tv Today in the Bay NBC June 17, 2021 5:00am-6:00am PDT
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right now at 5:00, it's here. dangerous heat arrives in the bay area. no doubt wherever you live it will be hot with some areas set to break records. ready to respond. those dry conditions are making the fire danger worrisome for firefighters. the big concern for first responders as the sweltering heat makes its presence known. "today in the bay" continues right now. grab a big cup of water because here we go. good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm marcus washington. and i'm cierra johnson in for laura garcia. it's all anyone will be talking about today, the heat in parts of the bay area. it strained the state's power grid and causing wildfire concerns. >> we have team coverage this morning. "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda is tracking the fire danger and the real threat for those on the frontline and we want to start with our coverage as we begin with meteorologist kari hall. of course, like i said, grab that big cup of ice cold water. it will be a hot one today.
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yeah, i want to make sure we stay hydrated today that will keep you cool especially as the temperatures today will heat up in these areas where we have the orange shading, the heat advisory. pink means excessive heat warning. excessive heat is just that. we could reach over 100 degrees today. up to 108 in antioch and fairfield. in martinez look for a high of 101. oakland reaching 88. 100 in napa. and san francisco, at least we won't be as warm here. we're in the upper 70s but parts of the city reaching into the mid-80s. san jose will reach the mid-90s. we'll talk about when we'll have a cooldown coming up and will have more on the fire danger in a few minutes. >> thanks, kari. we are here to help you through this extreme heat. a lot of warnings and tips to share with you as we all prepare. that's right. fire in morgan hill and, sharon, what is it we need to know?
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>> reporter: well, cierra and marcus, as kari said it will be very hot today with temperatures reaching the triple digits in areas such as morgan hill here as well as livermore, napa -- i'm sorry. about fireworks with the fourth of july holiday coming up soon. >> fireworks are exceptionally off the scale dangerous in the conditions we're in right now. aside from the fact they're illegal. >> reporter: in san jose late yesterday afternoon several brushfires broke out along highway 280. fortunately no major injuries but a car was destroyed. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. now if you smell smoke, we're told by the experts it may be from smoke coming from as far away as from the fires in montana and arizona. so don't be too alarmed.
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you can call in to find out more details about it, but they're saying maybe it could be smoke coming from far away as montana and arizona. the other alert that's out right now is the spare the air day alert, and you should try to drink lots of water, like marcus was saying, as well as if you're planning to exercise today, get out early so that you can avoid eat exhaustion. back to you. >> i know a lot of people who work out want to sweat but, no, not like this. thanks, sharon. >> reporter: not a good day for that. download our nbc bay area app so can you get alerts to your phone, even tailor to your area. drop in your zip code and find out what it's going to be in your area when it comes to those temperatures. president biden is home at the white house now after an b completed his first foreign trip as president including a high-stakes overseas summit with
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russian leader vladimir putin. let's go live to our washington insider, susan mcginnis, looking at what it may mean for our u.s./russia relations going forward and the shift to domestic issues. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning, cierra. yeah, the two leaders did have some positive words coming out of that summit, but it was very clear tensions remain. president biden and russian president vladimir putin portraying optimism as they wrapped up talks in geneva. >> good, positive. >> translator: i think there was no hostility. quite the contrary. >> reporter: the two leaders reaching agreement on some issues. they'll return each nation's ambassadors to their capitals and start talks on arms control. on the biggest issues large gulfs remain. the president making clear election interference won't be tolerated and that critical u.s. limits to cyber attacks. >> i told president putin my
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agenda is not against russia or anyone else. it's for the american people. >> reporter: putin, as expected, shrugging off the accusations. >> translator: the majority of cyber attacks are made from the u.s. territory. >> reporter: president biden remaining optimistic despite having no significant policy achievement to point to. >> i did what i came to do. >> reporter: back in washington the president re-engaging and domesticish be use with infrastructure front and center. >> we focus on true infrastructure and doesn't raise taxes. >> reporter: as it gains steam on capitol hill. susan mcginnis, nbc news, washington. police investigating another disturbing attack on an elderly member of the asian community. this time a 94-year-old woman is waking up in the hospital. that's right. a police source confirms to nbc bay area this is a photo of the man police say is responsible.
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daniel cauich is in jail. now police say he stabbed 94-year-old anh taylor multiple times in front of her tenderloin apartment. one witness who did not want her face on camera said taylor's wrist was cut pretty badly in the attack. >> when i ran over, i saw blood just gushing everywhere. oh, my god, what happened? she's like, i don't know. he stabbed me. >> a friend of the victim tells us following surgery he is stabilized and is expected to survive. happening today antioch leaders will sign apology resolutions for past treatment to asian immigrants. earlier councilmembers first confronted this dark side of the city's past in an era once called the driving out period. in the 1870s white residents of antioch burned down the city's chinatown. chinese immigrants were banned from walking the streets after sunset. last month councilmembers
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approved measures to make amends including this official apology happening later today. >> two legendary religious leaders came together with one message, love, not hate. i got an exclusive sitdown enter view with reverend jesse jackson and chinatown's reverend norman fong. we talked about a surge in anti-asian crime and the opportunity for the community to make change. >> human rights of all human beings, and with discipline, faith and love we will make america better. >> he is the executive director, former executive director, of chinatown community development center. reverend jackson here to commemorate the anniversary of the murder of chen, a chinese american, who was beaten to death. at the time asians were being blamed for the struggling auto industry. jackson visited san francisco after chen's death nearly 40 years ago to stand with the asian community. we invite you to continue our investigation with us.
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this is this saturday "race in america the conversation" june 19th. also juneteenth, join jessica aguirre and me along our co-fou francisco's black wall street. dr. shawn fletcher and activist tony, saturday at 9:00 p.m. 5:08 this morning and the city of richmond is flashing its police budget to invest more in nonpolice services. according to the mercury news they voted to cut money by $3 million. it will go instead to creating nonpolice crisis community response teams as well as adding funding to homeless services and youth programs, and they hope to expand its violence prevention officers. happening today bay area transit leaders are seeking public input on long-term plans to improve rail service. the link 21. the goal is to better integrate
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with other lines over the next two decades. it includes plans for a second transbay tube. at 6:30 tonight residents in contra costa county are invited to take part in a virtual public feedback session. anyone heading out to public transit today make sure you dress in light, loose clothing, because it is going to be hot in a lot of those areas. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking those temperatures. we're going to see triple digits and possibly even hitting some records as well. yeah, we're going to be watching those numbers closely as the thermometer rises today. let me get you ready for heading out the door in observing, maybe heading to the b.a.r.t. station. we'll see temperatures here starting out in the low 60s and at least we do have these cool temperatures for the morning hours but you can see how quickly it warms up. by the time you're heading home we're talking about temperatures here in the upper 80s. going around the bay highs up to 102 degrees in morgan hill.
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even hotter in pleasanton and san rafael will have some very warm temperatures reaching 88 degrees. this is the peak of the heat. we'll cool down a little bit this weekend. we'll talk more about that in a few minutes. mike, what is going on as people get ready to head out the door? we follow up with the crash, more detail. and, unfortunately, it involves a car and a motorcycle. i'm always very concerned, haven't heard a lot about the injuries. but an ambulance has been called just in case one is needed. about five or six chp vehicles caused a lot of distraction. a traffic break caused slowing and things are starting to smooth out. this is off of 880 heading westbound on 237 past north first and then it's clear by the time you get out of san jose and no other issues for the rest of the bay. a smooth drive to the approach right now. back to you. all right. as more things return to normal new worries for some people struggling the most to make it getting tough on rv and car dwellers in its return to
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prepandemic restrictions. raising interest rates is normally bad news. plus, apple pie, the american flag, baseball, dolly parton. "people" magazine revealing the number one reason to love america. hint, it is a he and, no, it is mott me nor scott mcgrew. but i can tell you that he has ties to the bay area and some would even say he sure is beautiful. again, it's not us. who is it?
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right now at 5:13 we are under a microclimate weather alert as we track inland heat. take a look at what spots like half moon bay will see today. yes, microclimate is in full effect. we'll stay mostly in the 60s here today, and it's going to be one of the places where you can go to cool off. we'll talk more about our weekend forecast as well as the fire danger coming up in a few minutes. and i like those temperatures along the coast. you might not like the congestion getting there. 880 through fremont, the headlights heading down to 237 where it looks like the slowing clears. we'll give you an update. the latest i have on the crash coming up. well, good morning. happy thursday to you. interest rate hikes are ahead. but if you don't like that news here are two good things. number one, not until 2023 and, two, fed interest rates are close to zero right now, and when they do raise them it will be just a little bit more.
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nothing like we saw, say, in the '70s or '80s. higher interest rates tighten the money supply and in theory that fights inflation. we all know what a problem inflation is. all of a sudden up much more than the federal open markets committee expected. inflation is very dangerous to an economy and it's dangerous to your family budget. the risk, though, is if you tighten the money supply by raising rates, you slow down the economy. so the big question is, is the inflation we're seeing right now real or is it some kind of holdover from the pandemic? if it's just a temporary thing and you raise rates you could hurt the economy. if inflation is permanent and you don't raise rates you could hurt the economy. so the people that make these decisions kick the can down the road and we'll raise them but not now. that was enough to upset wall street a bit. as you might imagine investors like a loose monetary policy. low rates, more money. the s&p 500 and the nasdaq fell from their record levels. we'll get first time jobless
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numbers here in about 15 minutes and the reason i have 370,000 behind me is that's what we would consider a normal number and will get after more than a year of pandemic. this man, the ceo of microsoft, got a promotion, is the ceo and chairman of microsoft. the third chairman in history -- bill gates and thompson and now nadella. now, marcus and cierra, i know i mentioned our podcast sand hill road. i am going to mention that we did an interview with john thompson about two years ago about what it was like to be the chairman of the board at microsoft. we got into a really deep discussion about the fact that he was the highest ranking african-american in tech and his thoughts on that were really, really interesting and really, really surprising to me. i'm not even going to try to
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summarize them here for you. but i'll tweet out a link here after i get back to my desk with that interview and you can find it on apple podcast and what not. i'll tweet out a specific link. i think people who missed it will find it fascinating. >> i'm interested. i'll do it after the show. thanks, scott. >> new details this morning, spacex ceo elon musk may be in hot water with texas law enforcement that the district attorney says spacex may be breaking the law by closing county roads and hiring security to block off public property. last week the road was blocked off and armed security were not allowing anyone through. he says spacex needs to alert the county. spacex has not responded. trending this morning, hayward born dwayne "the rock" johnson named "people" magazine's number one reason to love america. >> he's gracing this month's
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cover sharing a photo of the cover. he realized things that matter most in life are things that are right in front of us. and other things making people's list, covid vaccines which took the second place spot. country icon dolly parton. the country's ability to pivot. the fourth of july rounded out the magazine's top five reasons to love america. >> we don't have a fum list but i'm pretty sure that the number six reason on there was mike inouye's traffic. >> i'm glad you read the email i sent you, marcus. >> it's not number six, certainly in the top ten. >> in my mind, thank you. let's get a look at the traffic this morning. >> it's not the heat. kari can wait a second. this is not a problem anymore as far as the speeds go. the good news at least less body news no major injuries so that
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would be a great surprise after five chp crews arrive. a traffic break and a lot of slowing. cleared by the time everything else for the south bay is looking light. no problems there. maybe a couple minutes if you're driving out of milpitas and over to mountain view. a drive over to the maze, an easy drive. a quick look at the golden gate bridge. we had a little slowing north there as the crew cleared. and now, kari this is beautiful but we have the zipper truck getting ready to move. the commute is light and the light looks warm to me right here. >> yeah, we're already starting out with a clear sunrise. it's going to heat up. here is a live look outside in san jose as we're starting out this morning with a clear start here as well. we take a look at a few things when it comes to fire danger and
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one of those is the amount of humidity in the air when it's really dry fire spreads more rapidly especially with the record dry vegetation that we have in our hills and a lot of those areas where we are seeing the potential for any fires that spread. take a look at these relative humidity numbers. in the middle of the day it's going to be critically low. only 8%, 9% in some of those spots that are going to be reaching into the triple digits today. we'll keep an eye on the possibility of setting a new record today. take a look at vacaville. we could possibly be four degrees above the record high temperature for today. fairfield also looking at a spike in temperatures today that could set a record over 100 degrees in concord that would be eight degrees above a record and in livermore we could be three degrees above a record. other spots will be very close but watching those numbers as we could once again set some record heat. taking a look at river more, we could see the highs today
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reaching over 100 degrees. and then it's still going to be hot and we see the temperatures in the 90s for the weekend. mid-90s but then take a look at next week. i'm excited about this. we won't have the blast. the air conditioning will be able to take a break and that's what we are going to see in the inland areas. we're talking about some triple digits today and tomorrow. 90s for the weekend. and then next week some of our warmest spots inland will only reach into the upper 70s. and then for san francisco we'll see some upper 70s today, but much cooler over the next few days with some upper 60s, and it's still going to be warm in those areas this afternoon. we do see some relief here in sight. taking a look at today's climate in crisis we're going to talk about how much solar energy you can generate in all of this sunshine. power your home while reducing your carbon footprint with this
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intense heat and lots of sunshine. your solar panels will generate more than double the amount of electricity for your home. let's think about that each day the state is avoiding more than 3,000 tons of carbon dioxide compared to using fossil fuels to generate electricity and with more intense heat coming, more heat waves, power outages may become more common and it may be a good time to consider getting solar power generators which can keep it flowing up to seven days. for more ways on how you can go green, check out our climate in crisis page on nbcbayarea.com. back to you. good information there. thank you, kari. coming up, if you're fully vaccinated, can you take your mask off during your next uber ride? the ride sharing come now clarifying its policy. how safety will continue to play a key role going forward. but first, i'm sure you know our team always on social media and you may have noticed my partner in crime laura is off
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an end, towing freeze will be eliminated. san francisco suspended towing vehicles. well, the belief was low-income residents were having a hard enough time already and people living in their cars would be heavily impacted. "the examiner" reports the forgiveness period will end june 28th. no mask, no ride, the ride share company has issued a new door-to-door safety standard and the mask policy applies even if you're vaccinated. uber says it's an order to make everyone feel safe. the company announced drivers can cancel trips without penalty if a rider does not feel safe. riders can do the same if the driver's face is uncovered.
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lyft is also requiring drivers and passengers to keep their mask on as well. reportedly has grand new plans for a one of a kind art sculpture. it includes 400 class columns made of desert sand like a desert dune. and work is supposed to be in place next summer. temperatures coming back to the bay area. triple digit heat may be a problem. the steps to reduce the strain on the power grid. plus, can you finally take it off at work? workers across california hoping they're finally able to ditch the mask while on clock.
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good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm cierra johnson in for laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington.e it may be even hotter. our team coverage continues right now. pete suratos is tracking what state power leaders and a start with kari hall. when will the triple digit temperatures arrive? this is the peak of the heat this afternoon. areas that have an orange or pink shading. it does not include the immediate coastline and san francisco and you can see why. anywhere from the low 70s in san francisco. 88 across the bay in oakland and 108 today in antioch. we'll also see some highs over
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100 degrees if parts of the north bay with this dangerous heat means you need to stay hydrated as well as also taking care of everyone around you. we will have this heat continue for tomorrow and we'll talk more about that and the fire danger coming up in a few minutes. >> the information you need to know. prepare yourself for some potentially dangerous heat. today's conditions are part of the reason the state is taking extra measures so we don't see outages. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning, cierra. we're in concord where we will see and feel that triple digit heat well into the 100s. temperatures throughout the state.
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it helps permit and to turn off unnecessary light and unplug any unused items. and for folks in contra costa county they're doing their part to adjust to this heat. >> for the most part i just drink water. go inside every now and then. i don't want to overheat. >> reporter: the purpose is to reduce stress on the power grid and avoid power outages. they don't expect a repeat of last summer's rolling blackouts. reporting live pete suratos for "today in the bay." >> trying to save energy as much as we can, turning down my thermostat, pulling down the
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shades. have you done anything to stay cool? >> reporter: if you put on some sunscreen, if you're going to go outside don't wear a coat like i am now because it will warm up. those temperatures are something to deal with but definitely you want to stay hydrated as much as possible. >> if you start to sweat, take the coat off, pete. people in santa clara county will have access to cooling centers. several locations will open from 1:00 to 6:00 this afternoon for any vulnerable residents of the heat. this map shows where a few of those locations are including cupertino, gilroy. be sure to follow meteorologist kari hall on twitter for ongoing updates on the heat keeping track of everything you need to know with the lingering hot temperatures.
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her handle is @karihallweather. in a few hours state safety leaders will hopefully have a final answer to a question for vaccinated workers everywhere. will they be allowed to take their mask off for work? >> at hospitals and on top of transit planes, cal osha vote comes for restaurant workers who have had to wear them every day for hours. >> it's been very positive. it's very hot in here. he'll actually sign and the san jose mother accused of killing her 7-year-old son has her first court hearing. samantha moreno rodriguez is scheduled to appear virtually in
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denver. her extradition to las vegas is pending. police say she killed her 7-year-old son liam husted and left his body on a hiking trail. no cause of death has been released. they arrested rodriguez last week after she checked into a denver hotel room. authorities in eastern contra costa county have not yet identified two young drivers killed in a head-on crash. it happened yesterday on sellers avenue in knightsen. chp says the drivers of each car a 16-year-old boy and 19-year-old man died. the only other person, a 15 year year passenger, is in critical condition. investigators believe the car carrying two people swerved across the double line. not yet known if the driver was impaired. 5:36. they will discuss changes to the mayor's budget. there's some disagreement on where city resources should be directed when it comes to preventing violence and serious crime along with modernizing
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policing. mayor libby schaaf's proposed budget calls for more police academies so more cadets can be sworn in. the budget concerns left a school crossing guard position possible. rebecca kaplan says she's identified a funding source to save them. the council will have to approve after 30 part-time positions were in jeopardy. she plans to lay out her plans in that special meeting later today. transit leaders are locking in a start date for toll enforcement of the express laens now under construction along 22 miles of 101 and san mateo county. the first phase of enforcement will cover the southern leg from the santa clara county line up to redwood city. the cause has not yet been finalized but will be similar to other hov lanes using congestion pricing with tolls paid through fastrak transponders.
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one of the signature tourist spots reopens for the first time in 15 months talking about coit tower. tickets will be sold for elevator rides to the observation deck. guided tours will have six people at a time. up to 600 people visit coit tower every day. today may not be the best but the temperatures are expected to cool down later this week. meteorologist kari hall with what we can see this weekend following those triple digit temperatures. yes, much cooler for a lot of spots this weekend, the first with mask mandates lifted. and the beach boardwalk, we'll see upper 70s tomorrow. highs in the low 70s there along
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the coastline. a lot of festivals going on. temperatures still hot tomorrow. look at saturday and sunday. we'll be in the upper 80s. you may want to avoid the. on sunday still going to be in the upper 80s there. some areas like south lake tahoe we're going to have some warm weather. a lot of our valleys around the bay area. we'll also be talking more about the events going on and i'll have another look at that coming up in a few minutes. mike, how is it looking right now for the morning commute? >> pretty calm right now, kari. traffic is flowing nicely but there is a little bit of sensor slowing showing up at the incline. we approach 540 just a few seconds. we're looking at this continued slowing but now it's approaching. there's been a little bit of a
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shift in the last few minutes. the crash still out of lanes but on westbound 237 watching for other impacts but so far it's been minor. still light. building a bit. traditional slowing northbound 101 coming up past 680 to oakland road and there may be a lot of debris. some rocks on the roadway south 101 heading down to morgan hill. back to you. all right, coming up, will the train leave the station? why billions of dollars in new high-speed rail funding is in limbo. and we have a new federal holiday, the first since the designation of dr. king's birthday. i'll tell you all about it coming up. and the heat putting strain on the state's power and is expected to get worse. another problem that may drive up california's electricity cost. 5:40 this morning. you're watching "today in the bay."
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right now at 5:43, we are under a microclimate weather alert. as the sun rises right now, we are going to start to see those temperatures warming up quickly. we're heading up to 102 degrees in morgan hill. 104 in pleasanton and san rafael hot temperatures reaching 88 degrees. we'll get a lookupdated drought monitor that's coming up in a few minutes. and i'm looking at triple digits. this is 101.
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a smooth drive. headlights heading south toward the rest of silicon valley and south 101 and san jose. there may be a quick traffic break to clear a ladder from lance. we'll get you the update once chp says and what the sensors say coming up. happening today san francisco hohnors a firefighter who died last week. christopher was battling a fire that burned a half a dozen cars. he died at home. he joined the city's fire department in 2000. a vigil to salute him scheduled this afternoon. the celebration of life ceremony will be held tomorrow. breaking news, new weekly jobless data just out. first-time claims rose last week despite more states reopening. last wee412,000 americans aid, 360,000. about 3.5 million americans are still receiving benefits.
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but one year ago nearly 18 million americans were receiving aid. and president biden is about to sign into law a new holiday. >> juneteenth was already a holiday in california. now it will happen everywhere. >> santa clara county was the very first in california to officially recognize it, give county workers the day off. states followed behind. now 47 of them already celebrate juneteenth, be leads to the question who doesn't, hawaii, north dakota and south dakota. juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the united states. it's celebrated on the 19th of june which this year is saturday. when that happens in the future the federal government will give people either the friday or the monday off. it's not clear what will happen this year. now as cierra mentioned president biden will sign that into law today. presidents don't make laws. it was congress which voted to elevate juneteenth. it was democrats and republicans together said, yes, let's do
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this. actually quite a bit of bipartisanship to tell you about. congress overwhelmingly passed a bill that would designate a national memorial. the 49 people murdered by gunmen at the pulse nightclub in orlando. there's even a move forward in bipartisanship on a path to a new infrastructure bill. more republicans joining a new effort on a compromise bill. here is the thing, biden's plan, which is more expensive would tax either the rich or corporations. this new bipartisan bill doesn't, which means they would have to find the money from somewhere and that little committee is thinking about indexing the gas tax to inflation. put another way, you'll pay more for gas. they seem to like that idea. president biden doesn't like it at all. he promised not to raise taxes . and paying more in gas taxes hits everybody. after the meeting with putin, president biden once again
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saying he's counting on the idea putin wants to be seen as a world leader. >> it matters to every world leader how they're perceived in their standing in the world. it matters. >> president biden said that repeatedly during the press conference following the summit, putin might recognize harboring cyber criminals deminimum ishs his stature in the world. he kept saying doesn't putin want to be seen as someone who does good like other world leaders? president biden is putting a lot of faith in that. texas says it will build some of the border wall on its own and, no, mexico won't pay for it. texas taxpayers will. the governor saying work will continue even if the federal government doesn't want to build it. >> we believe in the rule of law and law and order in this state and, by god, we're going to deliver that rule of law in the state of texas. >> president biden signed the
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juneteenth law, we'll talk about it on twitter. thanks, scott. well, some women love a girl's night out, but imagine having one at the vice president's house. kamala harris organized a dinler this week for her female colleagues in the senate. some republican senators also attended. many shared photos on twitter including a close-up of the menu which featured cheese puffs made by the vice president herself. this is the first time she's hosted lawmakers at her washington, d.c., home since moving in april following those renovations. and happening today governor newsom will visit the east bay focusing his attention on small businesses. he plans to meet with owners and add new money to the state's relief program. his new budget calls for more than $1 billion in additional state grants. new details on california's troubled high-speed rail project. apparently not everyone onboard just yet when it comes to the next round of state funding. according to "the chronicle" a new place holder budget approved this week devers to a new $4
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billion bond money to complete the central valley. supporters fear that taking money from the project now would create new delays and lead to more job cuts. opponents argue the money would be better spent on rail projects and higher density areas. california's drought having a ripple effect when it comes to warm, summer weather. experts believe that later this summer it may force the state to pay more for power that's costlier to produce. bloomberg says california's hydroelectric supplies are down 40% due to lower water flows. even though it's relatively easy to create. hotter weather when more power is needed more fossil fuels may have to be burned to bridge the gap and may increase a chance of the power shortages. now meteorologist kari hall, of course, is monitoring all of this and that drought is something we have been talking about for some time now. absolutely. because it's been historic and
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what we're calling a mega drought across the region because it's so expansive and so severe. now i just got the update a few minutes ago. and from last week's update it hasn't changed, but this is expected. it's june in california. we didn't get any rain. we normally don't get any rain in the month and as we go into the next several months it's very likely that we won't see any more changes to the drought monitor. but as we get a closer look at the bay area we're at the highest level of the drought from the north bay into parts of the east bay. and it's exceptional. so that means that we are seeing some critically dry conditions here. our reservoirs are at very low levels, and we are also going to have some big impacts as we go into those dry summer months. we know the vegetation has dried out as a result of the drought. but then when we look at today's relative humidity numbers, this is what increases the fire danger even though there won't be much of a wind.
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when you get humidity levels in the teens and single digits any sparks could spread so fast when the air is this dry. so we do have to be really careful today. that coming along with temperatures that will be topping out over 100 degrees. napa reaching 100 there. oakland, 88 degrees for a high. take a look at fairfield and antioch, 108 degrees. we may have some new records set. morgan hill reaching 102. san jose, 9. 95 in palo alto. as we get into this forecast over the next several days, it is extremely hot now, but we'll start to see these temperatures coming down over the next few days. slowly over the weekend and much more significantly early next week. so even though we're in the triple digits today we're looking at some highs in the mid-70s for next week. so a lot of changes ahead. as we talk about this dangerous heat, know there's some relief on the way. we just have to get through the next several days and we're still going to be in the 90s in
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the valleys this weekend. but then the 70s will be here by next tuesday and next wednesday. and also a good thing we haven't seen the big warm-up in san francisco. we don't have this dry offshore wind. there's just enough of an ocean breeze to keep san francisco in the 70s and 80s as opposed to highs over 100 degrees which we sometimes see in those later summer months. we'll be keeping an eye out on all of that. what are you watching for the commute, mike? we'll watch that drive to the beach. i think folks will head to the coast. kari talked about cooler temperatures there. a slower drive developing in san jose. that's typical just before 6:00 and will ease up a bit. that crash on 237 should be cleared in lanes. a little distraction. no major concern there and no major traffic. standard build. we've come over the last couple of weeks in san leandro and for southbound 880 down to san mateo
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and the dumbarton bridges. the drive times building up just by about two more minutes for vasco road. just a little more slowing. that last half mile, a mile there coming down to 580 to where we typically see things start to clog up a bit. a look outside at the bay bridge as well with a light drive. no problems out of the maze. the sun is coming up. we expect to see slowing in san pablo and berkeley over the next, say, 40 minutes. back to you. >> thanks, mike. happening now, one of the bay area's premiere restaurants says it will wait until the fall to reopen. they announced on instagram it will open this october. it will start accepting reservations in september. people can still enjoy the food by ordering from its market or ordering takeout. well, much more ahead on "today in the bay" including masks off or on. the rules uber and lyft say you'll have to follow despite the statewide reopening and the rules for the drivers you hire.
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warning covid cases and hospitalizations may rise again as more states including california start to reopen. of course the uptick will not be anywhere what we've experienced before due to the vaccine rollout. dr. john torres explains more people with antibodies means fewer cases and the chance of spread. >> even though you might see the numbers creep up a little bit you're not going to see the huge spikes we saw before. you'll see little waves and little ripples in the waves of cases going up because of the high vaccination rate. but that means a couple things will have to happen. number one, we're going to keep having to impose some restrictions if those numbers do start going up just to make sure we don't get to those spikes and then, number two, make sure people get vaccinated and we keep the curve coming down. >> check out the full story and others like it on our news platform 11-15 over the air, channel 185 on xfinity cable or
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anytime you want on lx.com. no mask, no ride. that's uber's policy despite california's grand reopening this week as participate of the ride share company's door-to-door safety standard. the mask policy applies even if you're vaccinated. uber says it's to make everyone feel safe. now the company also announced drivers can cancel trips without penalty if they don't feel safe because a rider isn't wearing a mask. riders can do the same if the driver's face isn't covered. lyft is requiring drivers and passengers to keep their masks on as well. new video showing groundbreaking news in space. the first crewed mission in years. the three astronauts are traveling in a spaceship launched by the rocket that blasts off from northwestern china. the team will prepare the chinese space station for receiving two additional models next year. astronauts on the international space station are moving on to other projects
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after going for a space walk. two crew members worked all day yesterday topanels that can han growing electrical demands. this is the first of many planned space walks to deploy smaller but stronger solar wings. this space walk took over seven hours. one of the most trending athletes in the world has a powerful touch. soccer superstar cristiano ronaldo removed two coca-cola bottles placed in front of him on the table. well, he advocates for a healthy diet, moved those bottles and said in portuguese, water. soon after coke's share prices dropped nearly 2% which is $4 billion. experts pretty much agreed there were some other factors to play. at 6:00, the heat is on.
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some cities will see temperatures in the triple digits. >> that's right. as we look live in san francisco and san jose a spare the air alert is being issued at this hour fire crews remain on high alert. a drought report just released minutes ago, tracking the new dangerous outlook as the third hour of "today in the bay" continues right now. >> i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm cierra johnson. before we get to our live report, over to meteorologist kari hall breaking it down with this new drought report. we did just get that a few minutes ago a have been no changes for california we are just in with a third of our state in the highest level of the dr
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