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 garcia.

we de smoky skies over the weekend as people were out moving about. how are we looking for today. >> it's going to be smoky at times and i know kids will be walking to school, first day of school, temperatures in the upper 50s in oakland. happy first day. by the time you pick them up, upper 60s, looking hazy but we are going to see some improvements in our air quality this afternoon. mike, you're watching the patterns change. >> we're back to the similar pattern i guess the timing is a little different as we see folks back from vacation, back to school, some back to work. the bay bridge is showing a slowdown already over at the toll plaza. not enough to be an issue for the sensors but they may be turning the metering lightses on any second. a smooth drive for the rest of the bay. laura, we've seen blips for the tri-valley and east bay. things are calm and we'll see if it kicks in over the next 15 minutes. back to you. 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 just hours. "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from the east bay this morning. bob, not all students are heading back into the classroom. we understand that some can still opt for that virtual instruction. >> correct, laura. oakland unified tells us an overwhelming majority of its students will be returning to in person instruction later today when class starts some time this morning depending on the school location. of the district's 36,000 students, only 850 have decided to continue with distance learning. the remaining 35,000 or so students will be stepping back on the campus into the classroom for some this will be 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 safe and staff safe as well. the district says, however, 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 also not requiring teachers to be vaccinated. and for those who choose to be unvaccinated, mandatory testing is not required unless they are potentially exposed. >> we have quarantine spaces, a student not feeling well will move to our health clinic, native american health clinic, assessment made, parents will be called. >> i'm going to focus on community building in the class, 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 afternoon, oakland unified superintendent will tour some of her schools with the state superintendent and the mayor of oakland at some of those stops. >> i know some students in brentwood and oakley we've been keeping track of it, they came down with covid.

talk about the likelihood of more kids catching the delta variant now too. >> i don't know about the likelihood, but i can tell you that what we've seen in july we've seen a jump in the number of cases among children nationwide between the first half and second half of that month. you can take a look at the numbers. these are numbers from the american academy of pediatrics and the children's hospital association. first half of july just over 43,000 covid cases among children throughout our country. second half you can see it jumped to over 110,000. california hasn't been hit as hard as the rest of the country but "the mercury news" reports if you compare the first half of july to the second half, there was definitely a doubling in the number of cases. >> we'll see where the numbers go from here. thanks so much. cities are sounding the alarm as covid-19 cases rise rapidly. oefts 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 covid surge, overnight a development on his infrastructure bill emerged. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with more. tracie? >> laura and marcus, it's not done, but it's a big step forward, a significant one for these road and bridge projects all over the country. >> 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. he 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 from state and federal government as renters face eviction next month. unless they pay back rent. 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. to a developing story, shots fired during an armed robbery in the middle of the day and the entire attack caught on surveillance camera. now warning to you, you may find some of this video disturbing. it happened over the weekend in chinatown. two men in hoodies appeared to try to rob a woman and two other men 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 attacks but only can 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 from kreycik from a tour of the national monument on thursday afternoon 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. 6:08 right now. a live look at the roads. law enforcement across the country say dangerous driving habits are on the rise. this is during the pandemic and they're not stopping. in fact, highway deaths hit their highest level in more than a decade last year. tickets by chp for speeding in excess of 100 miles per hour from january to june were nearly double prepandemic levels. officials say that speeding, driving under the influence and aggressive driving are on the rise again this year. there are a lot of assumptions out there as to why police are seeing this upswing. one of them lighter traffic loads on the roads for us. >> cheerer path to go faster. >> always take it easy out there. a live look outside, we saw hazy smoky skies over the weekendp a

lot of kids also sorry, back to school. still a little information. >> sorry not sorry. >> sorry. it's a little early so maybe they're still sleeping and didn't hear all of that. it is time to get the parents up and out the door, ready for work this morning. take a look at santa rosa right now at 50 degrees. a few clouds rolling by. it's going to clear up at 8:00 to 9:00 and then see our temperatures in the upper 70s. they're reaching 85 degrees, 83 in san raphael and see some low 90s for the inland east bay. we're tracking more of a warmup in the forecast but mike, you're seeing quick changes in the commute. >> i thought i saw early slowing a little heavier and the last five minutes san jose where i was going to show you the backup it cleared. i was going to show you the red sensors that have gone to green. how quickly it changed for the south bay. lighter traffic. a crash north 101 at blossom hill, not a problem or no

injuries but someone on the shoulder there. a smooth drive for the bay. look at that the slowing near the dublin interchange, hayward mild slowing and this crash on the shoulder north 680 a counter commute and no problems there. the bay bridge backup we saw starting to form from the toll plaza but then starting to slow on the incline again and down toward the berkeley curve we'll track this. back to you. >> thanks so much. still ahead at 6:25 on "today in the bay," how you can apply to work for nasa and help out with a mission to mars. >> life-long dream. plus, delayed. the reason tesla is pushing back the release of its electric truck. inside next. president biden claims some credit for the big jump in jobs. we'll fact check him. markets started records but see how they'll do once there's an open. looks like we'll see some losses. ♪♪ ♪ i've got another puzzle for you ♪

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the surface it's still pretty good, but all the smoke staying to the north. we could see some changes. we'll talk about this and warmer temperatures coming up. we are seeing changes in your commute. the san mateo bridge always reliable for a steady flow of traffic at this time of day. the build and then the release through hayward, we're looking at things building and clearing. we'll see what's next. i think it's the build. good morning. very happy monday to you. the markets will start this fine monday morning at new records with the dow above 35,000. the s&p 500 at an all-time high. this after friday's blowout jobs numbers, 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'm going to stress was, coming out of the pandemic at a time when 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. again, of course there has been. president truman saw more soldiers come home from the war than any other. back at home, zynga will leave its san francisco offices behind 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 san francisco business times reports cloudflaer signed one of the biggest leases ever in austin. joining companies in moving lots of operations out of the bay area. austin not turning out to be a very safer or healthy place itself. oil prices are falling as the fear of coronavirus and delta increases. that's entirely predictable. our high gas prices came as demand increased all of a sudden drivers wanted to get 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. i point out gas prices tend not to be someone's fault, not the president's, no matter who is president, not policy, it's just how many people want a gallons >> supply and demand. at the beginning of the pandemic

when no was driving the prices went down. >> they were trying to give the gas away as you were saying. >> there was a negative oil price at one point. enough oil price. >> crazy. >> thanks, scott. >> always high when i go to fill up somehow. speaking of -- i guess you wouldn't have to fill up with this, new this morning, tesla has quietly pushed the production of the release of its electric pickup truck the cyber truck to next year. earlier this year ceo elon musk said there would be only a few cyber truck deliveries this year. the new delay could pose a competitive challenge as gmc's hummer ev you set it beat the cyber truck to the market. ford's f-150, which my father loves, lighting up, the f-150 lightening is still on track for next spring. there you have it. country music star dolly parton revealing the purchase

she made from royalties from whitney houston's cover of "i will always love you." appearing on "watch what happens live" with andy cohen she says she used some of the money to buy a strip mall to turn night an office complex in nashville. the singer felt it was a way to honor houston. "forbes" estimated dolly parton got at least $10 million in royalties from houston singing her songs. >> i will spare you the song this morning. trending this morning a destination for any chocolate lover out there. we are talking about this willy wonka inspired hotel. get this, it features unlimited candy, a chocolate bath, and even candy flavored wall paper. i don't know who wants to lick on that, but it's there if you want. the room inside a british hotel is meant to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movie. the lickable wall paper is replaced after each stay. >> i'm glad you said that. >> i would be the first, i don't

know if i would be the second. >> that's enough. now the wall paper. >> does that come with oompa loompas. >> if you order room service. >> yeah. >> that's pretty cool. my son would like that. by the way, he's going to school this morning. backpack is packed. he isn't up yet. i'm waiting for the pictures for my mom to send me. >> fun. >> for the first day of school. it's going to be a nice day. a little bit warmer. take a look at our air quality. really hazy over the weekend. we could see the orange glow to the sunrise. we have moderate air quality even though a lot of this smoke isn't near the surface. we've seen it higher up and it's been keeping us from having clear blue skies the past couple days. looking at our temperatures and where we're headed, warmer reaching into the low 80s for los gatos, 95 in antioch, and freemont reaching 79 degrees. upper 70s for the peninsula and

for san francisco reaching into the mid 60s. north bay temperatures up to 100 we go through the week. hotter temperatures and a surge of monsoonal moisture could give us a chance of some thunderstorms off to the east 's up going there for the weekend there may be some storms toward the end of the week as well as the weekend while we have some warmer air headed our way. our inland areas go from the upper 80s today to the mid 90s. if you're in the mid 90s today expect it to be over 100 degrees. and that's what we'll see in the weekend. but staying pretty nice and cool along the coast. mike, you were tracking the toll plaza. >> yeah. there have been changeses to the toll plaza. i talked about how it was clearing and now building once again. a little more tenuous as the commute is getting more robust in some areas. getting towards the bay bridge, through the maze at the toll plaza, slowing towards freemont as well and may be leaving the lights on as a result of that. we're looking at a couple minor crashes along i-80.

no major impacts to your drive there. a smooth flow of traffic down, a new crash perhaps in union city or hayward. we're going to check on that for the nimitz and the slowing in san jose has cleared from 101 and will build again in the next 20 minutes. back to you. >> thanks for keeping your eye on it. 6:22. coming up next, nbc bay area responds. a viewer getses a call she thinks is from her bank's fraud office and thousands of dollars vanish and the bank does nothing. i'm chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. our team always on social media. you heard kari talking about it. back to school. posted this on her instagram and wrote, organized and ready for the first day of school. you can keep track of what's going on with kari on facebook, twitter and instagram. follow her @kari hall weather. we'll be right back. arcus and l, ,

marcus and laura, laura and marcus, when lynn's phone rang a 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. here's what it said. due to customer privacy and confidentiality we are unable to comment on specific 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. >> thank you, chris. it's 6:26 right now. over the weekend some benefits for unemployed californians came to an end. the edd says the state no longer meets the federal threshold to offer the maximum federal benefits. the benefits lasted 20 weeks. now they won't be paid for more than 13 weeks. new this morning, a live

look at san francisco international airport where the number of travelers is well below pandemic levels. 2.2 million passengers flew through sfo in june. a year later, which they saw a 59% drop in travelers. oakland international had 700,000 people fly in june, a 33% drop from 2019. while down at sjc, about the same number as oakland but saw a 46% drop in travelers. trending this morning, nasa looking for a few good martians. yeah. space agency is trying to find four people who are willing to pretend to be martians for a year. they're going to live in a 1700 square foot windowless habitat created by a 3d printer in texas. that experiment will include ready-to-eat space food and simulated spacewalks.

>> interesting. >> i don't like the no windows part. coming up next, top stories we're following including the recall election. getting close. when you can expect to see the ballot in the mail. new numbers revealing how voters are feeling about gavin newsom in one community. and dr. anthony fauci, the nation's top doctor, says we are getting closer to having full approval for a vaccine. coming up i'll explain what that could mean for you once that approval is actually secured. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:30, what dr. anthony fauci says could happen next when covid-19 vaccines are fda approved and how your everyday life will be impacted. the dixie fire shattering yet more records and gaining more ground this morning charring both land and people's most personal possessions. this is "today in the bay." a very good monday morning to you. 6:31, broadcasting to the television and streamline online at nbcbayarea.com. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. first up, fires and droughts, you are witnessing them firsthand here in california. >> this morning the starkest warning on climate change and it's all in a new report that

was released overnight. >> let's bring in meteorologist kari hall with more on the climate in crisis. really disturbing here. >> it is very disturbing the fact that they're saying we're getting ready to hit a tipping point here with global warming if we don't take drastic measures to cut our greenhouse emissions. we need to make sure we don't get above the 1.5 degrees celsius warming overall across the globe and this is a crucial global target before we hit irreversible change for centuries. at 2 degrees celsius warming extremes will reach above what we can tolerate for our health and agriculture. likely cause more intense rainfall, drought, as well as sea level rise and fires. so we're watching this. of course last week we saw the oroville reservoir hit water levels not seen before, very low where they had to cut off the

hydro electric power plant and we're going it see the water levels dropping as we see this as an example of our climate in crisis. see this story as well as more on our website nbcbayarea.com. click on the climate in crisis tab. i'll take it from here, thank you. developing now the dixie fire is now the second largest fire in state history. it now spans an area larger than los angeles. the flames have scorched nearly 490,000 acres. cal fire says at least 400 homes and other structures have burned down, including hundreds in greenville. that town destroyed by the fire last week. four people remain unaccounted for. right now containment stands at 21%. now to the pandemic and covid-19 vaccines are close to full fda approval, says america's top doctor, anthony fauci. with that, could be a domino effect on vaccine mandates. cierra johnson joins us live in san francisco with a story that could change all of our lives.

cierra. >> yeah. good morning. that's exactly right. the full approval would definitely have a domino effect on all of our lives. dr. anthony fauci made the rounds on those sunday morning political talk shows. he says we could expect full fda approval in just a matter of weeks. dr. anthony fauci also explained that the full fda approval you can expect to see some private companies issuing vaccine mandates for employees. take a listen as he discusses the changes we could see following full approval. >> if that's the case, you're going to see the empowerment of local enterprises giving mandates, colleges, universities, places of business, a whole variety, and i strongly support as president joe biden recently approved rules requiring federal workers to provide proof of vaccination or face regular testing and mask mandates we found some local

small business owners here implementing vaccine mandates. thor on of la pizzeria restaurant has required her more than 20 employees to be vaccinated. >> for the staff working in the restaurant, for the client and for the 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: so as dr. anthony fauci predicts we could see more businesses, more schools, more companies following suit like that pizzeria and issuing the mandatory vaccines. laura and marcus. >> it's interesting, too, because france, for example, has made strides with their version of that vaccination passport, the qr code. it could be shown to show that you've got your vaccination or if you've got a negative test result, but people, they're not liking it there at all.

>> reporter: yeah. that's exactly right. some of those early reports show that french are not fans of that qr code passport. i was reading some reports where hundreds of thousands of folks have been protesting over the weekend about this passport that you need to enter some cafes and some forms of public transportation. the folks there not excited about what the french president has implemented in terms of the qr code passport. >> it's always interesting to see the reaction and what could happen here. thanks so much. 6:36. now to a live look in los angeles, tomorrow county officials will interest a new proposal that would actually require proof of vaccination to enter certain indoor public spaces. under the proposal everyone would have to show proof of at least a partial vaccination if they want to enter a gym, restaurant, entertainment venues and retail stores. it is back to school, and

that means thousands of college students uploading their proof of vaccination for the fall semester. you can read more about that right now, we've put it on our home page, nbcbayarea.com. 6:36 right now. new this morning, a young girl has died after losing control of her bicycle in san jose. police say the child was riding downhill on valroy drive near la colina park and lost control of the bike and struck a raised curb and flew in the air and hit a concrete 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. neighbors describe the home as a short-term rental. investigators say the party was advertised on social media and about 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 the state is starting to send out the ballots for the recall election. 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% said they were against recalling him. in that same poll, 26% of 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. 6:38. live look outside this morning at walnut creek, as we get started. you can see the sun is rising but the haze out there from, of course, the fires we've seen nearby. today also a big day, first of day school for a lot of kids. how is it going to feel for the first day. >> summer went by too fast. >> it did go by fast but some

kids still have like a week or so, two weeks before school starts again. so, you know, some kids are going to be heading out and air quality is a concern today. you may want to limit your time out there if you're sensitive to the wildfire smoke we've been seeing with the bright orange sunrise over san jose. we are looking at air quality numbers just above what's considered good air quality. and so as we go into today our temperatures heading into the mid 60s in san francisco, low 70s in oakland, first day of school there. 92 in concord today with some low to mid 80s for parts of the north bay. it's going to heat up this week and we'll talk about that coming up. mike you're seeing crashes at the bay bridge toll plaza. last live shot i saw had two spots. the first one there it is, still there. a car in the lane 8, watch out for that. the middle lane as you're approaching the toll plaza. folks coming on very quickly. looks like a crew at the bridge knows about it. the second one, another tow truck, three here, addressing

this crash blocking the hov lanes. i've seen folks slow considerably, really suddenly as you approach this crash here in lane and the other throw slow down trying to get around it and some cut back in. watch for these adjustments. light traffic we know, but a problem like this could have a ripple effect for the rest of the approach if anything else happens. we're watching the crews address that. the rest of the bay, a lighter drive right now. an early slowdown, now things are clearing up. we'll talk about what's going on in san francisco coming up. back to you. >> thanks, mike. ridership is making a championship. ac transit moving forward restoring bus lines this week to schools, all nighters, early bird express and bus routes. they will make more trips including to the college and bart stations across the east bay. this part of the plan to expand service over the next 18 months. during the pandemic ridership plummeted 190,000 people a day to just 44,000.

6:40 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," new york governor andrew cuomo still says he's not stepping down. what's next for lawmakers trying to oust him from office. plus back open, the requirements you'll need to meet in order to cross the border and travel into canada starting today. testimony to a senate committee that senators themselves call frightening. we'll take a look at that. let's look at the big board where dow industrials are down after setting a new record on friday. and a bear caught roaming inside a grocery store down in southern california. what it took to lure it outside. and a reminder today we're returning to our normal programming schedule. check our midday newscast it starts at 11:00. followed by "california live" at 11:30. more local news with our three half hour shows at 5, 5:30 and 6:00, news -- nightly news we should say with lester holt comes back at 6:30 and join us

with a deeper dive into the headlines on nbc bay area news at 7:00. this guy here is busy working on our state's recovery. you see he lives in california and by vacationing in california he's supporting our businesses and communities. which means every fruity skewer is like another sweet nail in the rebuilding of our economy. hammer away craftsman. calling all californians.

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happy first day of school for oakland unified students starting out with jacket weather upper 50s this morning. by the time it's time to pick the kids up, upper 60s. i'm watching air quality for those afterschool activities. we'll talk about that coming up

in a few minutes. >> saw traffic break, traffic restored at the bay bridge. look right there, one vehicle looks like they can't move the car. it will not start. the other issue is here, the crash where vehicles have to be removed and fire crews blocking the hov lane. that's building here. we'll track that coming up. >> thanks, happening now, canada's border is reopened to fully vaccinated americans. this is the first time in a year people are able to cross the border for nonessential travel. the canadian government will require strict resirmtss, being fully vaccinated or a u.s. citizen carrying proof of vaccination. the senate very close to passing a massive infrastructure bill. >> scott, a final vote could come as soon as tomorrow. >> that's right. laura, it's huge there's money in there to replace every lead pipe in america, there's money

for 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 a few days. here's majority leader chuck schumer. >> we can get this done the easy way or the 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. >> well, bottom line, they chose the hard way. debate will be extended but schumer says a vote will come. remember, too, the democrats have a second even bigger bill coming right behind that. one they can railroad through under special rules. "the new york times" first to report that donald trump's 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 that but the senators that were there said it was extremely

disturbing testimony. dick durbin, on cnn, called it frightening. >> there's a lot 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. >> it's worth pointing out this testimony was 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 the select committee will also call rosen to testify. he was 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, more than people to take them, but unemployment fell hard, nearly a million 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. >> those unemployment numbers were measured before the latest delta fears. a lot of people noted the president's tan suit, a nod perhaps to his old boss on his birthday. certain radio hosts railed against president obama's tan suit back when he wore it in august of 2014 when that was a controversy. the incident has its own wikipedia page. maybe i'll get a link to that on twitter. find it there as soon as i get back to my desk @scottmcgrew. >> thanks. today, a committee will discuss whether there are grounds to impeach new york governor andrew cuomo as his top aide has now resigned. melissa derosa, the secretary for the governor, one of cuomo's top supporters, her departure after a report allege the governor sexually harassed

women. derosa's name comes up in that report. cuomo denies any wrongdoing and refuses to step down. we've come to the end of an unprecedented olympic games in tokyo after a lifetime of dedication from the athletes and a year delay, they finally got a chance to shine their glory over the past couple two and half weeks. >> bringing home nice medals too. >> the closing ceremonies brought a stunning light display, due to the protocols from covid, many athletes already returned home. the ioc president really praised the athletes and organizers for giving the world hope in a time of so many unknowns. >> you gave to the world the most precious of gifts, hope. >> looking ahead a french flyover signaled the countdown to the paris olympics just three years away, july 2024. ahead on the "today" show, stanford alum al lix kleiman and

april ross stopping by 30 rock after "today in the bay." now to a football like move that became the highlight of a baseball game. the ball girl stealing the show at a dodgers stadium over the weekend. a man went running on to the field as the dodgers were playing the angels so he got away from at least six security guards, but he couldn't dodge the ball girl. could you make it out there. she tripped him and sent him falling into the stands. the girl you see it here, she trips him, falls over, bam. she ended up getting a standing ovation from all the fans out there. >> she should have. look at that. pretty cool there. a story to tell when she returns to school. something you can talk about, a grocery store in southern california, look what was inside. yeah. a surprise saturday morning when they saw the 125 pound male bear just walking through the aisles

of a ralph's and it was chased outside near the walmart building. there, they waited for officers to come and the u.s. fish and wildlife service arrive. the bear shot with a tranquilizer and taken to a suitable habitat. >> i thought they had trouble catching the bear and the ball girl took it out. >> yeah. >> she was too busy at the ballpark. >> just looking for honey. >> aisle 5. kari has a look at our forecast for today. we're mentioning kids heading back to school. >> yes. kids going back to school and it's going to be a great day. make it a nice one, make some new friends, and also enjoy a little bit of time outside after school is over with. a live look in walnut creek, still looking a little bit hazy if you're going out to the park in concord, expect it to start out nice and cool, but it is going to heat up today. towards the upper 80s by 3:00 to 4:00, reaching into the low 90s. you're going to notice today that heat will be a little bit

more intense than it was yesterday, especially in spots like antioch reaching into the mid 90s today. not too bad in freemont with a high of 79. some low 70s in san mateo. san francisco mostly in the low to mid 60s and the north bay really starting to feel hot. more hot temperatures through the week. we're going to be watching the sierra. there could be some monsoonal moisture firing up some thunderstorms. we are always keeping an eye on that because the possibility that there could be lightning without the rain could spark fires. we've already been well above where we should be for our wildfire season this year. we don't want any new fire starts. as our temperatures and some of our inland spots across the bay area valleys heating up. we're going from the upper 80s today to the mid 90s by friday. this weekend also hot with some low 90s. san francisco just a little bit warmer. we're going to keep the clouds and fog there.

mike, you were saying the bay bridge is looking like a parking lot. >> parking lot itself is what we would call it. right now at the parking lot where the activity is because of the crashes. the disabled vehicle, we had the three vehicles right here in the hov lane. now the good news they safely cleared the vehicle that was stucke, they just had traffic stop once again. the second traffic break in ten minutes slowing you down here as these folks are getting cleared towards the parking lot we have the hov lanes unavailable right now until you pass by the area. keep that in mind getting to the bay bridge. there will be slowing off the berkeley curve but traffic lighter right now. good news van ness at mission i've heard of no delays, reopened that after the weekend work, actually since last week and the rest of the bay shows an easier light drive. more folks seem to be out there. >> heading out the door. thanks. 6:53, happening now, marin county looking to create more affordable housing over a thousand new housing units. the chronicle reports a group

bought vacant buildings on san marin drive in novato and would make single family homes, town homes and multifamily apartments. the buildings would sit across the street from the smart train between santa rosa and larkspur. >> next our top stories, no sign of stopping. the dixie fire, the grim milestone it reached. just over a couple hours one of the bay area's largest school districts will return to in-person instruction. the safety measures put in place to protect staff and students against the delta variant. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at top stories here on "today in the bay." first, one of the bay area's largest school districts will return to in-person instruction. >> oakland unified opens its doors. "today in the bay's" bob redell live in the east bay for us. bob? >> good morning to you, marcus and laura. oakland unified tells us that the overwhelming majority of its 36,000 students will be returning to in-person instruction later this morning. only about 850 have chosen to continue with distance learning. that means that the remaining 35,000 students or so will step foot back on campus and into the classroom for some this will be 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. staff and students will be required to mask up regardless of their vaccination status. social distancing, however, is not required. the district also not requiring teachers to be vaccinated. for those who choose to be unvaccinated, mandatory testing is not required unless they are potentially exposed. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much. 6:58. to this morning's pandemic headlines. over the weekend hospitalizations in the u.s. topped 66,000. children's hospitals are filling up because of the delta variant. hospitals in tennessee will be completely full by the end of the week. in l.a. county, officials will consider a new proposal that will require proof of vaccination to enter certain indoor public spaces. in france a vaccination passport

rolled out today. >> the dixie fire the second largest fire in state history and spans an area larger than los angeles. those flames scorched nearly 490,000 acres so far and cal fire says at least 400 homes and other structures have burned down including hundreds in greenville. four people remain unaccounted for. containment level right now stands at 21%. >> we saw the smoke in the bay area over the weekend. ta live look outside overlooking san jose. sun is up. >> the air quality is improving near the surface but still may look hazy today and our temperatures are going to be slightly warmer reaching na the upper 80s. that warming trend continues with mid 90s by the end of the week. >> bay bridge we have the final crashes clearing up right here hov lanes still affected another five minutes or so. things change as folks come back online. ty, so welcome back to school, kids. watch those crosswalks. >> study hard. >> yes.

>> hey, that's what's happening "today in the bay." we're going to be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. what's back today as well. >> our midday news cast at 11:00 for you. don't miss that much more news and weather ahead then. the "today" show coming up next. good morning closing time an olympics like no other comes to a colorful end in tokyo team usa finishing on the top of the medal count after a final gold haul over the weekend and the world now looks ahead to the next olympics, lesthan six months away in beijing states of emergency -- covid cases rising fast. some major cities cracking down, bringing back indoor mask mandates, even for the vaccinated >> we must act and we will act