time. an item in the stock room then broke. the former cast member says a train would sometimes pop up on a control board when no actual physical one actually existed. the train could even be heard whistling. remember the steamboat? when they asked who the train belonged to they said the late walt disney. he was a lover of trains and locomotives. do you believe?

there's an entire mansion called the haunted mansion. >> with ghosts. >> they should all go back there. >> all right. it would be nice to get back to some normalcy as well. sadly to say the normal fire season so a lot of weather concerns to go along with that, kari. absolutely. we'll be watching that. on a lighter note you may be watching the sky because we do have a meteor shower going on. the best time for viewing are the predawn hours. now that the sun is rising it may be hard to see now. make plans for tomorrow morning before dawn to just lie down, be patient and watch how many meteors you could see in an hour. most can pick up 10 to 20. this is debris from halley's comet.

these will be pretty quick moving. you can look in the sky. let's get you out the door heading around the bay with a look at our high temperatures for this afternoon. beautiful sunrise that we're seeing right now taking a live look outside in san jose with our high temperatures that will reach up to 85 degrees today. we'll see some upper 80s as you head inland in spots like concord and livermore and also a hazy sky that will continue. but we're also watching out for that fire danger for all of our elevations above 1,000 feet. all of the north bay for those hills and mountains will be under this red flag warning through tomorrow morning. we will have a weather watch for the east bay hills and this starts wednesday night and goes through friday morning. so we have a couple of time frames we are expecting those winds that could gust up to 40 miles an hour as you go up in elevation.

we're going to have the northerly offshore wind that will continue for next couple of days. spots like napa reaching into the upper 80s today and tomorrow. look at how much those temperatures drop off over the next few days. making plans for the weekend, it will be in the low 70s. some big cooling is coming our way and i think we deserve it at this point. let's head over to mike. how does it look for the commute? kari, the orionid meteor shower sounds good. we call the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are on. the lanes off the middle and hov are clear again. no problem on the approach. the map shows the bay bridge itself has backed up at the toll plaza. slowing for 37 and highway 4.

typical direction for the flow. no problem. slowing also san leandro down to hayward for the nimitz. no may injure ijor issues there. back to you. happening now for you philippine's president says that he could be held responsible for the many killings under his anti-drug crackdown. he added he was ready to accept any charges except crimes of humanity that could land him in jail. nearly 6,000 killings of drug suspects reported by police. human rights groups expect the death toll is far larger. 6:52. up next on "today in the bay" this tuesday morning a look at the top stories including should kids be returning to the classroom? we'll look at the push from one ucsf doctor on why he says now is the time for students to return.

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welcome back. a look at the top stories we're following for you this morning. >> we begin with cierra johnson live in the north bay, tracking possible new power shutoffs as soon as tomorrow, cierra. >> reporter: yes, good morning. here we go again, a lot of the same folks that are impacted by this week's psps event were impacted last week with that psps event. to break down who all is involved, take a look at your screen. we have a map. the spots in the yellow show the 7,000 customers throughout alameda, solano, sonoma, napa and santa clara counties. the power company has meteorologists on standby and keeping an eye on the wind and the heat. they're going to be pretty strong and high this week. pg&e stressing that if you are impacted you would have already received notification. starting tomorrow evening is

when it is expected to fin. make sure you have your devices charged, a cool place to keep that medication. stay tuned. we'll have more information and updates on that outage. we're live in downtown napa. cierra johnson for "today in the bay." 6:56. good news when it comes to the pandemic. so far the feared second surge of cases in california has not happened. at the end of last month governor newsom warned of a possible 89% increase in cases. since then hospitalizations actually fell 15%. the governor says despite the positive trend he plans to keep things slow in reopening businesses. a pediatrics professor says now is a good time to reopen bay area schools. the doctor says one of the reasons is the low virus transmission rate. test positivity rates in san francisco, alameda and santa clara counties are holding below 2%. she says getting back to safe,

in-person learning is vital for kids' academic and mental health. happening today mourners will gather for a celebration of life honoring a san francisco paramedics who died in a training accident. jason cortez died when he fell 30 feet from a fire escape landing two weeks ago. today's celebration of life will include a procession to oracle park where the ceremony will be held. it is not open to the public but it will be streamed online. 6:58. another check of weather and traffic together starting out with kari and that forecast. yeah, we are still in for some warm weather the next couple of days along with the high wind gusts that will continue. we'll reach into the upper 80s but we have much cool he air headed our way this time for the weekend. it's going to be see nice with highs inland, only reaching into the low 70s. let's head over to mike now for an update on the commute. all right, kari. looking here at some slowing 880

through hayward. there may be a vehicle in the middle of the roadway. i think we see slowing because chp has arrived to lend assistance. troublesome for a time between san leandro and down to the dumbarton bridge. pointing out that stretch because the trend this morning has been i've seen a number of smaller crashes through that stretch. around the peninsula side the crash cleared and san carlos and slowing through redwood city has cleared. north 101 at the bottom of the screen, the arrow shows where things were building up around story yesterday but there are no incidents there so things cleared up and so did the slowing we typically see from 680 up to oakland road. good stuff. we come back live, we do have the bay bridge toll plaza with the metering lights on. even there it's lighter. marcus, indeed, terrific tuesday. not bad for the bay bridge. >> tuesday doesn't always get a good rap. terrific tuesday it is. >> there we go. >> terrific tuesday, we love it.

i love taco tuesday, too. i think that's fun. >> you and me both. a live look for you at dublin. a beautiful way to start the morning there. the sunrise. kari's favorite part of the morning. thank you for making us a part of your morning. good morning. two weeks and presidential race heats up with just 14 days to go the final debate, 48 hours away, with newly enforced rules to avoid interruptions that disrupted the first. >> lft last in your class and first in your class. >> mr. president, can you let him finish >> he doesn't know how to do that. and this morning, massive turnout during early voting in dozens of states we'll have the very latest scary spike, new coronavirus