let the games begin! tonight, amid so much uncertainty around the world, a reason to celebrate. the tokyo olympics officially under way and all smiles for team usa as they proudly entered the stadium for tonight's ceremony and here at home, we are cheering them on with the

white house lit up in red, blue and white, and we are live from tokyo with raj mathai, and raj, it happened. >> it happened. every time i hear the song from john lennon "imagine" it gets me every time. what a nice tone. and in the pandemic, not many of rus certain to let down the guard, but we should follow the athletes with the joy on their faces to have everyone celebrate the olympics safely. >> reporter: this is a call for unity an invitation from the host nation japan. from the floor of the stadium to the 1,800 drones up in the sky. but what you didn't see on tv was the athletes' perspective. san jose's nickel omar, and all of them feeling the gravity of the moment, and big smile from

draymond green mixed in with mischief. ♪ happy birthday ♪♪ >> he organized a birthday song for teammate kevin durant, but the only problem is that it was not k.d.'s birthday. we did see some protesters, but nothing to dampen the start of the olympics. k.d. was not smiling, but the team usa athletes were having a good time come out of the tunnel. and the strategy for the next 16 days, we have a lot of things coming your way or sit back to have no strategy and watch everything on tv or online. a couple of the bayer ya olympians to look for in the next 10 to 12 hours women's water polo and we start in the pool with maggie stephens. and we will have the volunteer assistant coach at cal who won a

silver medal against venus williams. and breaking news tokyo style we talked about nickel kumar who won his first match on the table tennis match, and he trains at the indian community center in milpitas, and so we are off to a good start here, jessica, and talking about the heat, and all of the trinkets that we come back, and you came from rio and all of the games and shot glasses or scarves and -- >> t-shirts. we don't need those. >> and this, we need this in a big way. >> a big factor. good for you, raj. >> i will bring one back for all of you guys there. >> thank you. and so, there is so much to watch and so much to watch. and are you excited about gymnastics? and how to watch individual and team event as the men and women start competing this weekend. >> and here in san francisco,

police and fire investigators are trying to figure out who set off an explosive device at a thai restaurant with shrapnel all over the restaurant. >> and it is not like a rock that somebody cracked the window, and stealing something inside. they did not want to come inside, and just doing it for fun or whatever they want. >> reporter: he says lit cost thousands of dollars to repair the damage. he is considering leaving the tender loin, because he does not feel safe. jessica, back to you. morin county reporting the first death in two months. the person was not vaccinated. the 186th in morin county since the pandemic began. most of the deaths were before the vaccine was available. the public officer says how good

the delta variant is at finding the unvaccinated who lack protection against severe illness and death. delta is changing minds and motivating some people to get vaccinated, and santa clara county held an evening clinic tonight from 5:00 to 9:00 and it was busy. >> i have been working remotely since the last shutdown in december and personally, i felt low risk, and just being pregnant, i was not wanting to get the vaccine, but again, this with the delta variant being so contagious, it felt irresponsible at this point not to be vaccinated. >> new at 11:00 tonight, a state of emergency as governor newsom is issuing a proclamation because of the wildfires raging to the north of us. among them the dixie fire in butte and plume counties. nearly 170,000 acres charred. crews across the bay area are on

the front lines there. and chief meteorologist jeff ranieri joining us. the smoke is already a big concern. >> yes, and this weekend, the folks should stay away and hot 90s on the fire lines and back home, hotter and mid-upper 90s into concord, and brentwood and livermore. oakland is 72, and san francisco is 72. and we will hold through the 60s and looking for monsoonal moisture as well coming in, and we will look at the radar all weekend long. for the inland valleys up to 94 tomorrow, and more 90s returning next week. out to tokyo, and i wanted to show you something we are watching for next week. this is all developing monday and tuesday a tropical storm that could impact the olympic venues with 20 to 40-mile-an-hour winds and rain is a half to 2" and a path of

this moving north of tokyo, and next monday to tuesday, the olympic venues could be impacted if this is staying on the current path, jessica. >> thank you, jeff. if you can't attend the games in person, japan's little town celebrated today. the drummers performed in front of to camps today, and dance big the cherry blossom queen and first princess, and many from the bay area enjoyed the festivities, because it was lovely to watch. back live to tokyo where it is saturday afternoon. up next the opening ceremony again, in case you missed it, some of it or all of it or if you want to see the magic all over again, we will take you back there live. go, team usa. thank you for joining us. have a good night and enjoy the games.

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