at this hour. plus -- >> we are not going to tolerate foreign interference. ahead of tonight's final presidential debate, top intelligence officials now warn russia and iran are interfering in the election. the aggressive tactic targeting some voters ahead in a live report. alameda county has the framework in place and the date to resume indoor dining. "today in the bay" continues right now. good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. let's get a look at the forecast from meteorologist kari hall. >> several things i'm watching in this forecast, of course, the high fire danger we will continue but we are starting to cool off and we'll see that trend continuing into the weekend. our winds will pea pibe picking times and watching out for the mountain gusts and the high fire danger that will continue even

into the weekend. we'll talk more about this, as well as what we're expecting with the red flag warning coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking heading out the door for work? >> we had red sensor warning and very slow and over in the east bay we're looking at your map and focusing on the right side. we'll zoom into the nimitz southbound and from 92 down to about industrial, the construction zone usually there, but this morning we see a lot more slowing. chp is there for traffic control and two lanes are blocked. we'll see how that plays out and more slowing and an alternate you might need coming up. >> thanks, mike. let's get back to what kari was just talking about. the fire danger is back along with more power shutoff. hundreds of people waking up this morning in the dark. "today in the bay" bob redell live in dublin. talk to us about the weather conditions where you are. >> fine from our vantage point in the hills over dublin but san mateo and especially in the north bay are expected to see

wind gusts of 35 to 40 miles an hour along with low humidity. that's why they're under, well a a lot of us under a red flag warning until 8:00 tomorrow morning. pg&e has shut off power or in the process of shutting off power for well over 4,000 customers in the bay area. about 500 here in the east bay and over a couple hundred in the south bay. the majority over 3,400 are in the north bay. primarily napa county where many customers are already off line and some are about to be taken off line. this is the fourth outage for napa this year and one man says it is becoming expensive to fuel his generator during the public safety power shutoffs. >> i can't work. i need power. i am a contractor and i use power saws and drills and you have to have power. >> i would never want a fire to start and consume an entire community just because i was too

lazy to put up with cooking on a camp stove or going a day without a shower. >> pg&e gave customers a 48-hour heads up that their power might be turned off. we expect most to have their power turned back on by tonight. assuming there are no issues with the safety check with blinds and equipment after the wind event. reporting live here in dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> visit our website to find out the neighborhood affected in this latest round of shutoffs. go to nbcbayarea.com and click on the power shutoff in the top story bar. decision 2020. the big day in the race to the white house. tonight, president trump and joe biden go head to head in their second and final debate. you're looking live at the debate site in nashville in case you forgot or choose to forget. i want to remind you what happened in the first presidential debate. >> answer that question -- >> the question is.

>> the radical left. >> would you sh. >> let's get to washington and tracie potts. given what we have seen, we just don't know what to expect tonight but other than that mute button. >> exactly. we know the rules have changed and there will be times in this debate, marcus and laura, where you will not hear the other candidate while someone's speaking. but before we get to that, i want to get started with the latest developing news overnight on the eve of this debate, we learned that iran and russia have been trying to interfere in the u.s. election. >> good evening. >> reporter: intelligence chief briefed congress on the new developments that iran and russia pinged voter information and that iran was behind e-mails to florida voters urging them to switch parties and vote republican. >> these actions are desperate attempts by desperate adversaries. >> we're not going to tolerate

foreign interference in our elections. you should be confident that your vote counts. >> reporter: iran denied the allegations calling them absurd. house speaker nancy pelosi called them disturbing. >> if people don't believe the elections are fair, that is the beginning of the end of this democracy. >> reporter: separately a cybersecurity firm says hackers are selling public voter registration data for 186 million americans. the news coming on the eve of the final presidential debate. >> iran doesn't want to let me win. china doesn't want to let me win. >> reporter: president trump previewing tonight's attack on joe biden. >> if biden wins, china will own the united states. >> reporter: the "new york times" reports that president trump had a secret chinese bank account. >> can you imagine if i had a secret chinese bank account when i was running for re-election. you think fox news might have

been a little concerned about that. they would have called me beijing. >> president obama hitting the campaign trail for joe biden in pennsylvania and this weekend in florida. tracie potts, nbc news. >> and a reminder, you can watch the final presidential debate right here on nbc bay area. nbc kristen welker will be moderating. covera agage begins at 6:00. a drive h-by shooting leavea pregnant woman near death. the woman is in her 20s and gravely injured. the shooting happened just before 7:00 last night near malcolm x elementary school on prince street. so far police have not released the suspect's description or a motive. happening today, concerned friends and family members will hold a vigil for a woman last seen near the golden gate bridge

last month. she attended cal and then moved to san francisco. last heard from on september 30th. now, to our pandemic coverage. alameda county is ready to loosen restrictions allowing more businesses to reopen. leaders announcing those changes yesterday. so starting tomorrow, indoor dining can resume as well as indoor worship services and movie theaters, businesses can operate at 25% capacity with distancing guidelines. a north bay high school has suspended all in-class learning because school leaders say students were not following safety protocols for covid. marin catholic high school is closing its campus for two weeks after reopening just two weeks ago. school leaders recently learned of a large student party without social distancing and the principprinc principal says several student sleepov sleepovers. just too risky for them to come

to school. >> there was silence and then exasperation. they were very, very disappointed. >> right now the campus is scheduled to reopen november 2nd. the pandemic is impacting enrollment at berkeley schools. berkeley said it is down 5% district wide. that amounts to 445 students. kindergarten and transitional kindergarten. some returning to private schools that have reopened. all right. well, a lot of people today with recess time, kari, a lot of people getting outside because they are working at home. how is it going to be out there for them today? >> let's head to the south bay. we'll check out saratoga because we're doing what we can and just let them go run around in the backyard for a little while. it will be a cool start to the

morning with some low 50s in some spots. it will be at about 57 degrees here in the next hour and if we're at about 10:00, 11:00, much more comfortable. we're looking at temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s and warming up into the low 80s for today. let's get a look at all our microclimates for this afternoon. of course, we continue to watch out for that red flage warning, the high fire danger that will continue and cooler air in the forecast today with san jose reaching 80 and 80 today in martinez. we'll get a look ahead and more talking about that fire danger that is coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking for the commute? >> kari, maybe my optimism and maybe a true clearing. we'll see how the sensors shape up in hayward. i think that crew is starting to clear and i think these sensors are improving a bit. the bottom end of the closures around industrial and you see more traffic backing up around highway 92 south on the nimitz. down two lanes overnight and

caused more slowing than we usually see at this time. no need for an alternate. webster tube reopened in the last few minutes and we have 880 between 23rd and 29th. they have scheduled maintenance and perhaps slowing on the southbound side coming up. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. still ahead at 5:25 on "today in the bay" imagine knowingly getting on a plane contaminated with coronavirus. some people are now actually doing that. we'll find out why. >> people maybe want something happier which leads them pining for an early christmas tree. ♪ >> i know you heard a little snippet of it there. that notorious new ad from pepsi and how the company is honoring a music icon. and the must-see halloween costume one dad made for his

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right now at 5:13, if you're about to head out the door and work at the inland valleys you will need one to two masks. making sure you're staying safe as you work outside. we'll talk about how hot it gets and a cool down coming up in the

forecast in a few minutes. >> dispose of those masks correctly. don't just drop them. out here looking on the roadways. fremont and light traffic volume but we do see slowing in hayward right around the san mateo bridge. getting off of the bridge and little slow. those headlights are slow heading towards the nimitz and we'll talk about the construction zone which means they're changing. good morning and a very happy thursday to you. there may be more automated cars on that bridge, mike, if you could actually ride in some of them. the san francisco business times says crews automation will follow paperwork to send its two-seat vehicle origin on to american streets and eventually pick people up. it already has approval for a different model to be on streets of san francisco, although purely for testing not for riding. tesla opened its financial books to investors and reporters and said it had its fifth

straight profitable quarters. the best numbers we've seen out of tesla yet and the call was normal. no oddities from elon musk and tesla rolling out fully automated driving software. quibi is shutting down and if you don't know what quibi is, that's why it's shutting down. paypal will start offering transactions in crypto currency, including bitcoin. you'll be able to do that on paypal and first-time jobless claims here in 15 minutes. here's an interesting problem. how many christmas trees does the united states need? if families aren't getting together for christmas or one common tree, do we need more? or if we're skipping the family thing will we decorate and need fewer. the largest amount of artificial trees are here in the bay area and some people have already started decorating. >> people are thinking about

christmas. i got texts from friends who put up their christmas trees which feels so early but people are looking for those sources of joy. so they're putting up their trees and their decorations early. >> marcus and laura, this is also a problem i was reading in the newspaper for turkey farmers. we don't need a whole turkey if nobody's coming for thanksgiving. they have a lot of turkey. >> but then you can make -- >> there's always a lot of leftovers. >> you can make leftovers. pack it up, freeze it. my grandmother taught me that. >> there you go. >> saving some money. >> just put up the tree. well, new this morning, airbnb is teaming up with apple's former design chief who overhauls systems and creates new products best known for his work on the iphone. he left apple last year and now spearheading efforts to revamp air bnb's app and website

including the rating based system to hosts and guests. air bnb is preparing for an ipo by the end of the year. trending for you this morning, a new beat from the late hip-hop star notorious big. take a listen. ♪ >> the 23-year-old previously unreleased and now the soda giant transformed it. pretty cool. >> he's been gone 23 years. wow. all right. trending for you this morning. distance learning and zoom calls inspired one dad to create an amazing costume. it's greg and he built this set up. so, take a look at it. look closely. that's his daughter in the middle screen there and also all

the other screens as monsteres. yes, he says that every year his kids challenge him to make them unique costumes and today big halloween show airs next friday, october 30th. starting monday, listen up, everyone. today is filling that virtual plaza and we want to see you, yes, you, people from here in the bay area. we want to see you a part of the big event. i already sent that out to a few people. look, you should do it. >> exactly. i told a friend, too. i'm like, come on. get your family to do it. let's get some bay area spirit right there. >> let's show them how the bay area does it. >> show them how it's done. >> we're in unison today. okay. hey, mike, we'll check that morning commute with you and see what's rocking and rolling. kari has a look at our forecast. how are we looking for today?

>> we're looking pretty good. i just wanted to give you an update because i was talking about hurricane epsilon earlier in the week and it's still out there in the atlantic. category 2 hurricane and moving just to the south and east of bermuda. so, we're monitoring that as it continues to stay out there for the most part over the open water and it will continue to move to the north and weaken over the next few days. you may see that on social mead i atoday. let's bring it back home and go around the bay as we take a live look outside in san francisco. here we're looking at highs reaching up to 72 degrees and make your way inland from concord to napa you'll see a high of 85 degrees. little cooler than we had yesterday but still we had these high winds as we get ready for the cooler air to start to settle in. we're looking at a red flag warning for all of our hills and elevations above 1,000 feet and this also includes the east bay and the santa cruz mountains. we do need to be really careful here not to start any new fires over the next couple of days

because we are looking at winds for the most part at about 15 to 20 miles per hour. but then as you go up in those mountains, i just saw a wind gust on mt. diablo, 46 miles per hour. it is gusting up there but not feeling it so much down here. as we look at our forecast over the next few days. check out our inland temperatures going from the low 80s today to the upper 70s tomorrow. making plans to get outside this weekend and expect it to reach into the mid 70s and then some upper 60s on sunday gradually it starts to warm up early next week and for san francisco we're going to see some also very nice weather here going from the 60s and 70s to the upper 60s with more clouds and fog for the weekend. once those winds start to calm down. so, a lot going on here. i'm making plans to get outside for the weekend. mike, how is it looking just get outside for work right now? >> you know, for the most part, it's all right. but the problem is and i don't mean to blame anyone but the folks outside doing their work

in the east bay. as we look at the map, the speed sensors are slowing. southbound 880 coming through hayward and continued problems for the commute heading down towards the construction work clearing by whipple but the zone here, i thought it was clearing, not yet. supposed to be clear at 5:00. i hope those crews are starting to move and the volume is starting to build up heading south and then westbound version or northbound of how highway 13. the toll plaza is clear but it will start to back up over the next, let's say, 20 minutes. we'll track that volume, of course. back to you. >> sounds good, thanks so much, mike. 5:21 right now. a big announcement from pope francis. next on "today in the bay" reaction from bay area catholic leaders on the big. and -- >> rudy giuliani has a questionable run in with the new borat film.

what he's saying this morning already making headlines. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 5:24. global reaction to pope francis calling for a passage of civil

same-sex union. this morning father jim martin an advocate for lgbt catholics talks about this moment. >> he is the first pope to speak so warmly and first person to speak positively about unions i. >> in a statement to "the chronicle" salvatore said, quote, the holy father clearly differentiated between a civil arrangement which accords mutual benefits to two people and marriage." a follow up now on the aclu saying it's been unable to locate parents for some 500 migrant children taken from their families at the u.s. border. homeland security now calls those false claims adding that in some cases the parents are refusing to reunite with their kids. however, the aclu says that's

not possible because no one can find the parents. new details for you. the manufacturer of the powerful pain killer oxy contin will plead guilty to three federal criminal charges. the purdue pharma includes conspiracy to defraud the united states and anti-kickback laws. the guilty plea is part of a settlement totaling more than $8 billion. oxy contin is blamed for sparking the opioid epidemic in the u.s. president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani is denying he did anything wrong in the new borat film after compromising an edited scene in the movie in which giuliani talks to a young, fake, female reporter in a bedroom. giuliani leaves the room. giuliani says he was only adjusting his clothes after

taking off a microphone and calls the video a fabrication and says he was never inappropriate. the cdc is issuing new guidance on close contact and spreading the coronavirus. it takes less than 15 minutes of close contact to become infect would the virus. now the cdc says those minutes could be spread out one or two at a time over the course of a day. that means you should still keep six feet of social distance and wear a mask and limit exposures to others to just a few minutes. flying during the pandemic may be safer than most people think. so the aircraft manufacturers are researching how the virus spreads. boeing spread a nonharmful virus and that is harder to detect than covid-19 on one on its planes. now it's focused on hi tech surfaces and then applied for different cleaning techniques used by airlines. it says that they all were killing that virus.

>> this is really first of its kind. it can show that we can kill the virus effectively using the tools and techniques we provided in the actual airline environment onboard. >> you can actually hear more on that study and how it's designed of the airplane and this is all coming up for you on "today" show right after "today in the bay." 5:28. next here, working to interfere with u.s. elections. a live report on what you want. the new fallout for a man accused of stealing a lemur from the san francisco zoo. what may happen when he appears today before a judge.

>> we have confirmed that some voter registration information has been obtained by iran and separately by russia. right now at 5:30, a warning of election interference as only 12 days remain until election day. coming up, we look at how you can actually protect yourself and your vote. plus, the push on the peninsula to reopen. next, what it will take for san mateo county to move into the lower orange tier and what it means for businesses. and the fire danger and power shutoffs continue again today. we're tracking that, plus when some relief could arrive. your forecast straight ahead. "today in the bay" starts now. good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for making us a

part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. friday eve just got to plow through the next couple days although we had this red flag warning in effect and the entire temperatures. how are we looking today, kari? >> it's going to start to cool off today. and we're heading towards some cooler weather for the weekend but as we change over to the cooler weather, we're still looking at some high winds and that means a high fire danger will continue over the next couple of days. so, even though we are looking at some nicer conditions, more comfortable weather, it will still be very dangerous for our bay area hills as our temperatures today reach up to 85 in concord. we'll see some mid 60s in half moon bay. get a look at that weekend forecast in a few minutes. mike, how it looking for the morning commute? >> 5:32. i mention that because this crew here in hayward was scheduled to be clear by 5:00 a.m. and you see the slowing heading down

towards where two lanes are still marked close and speed sensors are lighting up and south of whipple you're clear and down towards the san mateo bridge a clear drive. we do have an issue in oakland now and south 880 towards 23rd. back to you. >> thanks, mike. now time for decision 2020 and taking a look inside the debate hall in nashville at belmont university. you can see there gearing up for the big debate tonight where president trump and joe biden will hold their final and second debate ahead of the election. comes amid interference. how can i protect my vote? i know you have been looking up some stuff on this. >> yeah. hi, marcus. well, just when you thought this elections can not get more surreal, you might be wondering how real this threat is to voters and your vote. now, in case you missed it

yesterday, the fbi announced that russia and iran obtained voter registration information that's like e-mail addresses and a physical addresses for voters for an unknown number of people. then, they use that information to send threatening e-mails that claim to be from the far right group proud boy that say vote for trump or else. it is unnerving, but this might make you feel a little bit better. ballots in the u.s. are secret. no one can actually know how you vote. the threats targeted voters in swing states, battleground states. so in california we're not likely to get them. even if you do get one of those e-mails, it's likely too late as more than a million californians have already returned their ballots. 43 million americans across the nation have returned their ballots. still, you'll want to make sure that you use two-step verification for your e-mails. >> got one of these e-mails and you don't have that turned on and your password has been on

the dark web and then one of these hackers could go into your e-mail and start forwarding that on your behalf. >> now, that applies to your passwords on social media, as well. that cybersecurity expert also says to be critical of the information that you voluntarily repost, retweet or forward. now, the director of national intelligence says that iran is also spreading around a video that says that people can submit fra fraudulent ballots from overseas. in san jose, kris sanchez, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much, kris. developing this morning, san francisco police are now talking about a woman they say tried to kidnap a 3-year-old girl. it happened on monday night in the financial district. police are not providing many

details, but they do say the suspect grabbed the young girl's arm and tried to run off with her. we're not told where the parents were. a witness then intervened and responding officers eventually arrested that woman. well, the man accused in the headline grabbing theft of a lemur from the san francisco zoo is expected to appear in court this morning. 30-year-old cory mcgilloway will enter a plea tied to property theft charges. police arrested him a few days after the lemur was recovered on the grounds of a daly city preschool. well, there is some good news for san mateo county when it comes to the pandemic. if you've been paying attention, you know the orange tier is something good. it's coming soon for them. that's the word from state leaders who say that the county can advance to the less restrictive level if it continues to meet the state's criteria next week. now, in the orange tier, restaurants and places of worship and family entertainment centers can operate with 50%

capacity or 200 people, whichever is fewer. meanwhile, sonoma county continues to linger in the purple tier. partnering with the company to photograph 750 locations. that's a way to offer virtual tours. 75% of businesses recently surveyed say that they won't be able to survive for another year, if the pandemic continues. a new insurance plan for workers at sfo is now getting push back from the airlines themselves. "the examiner" is reporting the board of supervisors to expand health insurance for all their workers and families at no cost to help them during the pandemic. if the airline refuses, it has one other option. it will have to pay nearly $10 an hour for each employee for the current health care system that covers some workers. right now airlines pay just over $5. airlines say the new requirement would increase cost at sfo and

damage the already failing industry. well, the pandemic is keeping people at home and lowering traffic crashes on san francisco streets. new this morning "the chronicle" finds between march 17th and the end of june police responded to 434 injury crashes. less than half the same period as last year. the numbers do not include hospital records, so, the total count may be higher. also through the end of last month, there were four more traffic deaths compared to last year. a new policy in oakland is trying to get homeless off the streets and help them just make it in the bay. the oakland city council approves to prohibit homeless encampments. the homeless won't be able to set up tents and parks or near homes, businesses, schools and some churches. the goal is to get them into affordable housing. the policy will start next year. now, the news comes as the founder of charles schwab plans to donate $65 million to build housing for the homeless across

the bridge in san francisco. 5:38 for you this morning. getting started with your day. time to get a look at what we can expect with that forecast today. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that and, kari, how is it looking out there for us? >> yeah, a lot of people getting ready to head out for the morning commute. let's check out our east bay commutes and temperatures mostly in the 50s as we get started and it's going to be a cool morning but then much more comfortable as we go towards lunchtime going into the upper 70s by 12:00 here. and our temperatures will be warming up for today but we're coming down a few degrees compared to yesterday. let's take it through lunchtime. we'll see those temperatures at about 75 degrees in santa rosa and in san jose and then along the coastline, we'll have some 50s making it into the 60s today and a nice afternoon ahead. we'll talk about what's coming our way for the weekend, but also monitoring that fire danger. mike, how is it looking for the

commute? >> well, kari, you set the ambience around the area. on the roadways or in the roadways in some cases where we see slowing through oakland. 880 southbound, though, actually starting to show a little better speed towards 23rd. i think that crew clearing. a little on the early side. south 880 heading towards tennison and this closure for two lanes causing late backup and more significant backup towards the san mateo bridge out of san leandro. everything is clear towards fremont and the south bay. peninsula side right where i circled it around san mateo but we'll track that, as well. back to you. 5:40 right now. a warning ahead of election day. next on "today in the bay" what daca recipients are being told to do right now before the final vote for tally. barack obama gets out and campaigns for joe biden and, of course, tonight is the final

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right now at 5:43, let's go around the bay as we get a live look outside in san francisco. we're going to see temperatures here reaching into the low 70s today. napa will reach 88 degrees and gusty winds by this afternoon and concord we're looking at a high also of about 85 degrees. we'll look at all our microclimates and talk about our current drought situation coming up in a few minutes. >> kari, we'll jump across the bay and start over on the peninsula side as we look at the map. you see right there 101 and slowing and improvement as we head down towards the san mateo area. that crew i believe is clearing

and still slow down in towards hayward out of san leandro. bay bridge starting to build. we'll show you, back to you. breaking news for you this morning, we've just gotten new weekly jobless numbers. 787,000 people filed for first-time claims. that is less than what analysts expected. more than 8 million people are continuing jobless benefits. on top of the national jobless numbers, california is not doing well when it comes to unemployment. federal numbers last month put the state's unemployment at 11%. the third highest in the nation. now hawaii and nevada round out the top three. business leaders tell the "mercury news" governor newsom cautious approach to reopening is having an impact on the state's jobless rate. to decision 2020. former president barack obama is back campaigning for joe biden. >> scott mcgrew, 12 days to go until election is over.

>> i like how you phrase that. voting for millions of americans is already over. president trump has promised he would unveil a health care plan within two weeks. he said that a year ago, six months ago, he said it a few weeks ago and barack obama took note of that. >> where is this great plan to replace obama care? they've had ten years to do it. there is no plan. they've never had one. instead they've attacked the affordable care act at every turn driving up costs, driving up the uninsured and now they're trying to dismantle your care and the supreme court as we speak. as quickly as they can in the middle of a pandemic. with nothing but empty promises to take its place. it's shameful. >> obama the 44th president was in pennsylvania at a drive-in rally. one of three states, pennsylvania is one of three

states that may decide we have a president 45 or 46. >> you'll be able to go about your lives knowing that the president is not going to retweet conspiracy theories. or maybe s.e.a.l.s. didn't kill bin laden. the president of the united states tweeted that. imagine, what, what. >> amidst all this, yeah, the second and last presidential debate happening tonight. the commission running the debate, as you know, will turn off the microphone of the person whose turn it is not. to ensure that we don't have the debacle that we saw with the first debate. a live look at the debate preps from belmont university in nashville. that debate moderated by our own kristen welker. president trump was in front of a crowd that used masks sporadically. he said the media spent too much time talking about the pandemic.

>> all you hear is covid, covid, covid. >> unfortunately, we're seeing a destressing trend here in the united states with covid-19 cases increasing in nearly 75% of the country. >> we just got the data from overnight. 1,139 americans died yesterday from covid. governor chris christie wrote an op-ed in the "wall street journal" i should have worn a mask. in it we're asked to wear cloth over our nose and mouth and avoid crowds. these minor inconveniences could save your life. we're watching everything that's happening in washington as we get that much closer to the election. i'm on twitter. i love your feedback. you can reach me @scottmcgrew. 5:48 right now. immigrant rights groups are demanding daca recipients are recommending they renew their

pe permi permits. if president trump is re-elected may be to fully eliminate the program. daca recently survived trump's executive order with a reprieve from the supreme court. many believe a trump victory would provide him the mandate to get done what he could not get done during the first term. several southern california businesses on the brink of closing for g bood, but that cod all change by tomorrow. allow personal services including tattoo, waxing and massage parlors to reopen indoors. the county is still in the most restrictive tier. the purple one. isn't expected to be moving out any time soon. well, tonight is a night off for the world series. both teams can debate their next moves with the series now even at 1-1. tampa's brandon was a hero. he felt it.

two home runs and the rays winning the game, 6-4. check out this guy right here catching a will smith home run. he catches it, yeah, yeah, yeah and then what does he do. he throws the glove right there on the field. it must have been his night because the outfielder threw the glove back to him and the ball, a great night, indeed. >> yeah, no kidding. the cast of "legally blonde" reunited. the cast joined reese witherspoon on her youtube channel. an iconic dance. >> bend and snap. >> bend and snap. >> and snap. >> that was a full musical sequence that we ended up cutting out of the movie. >> we filmed that for a month. >> but if you do it wrong, you could break a nose. >> or your back. >> she said at the end of the

day it just really felt odd to have that one musical number in the movie. "legally blonde" eventually made its way to broadway as a musical. >> if you don't move it, you lose it. you have to be careful with that movement if you haven't done it in a while. >> don't want to lose it early. >> all right, snapping our way to that forecast today and hopefully snapping into something good. but apparently not. >> well, i mean, i think our vegetation is snapping right now because it is so dry. let's talk about this severe drought that we have going on for much of the bay area and even extreme drought conditions for the north bay where you're seeing it shaded in red and mostly orange for parts of the north bay and extended towards san francisco and for the south bay we have a moderate drought. so, the update came out just a few minutes ago remaining unchanged from last week. as we check our reservoirs in

the south bay right now at only 34% of our capacity and those levels have been dropping because we didn't get a lot of rain this year. so, it's still going down, of course, with the very dry season as we haven't had any rain as of yet. looking statewide. looking much better. mainly for the parts of california, we're not experiencing drought conditions. so, we're at 85% of the historical average statewide but the worst of the drought, of course, for the bay area on northward. as we go into the next couple days, we're looking at our fire danger as well as those high winds for all of these areas shaded in red, including the north bay. our upper elevations above 1,000 feet because our winds could gust up to 50 miles per hour due to high pressure overhead and then a couple storm systems passing off to the north to our east. they will also bring in cooler temperatures. we're going from the 80s for today and spots like san jose.

we're looking at our seven-day forecast. going from the 80s to the 70s and then look at the weekend forecast. only in the upper 60s by sunday. and then warming up a little bit more going into next week. mike, nice to see the cool air, but it's also pretty windy out there for the commute. >> that's right. but no wind advisory from chp. that's good news. and definitely i like the cool down. but i saw what you have coming up next week. we'll follow that. over here following the build up at the bay bridge. we knew this was coming. the middle lanes are now the slow ones where you're crawling in. no metering lights yet. a smooth drive approaching the bay bridge toll plaza that will keep things moving and see that build continuing. construction cleared from oakland but look down through san leandro still slow. better than before. i think that crew cleared in hayward and finally almost an hour late, marcus. waiting to clear through san mateo and san jose because that is what happens about now. back to you. >> thanks, mike.

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welcome back. 5:57 for you this morning. new video for you coming out of this terrifying bank robbery in the country of georgia. the armed man there took 43 workers and customers hostage demanding $500,000. after hours of talking with police, he got that money and let all the hostages go. he actually ended up getting away disappearing. the search for him is now under way. a north bay high school has suspended all in-class learning because school leaders say that the kids were not following

social distancing and off-campus restrictions and all those protocols that they have. marin catholic high school is closing its campus for two weeks after reopening just two weeks ago. school leaders recently learned of a large student party with no social distancing and the principal said several student sleepovers. just too risky for students and teachers to come to school. >> i made the announcement here on campus and there was silence and then there was exasperation. they were just very, very disappointed. >> right now the campus is scheduled to reopen november 2nd. well don't adjust your tv setting, take a look here. yes, you're seeing there that is a green puppy. no jokes here. that puppy actually born that way. this is in italy. the rest of the siblings, you can see, what we all consider normal there. this is extremely rare, but experts say it can happen when puppies come in contact with a green pigment in the wound.

the pigment dyes the hair as puppies develop so the green puppy's name is putashio. >> very fitting. wonder if it will stay that way. speaking of dogs, "today" show celebrating its second make a dog day. it hopes people around the nation will adopt shelter dogs who are less likely to be adopted based on their age or special needs. dog adoptions have sky rocketed. this morning "today" show will feature dogs who found their forever home during the pandemic. it's all starting at 7:00. we all love a good pup. right now at 6:00, pg&e power shutoffs back in effect. this morning we're tracking the neighborhoods already in the dark and the ones facing outages at this hour. plus -- >> we are not going to tolerate foreign interference. >> ahead of tonight's final deba

debate. now warn russia and iran are interfering in the election. the aggressive tactics targeting some voters in the live report. hopeful news for restaurants in the east bay. alameda county now has the framework in place and a date to resume indoor dining as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. good thursday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. getting you start would the day. mike, keeping an eye on that commute and, first, let's start off with that forecast. meteorologist kari hall still working for us. still dark out there, but how is it looking for us now? >> it is going to be a cooler day and i'm so looking forward to not having to run the air conditioning as much as we see our highs coming down to the low 80s. for some of our warmest spots and it will continue into the weekend. but as we make it towards that cooler weather, it's going to be quite gusty and that, of course, increases our fire danger especially in the hills.