concerns. what schools are doing to try to keep those kids safe and why some teachers say it's not enough. taking a while, but it's going to be worth it. >> deal reached. we're taking you to d.c. with what is next for president biden's trillion dollar infrastructure bill. renters trying to make it in the bay getting a lifeline. the push in the north bay to roll out cash before evictions. "today in the bay" starts right now. a very good monday morning to you. 5:00 right now. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we did see some smoky skies over the weekend, but moving out, kari? >> it's a little bit higher in the atmosphere it looks hazy, but it's not too bad. as we take a live look outside in san jose, temperatures in the upper 50s and it's going to be a little bit warmer compared to yesterday. still pretty comfortable at noon at 77 degrees. we'll reach up to 82 today, 91

in livermore. and reaching 92 in concord with martinez in the upper 80s. napa today reaching 80 degrees and the heat up continues through the week. we'll have more on that in just a few minutes. all right. pretty quiet right now on your longer drive. great news, if you're driving out of antioch across the -- from rio vista or the north bay, carquinez or benicia bridge. that's been there over a half hour, no problems. we see slowing north 280, suddenly popped up in the last few seconds approaching king street and the extension there. we're watching for any reports. i'll let you know what i find when i scan again. van ness at mission should reopen on schedule at 6:00 a.m. we'll track that. back to you. >> thank you, mike. now to the pandemic, and back to school, one of the bay area's largest school districts will return to in-person instruction. oakland unified opens its doors in hours. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live in the east bay for

us. not all of the students going back to the classroom for in-person learning. some of the students can opt in for the virtual instruction. >> reporter: correct, marcus and laura. oakland unified tells us the overwhelming majority of students will return to in-person instruction later today. of the 36,000 students in the district, only 850 roughly are going to. with the distance learning. the remaining 35,000 students or so will step back on campus and into the classrooms today. for some of them, the first time in over a year. a small group of teachers is calling on oakland unified for more remote learning options to better keep students and staff safe. the district says it has appropriate safety measures in place. staff and students will be required to mask up, regardless of their vaccination status. social distancing is not required. the district not requiring teachers to be vaccinated. for those who choose to be

unvaccinated, mandatory testing is not required unless they are potentially exposed. >> we have quarantine spaces. a student who is not feeling well will move to our health clinic, native american health clinic, an assessment will be made, parents called. >> i'm going to focus on community building, learning who my students are decompressing from the last year. >> i'm a little nervous. it's going to be kind of weird, but i'm going to get over that. >> reporter: later this morning, and throughout the uniform, oakland unified superintendent will tour various schools with the state superintendent and the mayor of oakland at some of those stops. marcus and laura. >> bob, we know that some students we've been tracking in brentwood and oakley came down with covid as well. talk about how likely they are to catch this delta variant as well. >> well, laura, if you look at the month of july and you compare the first half to the second half, there's been a huge jump in cases among children

nationwide. you take a look at your tv screen, the first half of july there were just over 43,000 covid cases among children. again throughout our country, second half of july you're looking over 110,000, according to the american academy of pediatrics and children's hospital association. california hasn't been hit as hard as the rest of the country the but the state did see a doubling of cases among children, again between the first and second half of last month. >> bob redell live this morning, thank you. cities across the country sounding the alarm as covid-19 cases rise rapidly. as bob was talking about. over the weekend hospitalizations in the u.s. topped 66,000. that's a grim milestone we have crossed twice in six months. >> as president joe biden's administration takes on the surge a development on his infrastructure bill emerged. looks like the u.s. senate will approve the bill providing billions for transportation projects.

tracie potts joins us live in washington with more on when this might all happen. good morning, tracie. >> could be in the next day or so, good morning, everyone. a significant step overnight moving forward on these projects and the jobs to make them happen. >> reporter: new overnight, the u.s. senate is moving toward approving a trillion dollars for infrastructure, transportation projects and internet. late sunday, 68 senators, democrats and republicans. >> the motion is agreed to. >> reporter: voted to move forward. the senate's back midday today and we should see final approval tomorrow or wednesday. >> it's taken a while, but it's going to be worth it as hopefully we pass both bills very, very soon. >> reporter: the other bill, the democrats go it alone plan, $3.5 trillion for health care, education, the environment. >> if you help get this done you're helping get the $5.5 trillion bill done.

>> reporter: the house is expected to consider both in september, by then federal officials hope to have full fda approval for coronavirus vaccines, prompting more people to get the shot. >> i believe that some people on their own once it gets full approval will go ahead and get vaccinated, but for those who do not want, i believe mandates at the local level need to be done. >> reporter: some businesses already are. schools, some now back in session, are weighing mask mandates. florida's governor threatened to cut funding if they do. >> i want the school districts to stand up against the governor. >> reporter: with the delta variant up to six times more contagious than earlier versions of the virus. >> i will be homeschooling this year. >> reporter: some parents aren't taking chances. tracie potts, nbc news. this morning millions of americans who owe student loans can breathe a sigh of relief. president biden's administration has extended the student loan payment pause that will last until january 31st.

that pause was set to end at the end of september. marin county getting a boost in pandemic rent relief to help its residents make it in the bay. the marin i.j. said the county is set to receive $33 million in rent relief as renters face eviction next month. with the surge of the delta variant more are becoming infected and losing work hours. in june the county received over 1,000 applications for rental assistance. shots fired during an armed robbery in the middle of the day and the entire attack caught on surveillance camera. you may find these images disturbing. it happened over the weekend in oakland's chinatown. two men in hoodies appear to try to rob a woman and two other men then jump in to help her. one of the men who tried to help out gets shot and the other keeps trying to hang on to one of those attackers. it appears to be hit in the head with a weapon.

now the man who was shot is expected to make a full recovery. oakland chinatown chamber of commerce says that police are trying to help prevent these types of attacks, but can only do so much. >> i think the legal system has been failing. we're seeing that, many criminals that got caught, guess what, the next day they would be released. >> since the shooting, volunteer groups like the asian frontliners now patrol chinatown and volunteers escort people to their vehicles or walk them home. >> a napa couple among those killed in a sight seeing plane crash in alaska. investigators say the flight was returning to ketchikan from a national monument when it crashed. five people including mark henderson and jacquelyn komplin from napa were on board. there were no survivors. the passengers were travelers on the holland america cruise ship.

busy san francisco intersection will reopen to traffic. south van ness at mission street has been shut down since thursday as transit crews replace the roadway. officials say the project would have taken two months to complete if it was done in segments. good thing it wasn't done in segments. >> i got a tweet leaving the project and they are still on schedule for the 6:00 a.m. reopen. they want to let everybody know we think it's going to happen. >> i love mike keeping his eyes on all things traffic. >> always surfing the internet for work. >> i have to get on there for school supplies. my kids aren't starting this week but a lot are. >> my kids start today. yesterday i was braiding hair and doing haircuts and all that stuff and packing backpacks. >> how can i get an appointment. >> hey, i did cut my husband's hair yesterday too. >> what? >> i'll be over. >> the barber shop is open. let's get a look at our forecast this morning. as we're starting out with some good air quality, got really

hazy over the weekend. we have fog off the coast but where you see the red and purple dots that indicates where the smoke is. away from the bay area right now. as we get a look at our temperatures today, where we're headed, martinez reaching 89 degrees. it's going to be a little bit hotter as we reach into the low 90s in the inland east bay and some 60s near the coast. north bay looking at highs in the low to mid 80s. we will talk more about what's ahead as our temperatures continue to heat up. that's in the forecast. but so far, mike, hopefully the freeways are looking good. >> they are. green sensors, biggest indicator of our speeds look great right now. we'll take you to san francisco as marcus talked about, we still have the closure here, van ness at mission. it's been since last week scheduled to clear at 6:00 a.m., sfmta giving us the go ahead for now, they think everything is on schedule. slowing for 280, i don't know what caused that, but it's clearing now. now, such light traffic in some portions of the city that right now even just a few slower

moving vehicles might skew that data. as we look at the live shot we have the bay bridge and you see how sparsely populated the westbound direction is. headlights back into oakland. no problems in either direction. back to you. >> thanks. it's 5:10. recovering from the pandemic, despite air travel picking up, airports in the bay area still struggling. taking a live look outside at sfo this morning. ahead, what could be causing this slow growth. >> markets will start the day at records after a blowout jobs report. the president takes credit, but should he? we'll fact check that. ♪ if i should stay ♪ ♪ i would only be in your way ♪ >> yeah, some of you who don't know, that's the original, that's dolly parton, remembering whitney houston this morning, how she's honoring the star with money earned from their hit

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good monday morning. it is 5:14. to the east bay with pleasant hill heading out the door. nice and cool, mostly clear skies and still looking a little bit hazy today but not too bad. at noon, your lunch time, outside 77 degrees. all of our microclimates an

warmer temperatures coming up. >> in san jose live look shows traffic flowing on 101. dimly lit here. about 25 minutes here, 24 minutes, we should see that backup starting to form and how that's on schedule coming up. good morning. very happy monday to you. marcus will start this monday morning at new records will the dow above 35,000. the s&p 500 at an all-time high as well. this after friday's blowout jobs numbers. much better than expected. 943,000 jobs added in the month of july. unemployment rate falls hard to 5.4%. the president taking credit in a speech on friday. >> while our economy is far from complete, and while we will have ups and downs and we continue to battle the delta surge of covid, what is indisputable now is this, the biden plan is working, the biden plan produces results

and the biden plan is moving the country forward. >> well, i'll dispute it. the biden plan probably doesn't deserve as much credit as simple timing. the economy was and i stress was, coming out of the pandemic at the time those numbers were measured. restaurants were reopening, it seemed like it was safe to fly again and, of course, the economy grew. the white house also said there's been bigger job growth for the first six months under biden than any other president in recent history. of course there has. president truman saw more soldiers come home from the war than any other. back at home, zynga will leave its san francisco based headquarters south of market. most employees are already working from home and that will continue. breaking the lease will cost the company $82 million, but zynga thinks it's worth it. along the same lines the business times reports cloudflaer signed one of the biggest leases ever in austin. joining other companies in

moving lots of operations out of the bay area. though austin, of course, not turning out to be a very safe or healthy place. oil prices are falling as fears of coronavirus increase. that's entirely predictable. our high gas prices came as demand increased all of a sudden. drivers were getting back to normal faster than the oil and gas industry could get back to normal. oil prices down 4% this morning. as speculators speculate demand will fall as people retreat back to their homes and new restrictions on travel in china. people try to find some person or thing to blame for high gas prices. it's not the president, it's not the fed, it's not opec. it's us. we want more fuel, the price goes up. less fuel, the price goes down. it's as simples that. >> supply and demand. >> yeah. >> thanks. so you need to get a shot and mask up if you want to see broadway shows in san francisco. that includes performances of

"hamilton" which start tuesday. broadway sf says ticket holders will have to show proof of vaccination or a negative covid test within a 72 hours of a performance. kids under 12 will have to have a negative covid test. kids under 5 aren't allowed in the theater. masks are mandatory. with the delta variant on the rise the box office taking another hit once again. the latest casualty, "the suicide squad". >> are you in or out? >> good. let's meet your team. >> some great actors. the film was expected to be a smash, but it disappointed with $26 million in estimated ticket sales. the movie was released simultaneously in theaters and on hbo max and despite the low numbers, it could claim one pandemic record, the top r-rated opening. country music star dolly parton is revealing the purchase she made from royalties of whitney houston's cover "i will

always love you." while appears on "watch what happens live" she used the money to buy a strip mall to turn it into an office complex in nashville. the singer felt it was a way to honor houston. forbes estimate dolly parton got $10 million from royalties when houston was singing that song. they played it over and over. >> over and over. >> if you don't know that song. >> if you didn't try to hit that note like she did. >> no. not so much. >> the car with the windows up. >> let's get started on this monday morning. i know people are heading back to work, maybe thinking i'm going to play that song on the way. our air quality is still moderate. we're going to see a little bit of haze and at times some unhealthy air quality in parts of the inland hills, the north bay as well as the east bay, but moderate for most of us today as we see kind of a grayish tint to the sky. if you're planning to head out to concord today enjoying some

time at the park, it's going to be hotter than yesterday. maybe early before noon will be best. after that we're looking at temperatures in the upper 80s and low 90s. a high of 92 degrees today. in martinez, expect a high of 89 today and up to 80 in napa, san rafael reaching 83 degrees. still nice and cool in san francisco with some mid 60s and upper 70s for palo alto, san jose heading up to 82 degrees and morgan hill reaching 89. we are going to see quiet weather but a little bit hotter and we'll see a surge of monsoonal moisture coming in for parts of the sierra. so we will have the potential of some thunderstorm chances, this is always a concern this time of year because sometimes we don't get a lot of rain, but we do have lightning that could spark some new fires. as we've already had a historic start to our wildfire season, we don't want any new fire starts. our seven-day forecast, our temperatures will be heating up in the valleys this week.

mostly upper 80s today and upper 80s tomorrow but then some mid 90s heading toward the end of the week. this weekend looking at low 90s only just a touch cooler. san francisco warming up into the low 70s by the end of the week, but we're going to keep the clouds and the fog for the most part. mike, everything is looking good for the commute? >> looking good, calm, easy drive in across the bay bridge although a crash was reported as you approach the bay bridge on the 880 over crossing. all scans of all cameras didn't show a problem. the speed sensors same thing. we will continue to track that. there's a mattress that was dropped railroad avenue off highway 4, watching that early commute may be affected. we'll get chp's update once they arrive on scene. the rest of the bay, smooth easy drive. i'm looking just off highway 101. usually what happens a small roadside fire and then crews take it. we'll track it to make sure that's all that's going on. your drive is great. back to you. >> thank you. coming up next on "today in

the bay" -- nbc bay area responds. >> a viewer gets a call she thinks is from her bank's fraud office. then thousands of dollars vanish. and the bank does nothing. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. our team always on social media. meteorologist kari hall posted this to her instagram page talking about it, kids returning to school today. she wrote, organized and ready for the first day of school. keep up with kari on facebook, twitter and instagram. follow her weather forecast as well. always in the know with kari. kari hall, y'all. we'll be right back.

new this morning, a live look at san francisco international airport where the number of travelers is still well below pandemic levels. 2.2 million passengers flew through sfo in june, which is a 59% decrease than june of 2019. now oakland international had 700,000 fly in june. this is a 33% drop from 2019. sjc about the same numbers. oakland saw a 46% drop. nbc bay area responds to a north bay woman whose bank account was drained. this is following a phone call she thought was from her bank. >> that's right. consumer investigator chris chmura has her story along with a warning for the rest of us. >> good morning. when lynn's phone rang at her home the guy on the other end of the line said he was with wells

fargo's fraud department. he knew her account number plus the six most recent checks she had written. lynn assumed he was the real deal and he asked for her pin, debit card information and other personal details. she answered his question. then they hung up. that's when she learned right after that call that $5,000 was transferred out of her account. lynn reported it to wells fargo real fraud department right away, but three months later she was still waiting to get her $5,000 back. she called us. we called wells fargo. within two weeks it sent her a $5,000 check. we asked wells fargo for details. due to customer privacy and confidentiality we are unable to commence on fraud claims. wells fargo did offer advice, never share your financial information and pin over the phone unless you're the one who initiates the call and you are certain you called the right number. if you spot a scam or fall for a fraud tell your bank right away.

if that call doesn't fix it go to nbcbayarea.com and click the responds option from the main menu or call us 888-996-tips. >> thanks, chris. 5:26. next on "today in the bay," stop stories we're following including no signs of stopping. the dixie fire continues to be destructive in its path. the grim milestone it just reached. the nation's top doctor, dr. anthony fauci, says we could be inching closer to a vaccine receiving full approval. i will break down the domino effect it could have on your everyday life. you're watching "today in the bay."

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right now at 5:30, living in the pandemic. this morning, what dr. anthony fauci says could happen next when covid-19 vaccines are fda approved and how your everyday life will likely be impacted. the dixie fire shattering yet more records and gaining more ground this morning, charring land and people's personal possessions. this is "today in the bay." 5:30 on your monday morning. broadcasting on tv and streaming live on-line at nbcbayarea.com right now. hope you had a great weekend. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. first up for you this morning, fires and drought and we're witnessing them firsthand here in california. >> this morning the darkest morning yet on climate change and it's all in a new report released overnight. >> we want to get to meteorologist kari hall who has

more on the climate in crisis and kari, this is disturbing. >> it is. they're saying this is code red for humanity, a stark warning. let's break it down because you are going to see this on your social media feed today. the ipcc, the intergovernmental panel on climate change says major changes are needed right now to limit our warming to 1.5 degrees celsius. that means we need to make major changes to cut greenhouse gasses and this is a crucial global target before we hit irreversible change for centuries in our climate. at 2 degrees celsius warming we could see those extremes reach above what we can tolerate for our health as well as agriculture. we will likely see more intense rainfall, drought, sea level rise as well as more. we just saw last week that in the oroville, they hit the water level so low they had to turn off the hydro electric water power generator there and so the water levels are dropping at an

alarming rate there. we are running out of water here. we've seen these fires intensify and burn more acres. this, of course, a really dark we don't take immediate action. bcbayarea.com. back to you. the dixie fire, it is now the second largest fire in state history. it now spans the area the size larger actually than the city of los angeles. so far, those flames have scorched nearly 490,000 acres. cal fire says at least 400 homes and other structures have burn down, including hundreds in greenville. that town destroyed by the fire last week. four people remain unaccounted for. right now containment stands at 21%. 5:32, now to the pandemic and covid-19 vaccines are close to full fda approval, says america's top doctor, anthony fauci. >> and could be a domino effect

on vaccine mandate. cierra johnson joins us with a story that could change all of our lives. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, marcus and laura. that's right. the domino effect could be felt by all of us. dr. anthony fauci made his morn political talk shows explaining that we could see full fda approval for a vaccine in just a matter of weeks. dr. anthony fauci also explained that when the fda does grant that full proefl, you can expect to see private companies issuing vaccine mandates for employees. take a listen as we discusses changes we could see following full professional. >> -- approval. >> you're going to see the empowerment of local enterprises giving mandates, colleges, universities, places of business, the whole variety. i strongly support that. >> reporter: as president joe

biden aproved rules requiring federal workers to provide proof of vaccination or face regular testing and mask mandate, we found local business owners implementing vaccine mandates. the owner of la piz zer rhea has required her more than 20 employees to be vaccinated. >> for the staff working in the restaurant, for the client and customer that is safe and so we have been all my staff already vaccinated since april, all of them, and even though it's not mandatory. >> reporter: >> reporter: as dr. anthony fauci predicts when we secure the full fda approval he is predicting more restaurants would follow suit, more businesses and universities to make some of those vaccines mandatory. >> i want to talk about this more on a global level here. let's talk about france. they made strides with their version of the vaccination path, the qr code that can show proof of vaccination status or a

negative test result. how is the path being received? >> reporter: yeah. i mean that's definitely it's a huge deal happening there in france, but from what i understand, a lot of french are not receiving it well. over the weekend hundreds of thousands took to the streets protesting those cards. you need the cards to get into cafes or use transportation. the folks there not really receiving them well. the french president adamant those will continue. >> all right. we'll keep following that one. >> thank you, cierra. 5:23 right now. or 5:35. it is back to school. that means thousands of college students are uploading their proof of vaccination for the fall semester. you can read more about that right now on our home page at nbcbayarea.com. >> tragic story here, new this morning, a young girl is dead after losing control of her bicycle in san jose.

police say she was riding downhill an valroy drive near la colina park and lost control of the bike and struck a raised curb and thrown off her bike and hit a wall. she died at the hospital. she was not wearing a helmet. also in the south bay, one man is dead and another in the hospital after a shooting at a house party in sunnyvale. it happened saturday night at 10:15 on navarro drive. near ray nard park. neighbors describe the home as a short-term rental. investigators say the party was advertised on social media and around 200 teenagers attended. police say the second victim is recovering after surgery and is expected to be okay. to the recall effort of governor gavin newsom. keep an eye out for your mail because starting this week, they're going to start sending out ballots for the recall election and in sonoma county, people will be voting on whether to recall two lawmakers. newsom and district attorney jill ravitch. in a recent democratic poll, 26%

of sonoma county voters would vote to recall newsom and 58% were against recalling him, in the same poll, 26% of the voters say they would recall the current d.a. jill ravitch, 47% want her to stay. the ballots need to be postmarked by election day, tuesday, september 14th. happening today, bay area demonstrators will rally and march against nuclear weapons. 76 years to the day since the u.s. dropped the first atomic bomb. the bomb dropped on hiroshima. three days later a second bomb was dropped in nagasaki. the bombings killed 226,000 people. protesters along with nagasaki bomb survivor plan to march at the lawrence livermore lab at 9:00 a.m. the rally will be also virtual. here we go for this monday morning, getting started with the workweek and back to school for a lot of kids. >> back to school. it's crazy. where did summer go. i'm glad we will get back into a routine and everything. all right. so some kids have to wake up

early this morning and as the sun starts to rise, we start to see the light coming through the blinds and people waking up and heading out the door, we're going to see the hazy skies we've seen over the weekend. temperatures in walnut creek in the 50s, holding steady and starting to warm pup warmer today compared to yesterday as we reach 92 in concord, 91 in livermore. morgan hill, and san jose, still not too bad but warmer in the warming trend continues. a few incidents in the east bay. >> i did. first check in with the bay bridge, the overcross, 880 coming across, somewhere along that stretch that crash we've been tracking was reported. you saw light traffic at the bay bridge and we saw little slowing at the curve there. there's more slowing on the inclip. volume is building a bit. a tiny bit of slowing for west 37 and reports of a tree on the shoulder there on fryer.

no other details other than that. there is a little bit of slowing that started over there as well. there may be a crash over here grant line road. i'm checking on that with chp. right on schedule exactly to the minute the slowing started in san jose as we expect. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 5:39. ridership is making a comeback. ac transit is moving forward restoring bus lines to schools, all nighters, early bird express and select transbay bus routes. busses will make more trips including to merit college and bart stations in the morning across the east bay. it's all part of the plan to expand service over the next 18 months. during the pandemic the agency says ridership plummeted 190,000 people a day to 44,000. coming up here, open for business. overnight canada reopens its borders. what you need to know if you want to go. senators in washington talk about the frightening new testimony about what happened in the trump white house.

casually just stroll down the aisle. not a human. this big furry guy got inside a southern california grocery store. how they were able to finally get him out safely.

good monday morning. 5:42 and as you're heading out on the peninsula, a look at palo alto in the upper 50s and it's going to be a nice day. a little bit warmer and still

looking pretty hazy. we'll talk about our air quality and a warming trend in the forecast coming up. a shift for the commute like oakland schools start today. same thing for lafayette and daly city and pacifica. we'll check the regions but your commute kicks off fine here by the coliseum. thanks so much. 5:43. over the weekend some benefits for unemployed californians came to an end. edd says the state no longer meets the federal threshold to offer the maximum federal benefit. the federal benefits lasted 20 weeks. now they won't be paid for more than 13 weeks. a live look to los angeles, tomorrow county officials will consider a new proposal that would require proof of vaccination to enter certain indoor public spaces. it would be similar to the ones starting in new york city next month. under the proposal everyone would have to show proof of at least a partial vaccination if they want to enter gyms, restaurants, entertainment

venues and retail stores. also happening now, canada's border now for fullynight. this is the first time in over a year that people were able to cross the border for nonessential travel. the canadian government will enforce requirements that includes being fully vaccinated u.s. citizen or a permanent resident carrying proof of vaccination, having a valid prearrival covid-19 test before crossing the border and registering and submitting all mandatory information on a new website called arrive can. the senate close to passing a massive infrastructure bill. >> scott mcgrew, the final vote could come as soon as tomorrow. >> that's right. laura is right. it's huge. money in there to replace every lead pipe in america, western states to build reservoirs to fight drought. the takeaway is how bipartisan it is. a bill written by republicans and democrats.

not everyone is happy. there are a few hold outs why the final vote will not come for at least a couple days. here's majority leader chuck schumer. >> we can get this done the easy way or hard way, in either case the senate will stay in session until we finish our work. it's up to my republican colleagues how long it takes. >> they chose the hard way and debate will be extended but a vote will come. remember, too, the democrats have a second even bigger bill coming right behind that. one they can railroad through using special rules. "the new york times" first to report that the former acting attorney general testified behind closed doors a senate committee about trump's efforts to undermine the election results. we don't have full details on what jeff rosen said but the senators who were there say it was extremelyot there, an awful lot there. you can imagine seven hours of

testimony. it really is important that we ask these questions because what was going on in the department of justice was frightening. this was testimony to a senate committee not the house select committee, appointed by nancy pelosi. a bipartisan committee of senators all of whom reportedly asked questions. it's entirely possible that the house investigates trump and his actions following the election, that select committee will also ask rosen to testify. rosen in the room as the president pursued so many avenues trying to undo american voters' decision. on friday the latest jobs number showing strong growth in jobs. there's still about a million job openings that people haven't taken but the unemployment rate fell hard nearly a million people went back to work in july. >> my message today is not one of celebration. it's one to remind us we have a lot of hard work left to be done, both to beat the delta variant and to continue our advance of economic recovery. >> we'll fact check some of the

president's claims as we talk about business coming up in a half hour. a lot of people noted the president's tan suit a nod perhaps to his old boss on his birthday. certain tv radio hosts railed against president obama's tan suit when he wore it in august of 2014 when that was a presidential controversy. the incident has its own wikipedia page. we'll be talking about all kinds of things on twitter. we welcome you to join us and find me on twitter @scottmcgrew. >> thanks so much. 5:47 right now. we've come to the end of an unprecedented olympic games in tokyo. after a lifetime of dedication and a year delay they got a shot of their glory over the past two and a half weeks. so fun to watch. >> it was. the closing ceremonies fun to watch, it brought a joyful ending to the long journey to tokyo and the stunning light display of the olympic rings floated above the empty protoco, many of the athletes had already returned home. javelin thrower carl winger actually got to carry the u.s.

flag. the ioc president praised all the athletes and organizers for giving the world hope in a time of unknowns. >> you gave to the world the most precious of gifts, hope. >> the french flyover signalled that the countdown to the paris olympics just three years away. july 2024. >> that's cool looking. very pretty. this morning on the "today" show alix klineman and her teammate april ross are stopping by 30 rock with their gold medals and they will share what it was like to battle it out in tokyo at the amazing games. catch the "today" show at 7:00 a.m. after "today in the bay." if your a night owl an don't want to miss a meteor shower, one of the biggest of the year, the peak hours to watch will be wednesday night at 11:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m. on thursday. we can catch it before "today in the bay." people can expect to see up to

hundred meteors per hour. nasa says you won't need a telescope or bin knock cuellars and you can watch the shooting stars. i love driving into work that time of year making wishes. this is pretty cool if you're not there in person. a bear caught in a grocery store in southern california. look at the photos. you see him there. residents of porter ranch got a surprise when they saw that 125 pound male bear walking through the aisles of a ralph. police say there were reports of three bear sightings the area, the bear was chased outside where officers waited for finish and wildlife service. once they arriveds the bear was shot with a tranquilizer and taken to a more suitable habitat. >> more suitable than aisle 2. >> i don't know. could have had a cleanup there. >> there you go. >> hopefully not. okay. kari has a look at our forecast. kids heading back to school. >> yes.

>> have to put the name tags on the jackets to bring them home. >> a lot of work. >> right. >> packing up backpacks in the morning and the lunch bags. yep. all of that stuff. we kind of miss it. here's a look at our air quality that we're starting out with, a clear sky and we've been watching a lot of smoke moving through parts of the bay area, especially friday and saturday, cleared up for some yesterday. we're still going to have the hazy sky but air quality is moderate. a lot of this is drifting a little bit higher up and not affecting our air quality as much. as we get a look at our temperatures and our highs for today a little bit warmer. cupertino up to 84 degrees and 90 in gilroy. for the east bay, more 90s for antioch and concord, 91 livermore, but mostly upper 80s from pleasanton to walnut creek and martinez. some 70s for the inner bay, what we'll see for the peninsula and then for san francisco, into the mid 60s this afternoon. reaching up to 101 in clearlake

today. we'll be watching for more heat up there as we go through the week. while santa rosa will reach into the mid 80s, napa up to 80 degrees. going towards the end of the week, if you do have plans to head to the sierra, maybe goings firing up with another surge of monsoonal moisture coming into the bay area. rather for parts of the sierra. we're going to feel some hotter temperatures here, especially by thursday into friday. take a look at our seven-day forecast and our inland temperatures reaching into the upper 80s today and tomorrow and then low 90s for wednesday and thursday. mid 90s for friday and still pretty hot for the weekend. san francisco warming up gradually as well hitting the low 70s. we're going to keep the fog either right over the city or along the coast. we're going to be watching that fog kind of move in and out. mike, looks like the commute is starting to build a bit. >> it is. in the peninsula that means it's clear, of course. we're looking at the east bay

seeing blips for 880 through hayward. clear right now. san jose on schedule for the early commute and a little build toward the dublin interchange. those are subtle changes but more than we've seen over the last couple weeks. folks squeezing in the summer breaks before school restarted and back to work and school today. san francisco we should be back to traffic flowing at van ness and mission. that's at 6:00 when it's scheduled to reopen. i've heard of no delays but i haven't heard they've reopened it. we're going to track that as we go. the latest update about an hour ago. mild slowing at the bay bridge on the incline. back to you. >> thanks. 5:52. happening now, marin county looking to create more affordable housing. more than 1,000 new housing units. "the chronicle" reports bay west development purchased vacant buildings on san marin drive in novato. they would actually make single family homes, town homes and multifamily apartments. the apartment buildings would

sit across the street from the smart train that runs between santa rosa and larkspur. the planning process for the redevelopment will likely take two years. >> much more ahead on "today in the bay," including dangerous driving. a live look at your morning commute. huge spike in speeding tickets. the chp says they've been issuing them during the pandemic. burning out of control, the dire forecast firefighters in greece will be up against. something they say they haven't seen in three decades. plus -- >> trapped. a hor fiing moment for a group of people after getting stuck in a flooded elevator. we're going to show you what happened next. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay." happening now, devastation unfolding in greece. this is where there's a wildfire emergency underway with no signs of relief. there have been more than 100 fires in 24 hours across the country. three major ones with several villages kwaitsds. biggest fire is on the largest island and the fires started after the longest heat wave the country has seen in three decades. temperatures could climb today

to 111 degrees. one greek minister was quoted saying we are no longer talking about climate change but a climate threat. horrifying moments for some people in omaha, nebraska, who got stuck in an elevator. this is with water rushing inside during severe weather. take a look at this. >> scary situation right there. the water left them trapped in neck deep waters. rushed to help them out as you can see, just stuck inside. now, the elevator they pride it open the door theres just to let that rushing water out. no one was injured in that incident. >> wow. frightening for them, got so high. developing now in chicago, ten people dead, 63 hurt after another violent weekend. chicago police officer ella french among those killed after being shot during a traffic stop. the 29-year-old had just returned to active duty from maternity leave.

she has a 2-month-old daughter. her death was the first fatal shooting of a chicago police officer since 2018. she was the first female shot on the job in 33 years. french's partner also shot multiple times, currently in critical condition. three suspects from that incident have been arrested. several bay area police departments have been tweeting out their condolences including san francisco, san jose agencies. the pandemic postponing a huge event in the south. a new covid surge really urging louisiana people to stop this event. the new orleans jazz and heritage festival won't be returning after all. this year's event was originally schedule to take place in early october, later than usual. a judge is granting norwegian's cruise line to block a florida law banning cruise companies from asking passengers for proof of vaccination before they get on a ship from a

lawsuit challenging the passport ban. norweigian says vaccine proof is needed to safely resume its cruises. many are remembering college football coach bobby bowden who died at 91. the hall of fame coach who won more than 350 games built florida state into a great dynasty with two national championships died at home surrounded by family. bowden had a terminal illness that his family said was pancreatic cancer. peyton manning is a hall of famer. he got help from his father to unveil his hall of fame statute. look at this. beautiful honor there to do that with your father. he delivered his speech poking fun at the time limit given to him for his speech. manning made a point, to point out tom brady. >> by the time tom brady is inducted in his first year of eligibility in the year 2035 -- he'll only have time to post his

acceptance speech on his instagram account. >> brady's former coach bill belichick said manning is the best quarterback he has ever coached against. >> that's a nice bust there. right now at 6:00, thousands of bay area kids go back to in-person learning this morning. this is amid covid concerns. a live report on what schools are doing to keep kids safe and why some teachers say it's not enough. i believe that some people on their own once it gets approved as full approval, will go ahead and get vaccinated. >> on the fast track the steps in the vaccine rollout and the impact it could have on your everyday life. all this as hospitalizations across the country on the rise. this is "today in the bay." and a good monday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura