variant continues to spread rapidly. now there are new concerns for children as schools reopen. how districts across the nation are adapting on the fly. >> pushing back against vaccine mandates. some city workers in san francisco insist they will not get the shot. phony vaccine cards causing trouble across the u.s. how bay area businesses are dealing with the fakes. this is "today in the bay." and a very good now tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. first, america's fight against covid-19 now growing critical with a few shortage in hospital beds for the sickest patients. covid cases hit a new high, 36 million rising in every state and california is quickly approaching a total of 4 million cases. florida hit a daily record for the third time in a week. >> this comes as more vaccine

mandates are being rolled out. we've got live team coverage starting with "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington with a new requirement we're hearing from the pentagon. tracie? >> and it's coming soon, laura and marcus, good morning, everyone. the pentagon will require all service members to get the covid vaccine by mid-september. now making that announcement, president biden says he supports it. in a statement he said he strongly supports this move to ensure force readiness. some republicans disagree, though, saying this isn't the government's job to tell people to get the vaccine and knowing it's not yet fully approved by the fda. >> the federal government ought to get out of our life and stop telling us how to lead our lives. >> reporter: florida's governor has banned mask mandates for the school's reopening there today. some districts are going to require them anyway. there is a new concern about the

increase in covid cases among children, up 84% in the last week. doctors say a lot of those kids were healthy before they lappeded in the hospital with covid. in houston and other areas around the country, they're really short on hospital beds in the icu, sometimes having to take people to other hospitals or fly them out of state to make sure they're taken care of. president biden gets an update from homeland security from his covid team and he's also meeting with business leaders tomorrow to talk about the vaccine. back to you. >> all right. a lot to keep track of. thanks so much, tracie. here in the bay area, more communities are starting to put mandates in place anticipating the full approval of at least one vaccine. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson is live in palo alto, one city now ready to make vaccinations mandatory for some workers and they're not the only ones here, cierra. >> reporter: good morning, yes, there's a couple of communities here in the bay area but we're going to start exactly where i

am, palo alto. they've been discussing making that shot a requirement for those who work in the city of palo alto. now in a closed-door session, city council recently discussed making vaccines mandatory for city workers ahead of reopening in-person services at city hall. vaccines are already mandatory for santa clara county workers. no decision was made at that meeting on the issue, but, of course, we will continue to follow it, what's going on here in palo alto. now similar conversations are taking place in walnut creek. walnut creek's mayor took to social media to share the city of walnut creek will require all of its employees, contractors, and volunteers to be fully vaccinated against covid-19 by august 16th. now those not fully vaccinated will be tested every week. those refusing to comply could face disciplinary action starting with a warning and ending with unpaid leave or termination. and in san francisco, where all

city and county employees are required to report their vaccination status and be fully vaccinated after a vaccine is approved some are pushing back. nbc bay area has learned nearly 200 city workers say they won't get vaccinated unless their demands are met, that includes proving the vaccine won't give them covid-19. sf human resources says 103 of the letters came from employees at the fire department. we talked to a firefighter who wants to remain anonymous and he says he's prepared to walk away. >> there's been no talk of any compromise, you do this or you're gone. and that's very unfortunate and it saddens me to have to leave this job, but i will. >> reporter: and we have also learned union leaders for the sheriff's department say they have about 150 members prepared to leave because of that mandate and some of the firefighters are

also expected to join them. as these mandates become mandatory we will follow the situation as well as the pushback there on the other side. we're live in palo alto, cierra johnson, for nbc bay area news. >> thank you. 5:04. as more require proof of vaccination you won't be surprised some people are looking for fake vaccination cards to try to get by. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joining us with how that could cost you big. >> let's start by saying which you know, a legitimate vaccination card is as free as the vaccine itself. it costs you nothing. but making or having a fake vaccination card is illegal under federal law because a legit one has the cdc seal and unauthorized use of any federal seal like that is a punishable offense by up to five years in prison and or a hefty fine. now, the associated press surveyed students who said they already knew people buying

counterfeit covid vaccine cards to get back on it campus. you might recall, more than 600 colleges and universities across the nation are requiring proof of vaccination. people are also using them at bars too, frustrating bar owners lore just trying to keep their employees and their patrons safe. >> we are seeing some fake vax card. if you're that much of a numbnut that you make a fake vaccination card rather than taking a free miracle drug that will make you 99 times less likely to go to the hospital, that's between you and your maker. >> this isn't just theoretical. a napa woman was arrested for providing the legitimate vaccine card and then instructs her patients how to doctor them up and make them seem legitimate. she is charged with several federal crimes. >> thank you, kris. developing right now, the

dixie fire is northeast of the bay area. firefighters are struggling to contain it. it is the second largest in state history. it's already burned nearly half a million acres, an area larger than los angeles. it's 22% contained with 16,000 homes threatened. pg&e now reports inspectors found no problems during an inspection in may where the fire started. but in july, it told the cpuca worker that they saw a tree leaning against part of a utility pole. a plea for people visiting mendocino, please conserve water. the town does not have its own water source. besides ground water wells which are running low. visitors will see signs asking people to conserve and it's gotten so bad that some of the town's historic hotels have now reportedly closed their lobby rest rooms. mendocino considered bringing in water by train shipments to offset its water shortage. >> it remains a concern, not only across the bay area but

across california. kari has a look at our temperatures for today too. another warm one. >> it's going to be a warm day and we've had nice, clear day yesterday with the air quality, but we also have seen it clearing out and so as we go into this afternoon, looks like we could see some of that near surface smoke returning as some of that smoke from the dixie fire starts to roll back in. we're watching our air quality, numerous fires once again burning across northern california and we've seen much more of that heavy smoke still traveling to the east of here. as far as temperatures today, it's going to be hot for our inland areas reaching into the upper 80s in martinez and the crank up in temperatures will continue as we go through the week. so each day it's going to get hotter and we'll feel that trend today reaching into the mid 90s in concord and livermore, 86 in napa and 85 today in san jose. heading over to you, mike, you're looking at a lighter drive now. >> it's very light right now but it is tuesday. yesterday typical monday the metering lights were turned on

well before 6:00, about 5:40. this morning they should be turned on about the same but we'll look at the volume which is starting to build a tad out of the altamont. >> longer drive is fine out of antioch, westbound highway 4 your commute direction but pittsburgh eastbound we have a disabled vehicle which may still be in the lanes for the next few minutes. note that if you're heading over toward antioch and rio vista. we're looking towards the bay bridge with a smooth drive and no major problems. not a lot of traffic and an easy view across the golden gate. back to you. >> thank you so much. coming up next, our climate in crisis and the global impact. we talked about the dixie fires here, there are devastating fires continuing to rage on in greece. meteorologist kari hall is going to show us the record heat that may have led to these out of control flames. >> we have record employment but also record job openings. where are all the workers? plus a record breaking swing even though no one scored and

two players were out. why this hot smash is still generating heat this morning.

right now at 5:12, first day of school for piedmont and it's going to be a really nice day. drop-off time in the upper 50s, light jacket needed but you want to make sure the name is on the tag because they won't need it at pickup time. it's going to be a beautiful day and happy first day of school. we'll talk about getting you to

work in a few minutes. >> shout out to our friends and students in castro valley unified. they have a first day. we're looking at san jose, traffic flows smooth for 101. this is the south bay. we're looking at the north bay, the travel times are looking great. light drive. clear view across the bridges. a bigger view of traffic coming up. good morning. 5:13 on your tuesday. the latest jobs numbers show us a record number of people are going back to work, but new numbers show us a record number of jobs are still unfilled. the worst is in the service industry. there are more people who want to go to dinner than people who want to cook and serve that dinner as restaurants and other businesses raise wages. there are more than 10 million open jobs in the united states. i mentioned the service industry, manufacturing jobs also going unfilled as well as social and health assistance jobs, that would be things like nursing homes, retail as well. the senate will vote on that big

infrastructure bill in just a few hours. it is expected to pass as a bipartisan bill written by both democrats and republicans. we'll talk more about the bill as we talk politics here in about 30 minutes. one thing worth noting right now is senators failed to fix a part of the bill that raises money by taxing profits on cryptocurrency like bitcoin. the tax capital gains already existed but the government is going to better enforce it by demanding the participants in bitcoin send reports to the government. if that were something like coin base where you can buy bitcoin that would make sense. the bill the way it's written involves people not involved in sales to report user transactions even though they're not part of the sale. amc will accept bitcoin for ticket purchases online or at kiosks. it announced that as it announced its financials to reporters in analysts. the financials were not good as

you can probably imagine. this bitcoin announcement perhaps a little bit of sparkly in the announcement to get people to talk about it as opposed to the financials. ams's biggest problem is not that they don't have enough currency to buy tickets but don't have enough people buying tickets because people don't want to go to the theater. >> with the streaming services they're staying home. >> i remember you and tim draper, of course, kind of the famous quote all the time on bitcoin and starbucks. >> yeah. so tim is a venture capitalist and swears bitcoin is going to be something accepted everywhere including starbucks. he and i got into a fun argument about it. i have bet him a nickel he's wrong. >> big spender. >> right. yes. the original proposal was bigger and he said the way you get as rich as me you don't bet. >> there you go. >> look up when the due date is but i am confident starbucks is never going to take bitcoin. >> thank you very much. >> thanks, scott. trending for you this morning, a hot smash that really doesn't get any hotter. so here it is for you.

maybe you were thinking this looks like any other double play in baseball but turns out it ties a major league record for the hardest hit ball since the statistic was kept six years ago. now, giancarlo stanton hit 122 mile per hour last night, that fastball, right, during the yankees 8-6 win over the royals. he's hit 12 of the 14 hardest hit balls ever. >> he's a talent not only to throw but hit it. >> yeah. >> boom, boom, boom. >> either direction the ball coming toward me or away from me. >> you can't go like that. >> i try not to be around something going over 100 -- >> catch it, no. >> we don't want bam, bam, bam on the roads. >> create a softball i'm getting him. >> there you go. you're right, we don't want anybody hitting anything, right, baseballs or anything else on

the roadways. it's smooth and don't go over 100 miles an hour either. we talked about that, how the statistics were showing higher rates of speed for crashes when we had clearer roads just because you can go for quickly doesn't mean you should. you can go at the speed limit and let's leave it at that. there is a crash i'm watching in san francisco, 101 at 280, you saw that on the map. no problems reported yet. we're watching for chp to give us more detail. there's the dublin interchange and a little bit of slowing for 84 towards sunol. it's cleared over here. altamont pass on schedule with that build out of that area, the merge on 205 before it merges with 580, a crash on the shoulder. longer drive, 580 back and forth between the yellow and green but still at speed after you pass by grant line. no delays for highway 4 through contra costa county. vasco road is great and there's a beautiful look at the bay bridge from emeryville. you can see the twinkling lights in the city. of course i watch the cars.

and they're moving. >> nice. you can see the bridge this morning. it's all clear. let's get a look at our temperatures and where we're headed for today. a little bit warmer reaching a few degrees warmer than yesterday. 85 in downtown san jose and 87 in east san jose. it's going to reach into the 90s as you head farther to the south. for the east bay, upper 90s today. antioch topping out at 98 degrees. then you head to walnut creek, 95. little bit cooler for hayward reaching 80 degrees there and much cooler for the coastline. we're going to see those highs today reaching into the upper 60s. head over to redwood city with warmer temperatures reaching 80. 70 in the mission district today and our north bay highs up to 87 in novato, clearlake 90 degrees. bottom of the screen let's talk about what may make it feel different out there. tracking the tropics, here's the tropical system. it's called kevin. tropical storm kevin. it's well to the west of mexico and baja, california.

this will stay out in the pacific and just kind of fizzle out. what will be drawn into this high pressure will be the remnants of kevin and that could increase what we feel the humidity in the air, the moisture, and could also lead to some showers and thunderstorms over the sierra. where we see the green shadings, any shows how much moisture is in the air from the monsoon and the remnants of that tropical system. it does dry out by early next week but ahead of that there could be the chance we see thunderstorms and possibly lightning over the sierra. we'll monitor that, but as our temperatures go up and the humidity increases, that makes it feel hotter. so some upper 90s in the inland areas. and for san francisco, we're not looking at too many changes here. we're holding steady with highs in the upper 60s and lower 70s. now let's turn to our climate in crisis. we've been monitoring the fires that have been happening out in greece. it's been so devastating as the fires continue to rage. leading up to that, temperatures

were topping 113 degrees. there were thousands evacuated from the second largest island and this fire started burning at the same time as two other fires near athens and olympia with 230,000 acres burned this the last record for a fire in greece burned 471,000 acres in 2007. really catastrophic to see that. people running for their lives there. we're going to follow this and see this and more stories on our climate in crisis page on nbcbayarea.com. >> it's really heartbreaking having such a tough time just trying to fight that. thank you, kari. next here on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> you can fight a mistaken medical bill and win. i'm consumer investigate chris chmura. we'll show you how next. >> when we're not on air we're all online. look at our own mike inouye posting this picture of his

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mistainen medical bills are some of the most common complaints from our response team that they pounce on. >> consumer investigator chris chmura is here to explain how you can fight back and win. >> by some estimates as many as three quarters of all medical bills contain an error and a lot of people have the mistaken medical debt on their credit reports which drags down their credit score. here's how to avoid that. first, review your bill. line by line. make sure the doctors and nurses did everything the invoice says they did. if you get a generic bill from a debt collector demand to know where that originally came from and insist on an itemized invoice. say your bill was for a procedure that never happened. speak up. contact the office or lab that sent the bill and challenge them politely. call them on the phone or i prefer e-mail because that creates a written record. if you have health insurance let the company know about the error and open a formal dispute if you

have to. if your health insurance company isn't helping you contact the state. in california it's the department of managed health care. 888-466-2219. if a medical billing error ended up on your credit report it's important to get that fixed. first figure out who put the debt on there and then contact them an insist on a correction. the federal trade commission suggests making that demand in writing. snap the qr code right there for the ftc's recommendation. >> i would say document, document, document. keep all that paperwork as well. >> absolutely. >> so important. >> sometimes i know a guy i worked with he challenged the hospital. i'm not paying for that. >> you can. >> useful advice. >> 5:25 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," the top stories that we're following for you this morning starting with bob redell. >> good morning to you, laura. san ramon unified heads back for in-person instruction. the mandate that has a number of parents upset.

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right now at 5:30, sick schools. a snapshot of what could be next

for schools across the bay area. >> one school district, more than 32,000 students will return to in-person instruction in a few hours as many of those parents there remain outraged that their kids must wear masks. >> 12 years ago today a little bit disappearing in broad daylight. the clues so you can help break the case. this is "today in the bay." >> of course, we're broadcasting to television and streaming live at nbcbayarea.com as well. good morning. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. first at 5:30, sick students in several schools and during their third week back to school. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is here sifting through some new numbers we're getting overnight from brentwood and oakley. >> so schools in east contra costa county you'll remember were among the first to return to in-person instruction this school year. it's not surprising we're seeing cases there first, brentwood and oakley. now by law, schools have to

report covid-19 numbers and what is emerging is a bit of a worrisome timeline. the most staggering spike we're seeing is in the brentwood school district which has elementary and middle schools, at least 117 students and four staffers are showing symptoms of covid-19, but not positive yet at this point. last week that number was just 45. there are now 19 total confirmed covid-19 cases up from 10. now in the liberty union high school district there are 48 confirmed cases of covid-19. half of those cases are at liberty high itself. lastly, oakley and its union elementary school district, cases went from 3 to 19 this week. here's why we're tracking what's happening in i was contra costa county. they were the first to go back to school so under this new normal they are being watched closely to see how they respond to cases and potential covid-19 protocol violations. meantime the american academy of

pediatrics is pleading with the fda to move quickly on approve that covid vaccine for children and the former cdc said vaccination among adults is critical. >> last year we did an approach called cohorting where you tried to keep each class together and i think schools will do that as well. when you have a strain that's this contagious i expect that it's going to jump around different classrooms and schools will be forced to shut down more than they did, in fact, last year. so all the steps we can take right now, the biggest one is if you're a parent and care about your child's health, get vaccinated yourself. >> you can also ask your school what their vaccination rate is as well. san jose unified i know that te vaccinated. >> we talked about it last week a lot, the booster shot. what's the word on that now. >> some folks resistant to getting the vaccine and some of us who are really hoping to get the extra layer of protection. we have family friend who is

immunocompromised and needs to go back to school. when is the booster. the advisory e on immunication practices that advises the cdc, they are going to take up that issue on friday. >> we'll keep tracking all this because as you mentioned kids are going back to school. >> thousands are returning this morning. bob redell is live outside of iron horse middle school in san ramon. some parents not happy with the district's mask mandate there. >> yes, a number of parents are upset that san ramon unified is requiring students and teachers for that matter to mask up indoors when on campus. this, by the way, is not unique to the san ramon unified school district. there are many districts that are following county and state guidance on this mask mandates for classrooms. a group of parents called let them breathe protested the

decision at the weekly board meeting. you can hear some of that noise on your tv screen. the board briefly adjourned the meeting because some of the parents refused to mask up inside the meeting space. >> they just said it makes sense for us to continue masking these kids when they are not super spreaders. >> i don't understand the situation as far as the government trying to rule us and telling us what to do. i don't think it's fair to the children. >> reporter: the cdc says masks are very effective at limiting the transmission of the coronavirus and are recommended indoor regardless of your vaccination status. vaccinated people can still spread the delta variant. remember, kids under the age of 12 are not yet eligible to receive the vaccine and could be a greater risk of becoming infected. i'm referring to students who would be attending elementary and possibly middle school at that age. san ramon unified says the majority of its students will be returning for in-person instruction, a small minority

still doing the distance learning. reporting live here in san ramon, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest there, bob. high school students across san jose also returning to class today. the east side union high school district makes up close to 20 san jose schools and has about 25,000 students. the district says covid related measures will be in place including masks, sanitizing and strict cleaning and disinfecting efforts. remote learning is to blame for a dramatic drop in public enrollment across the state. kindergarten enrollment dropped by nearly 12% last fall, about 61,000 students. more than four out of five districts with kindergartners saw a drop in enrollment. many parents say instead of sending their kids to the classroom they kept them at home or found other types of child care. contra costa county supervisors will debate an 18 month temporary road closure of south broadway avenue. this would be between the city limits of pittsburgh and extending north to mayhard

street. supporters call it the center of a lot of critical activity and illegal dumping. a good samaritan talking about surviving gunfire after coming to the aid of a robbery victim near oakland's chinatown. surveillance video captured that. armed robbers targeted two people shopping at eighth and franklin. a bystander intervened and was shot twice and says one of those bullets narrowly missed a major artery in his leg. >> the guy was bringing the gun up to the girl's head. her boyfriend took action and charged the guy moving the gun away from her head. the trigger could be pulled at any moment. that was a really tense situation. >> now he is expected to make a full recovery. leaders meanwhile plan to hold a news conference today calling for more state assistance to better protect the community. today marks 12 years since the disappearance of a little boy in oakland.

hassani campbell would have been 17 years old today and his case weighs heavy on the minds of many in the bay area. hs he disappeared in rockridge where his foster father took the boy to meet his aunt who worked at a shoe store. he says hassani was gone as were the leg braces the little boy used. prosecutors arrested but dropped charges against the foster parents due to lack of evidence. the national center for missing and exploited children put together an engaged enhanced photo of campbell but this case is a mystery. to scott mcgrew because you've been following this case many years like a lot of people have. you have it marked on your calendar. >> i do. all of us in the newsroom are well aware of this case. i want to make sure every year we mention this because he has not got an ally in this world. the detective investigating retired, the opd says it's still an open investigation, of course, but he doesn't have someone really looking for him

at all. i want to give you the example of one of the bay area's success stories and this is a young woman who was taken from her home in lake tahoe. here she is returning to her grandparents after she was rescued in baja, california, this is in january of 2008. she was found by a guy who works at a radio station who took up her case and started looking for her on his own. >> wow. >> and then, of course, you have jaycee due guard, i will show you a picture of that, on the left there, she was in antioch for something like 18 years. >> yeah. >> she was taken from south lake tahoe. >> that's right. >> kept there. >> and she was in front of us the whole time. there's hassani in the middle. two success stories there. hassani in the middle not yet a success story. we don't know what happened to him. what i'm trying to say, while we definitely fear the worst on hassani, the of you of it not be

worst and perhaps he's out there and somebody needs to look for him. >> good to talk about. >> it is. >> reminds people you never know. >> every august 10th. thank you. >> i know you always talk about that. it's 5:37 right now. south bay water customers are in efforts to battle the ongoing drought. valley water directors will give an update on the response and current water supply and debating new water recycling measures. that will start at 1:00 p.m. as of today a popular lake berryessa boat launch is closing down due to low water levels. napa county getting the word out. the launch at kapell cove will not be available until further notice and people will be allowed to launch canoes and kayaks and other launch points are open. if you plan to go you need to check the website head of time. they're having the same problem in tahoe. they're having to put boats further out on buoyses because some of those areas are low. >> the temperatures, it's hotter out there. >> yeah. >> it's amazing when you go on

those tours and they tell you how much water evaporates off lake tahoe every day. it is unreal. so as we look at these hotter temperatures, causing more evaporation to occur. if you're heading out for a hike, get it in early. this is looking at our temperatures around clearlake, it's going to be dangerously hot for the outdoor activities. we're going to start to feel the heat for the inland east bay. concord up to 96 degrees as well as livermore, 89 in martinez and napa today, fl degrees in san francisco. reaching into the low 70s. we'll get hotter as the week goes along. you have a delay for bart riders. >> i do. this is going on, but it's now 20 minutes out of richmond. it was one train as far as i understand has an equipment problem delaying folks leaving the station. out of richmond to the peninsula or down into the south bay, both are held up out of richmond.

the only impact, i believe it's only affecting those folks near the origin of the line. we're watching that. the rest of the lines in the area moving smoothly including capital corridor. no delays reported there. an expected delay to start right on schedule for 101 in san jose heading north from 680 to oakland road. the last five minutes have seen the sensors turn from green to yellow to orange. nothing else expected around the rest of the bay but san francisco and the crash up there coming up. 6:40 right now. coming up we're talking travel risks as we take a live look at sfo this morning. the cdc is issuing new warnings with covid cases surging worldwide. the countries they say you should now stay clear of. so you want to be a star? well, netflix may be calling your name. the streaming service opening the largest casting call ever. we're going to tell you some of the hit shows including how you can actually get noticed.

right now at 5:44, happy first day of school to all the kids heading back in san ramon. it's going to start out nice and cool. temperatures in the upper 50s, but it's going to heat up quickly. pick-up time 88 degrees. a look at all of our microclimates and hotter temperatures in a few minutes. >> we're looking at the bay bridge, sparkling lights in

motion. the taillights heading towards san francisco. you see the build there. i see a little slowing for the sensors. what does that mean for the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll show you how that's going to shake out coming up. >> one contender vying to res place governor newsom in the recall election, john cox, will visit san francisco today to focus on taxes and spending. now the governor meanwhile has a message for voters when it comes to the recall and choosing a replacement. >> just focus in on no on the recall and leaving the rest blank. >> that's governor newsom making the comments yesterday during an encampment cleanup in berkeley. democrats argue not answering the replacement question may leave california with a new goirn selected with a small percentage of ballots. the most votes will be the winner. president biden praising lawmakers on both sides of the aisle this morning as they make a very big vote. >> scott mcgrew, a vote to pass

the first infrastructure bill is a little more than an hour away. >> that's right. it's almost certain to pass, marcus. there are plenty enough senate republicans supporting it. the house will pass it easily and the president will sign it. the infrastructure plan will be paid for mainly with money we didn't use for covid relief, but the congressional budget office says that's not enough. we're going to have to borrow funds. the bill pays for all kinds of things from a nationwide network of electric car chargers to fixing bridges and airport runways. the vote should start around 7:00 a.m. our time this morning. the minute the senate passes the bipartisan infrastructure bill, democrats will start working on their partisan follow-up. a second bill that's much bigger, much more expensive. the bill will extend the child tax credit that millions of families are getting. the checks in the mail which are credited with cutting childhood poverty in half set to run out later this year and make preschool and two years of

community college free, effectively extending public education from kindergarten to 12th grade to preschool to halfway through college. it is enormous. and democrats should be able to pass it without republican vote using something called reconciliation. tacking it on to spend aing bill that's already been agreed to. >> as we go forward in all likelihood we will not get one republican vote. we're going to have to do it on our own with 50 democratic votes here in the senate plus the vice president of the united states. >> democrats will need every member on board to get that passed including someone like joe manchin who is hard to convinced. republicans say no fair to using reconciliation to get something passed without their wishes. democrats could not stop them

even though they had the votes to filibuster. other quick bullet points, the defense secretary pushing president biden to require active military to get shot. trps tracie potts going to talk g up. north korea will ramp up its military. we do it every summer. north korea asked the u.s. to cancel them the last time when donald trump was president and he did. they asked again and this time we did not. we'll be talking about the bill and monitoring the vote on twitter. @scottmcgrew. >> thanks so much. 5:48 right now. live look at sfo this tuesday morning and a head's up for international air travelers. the cdc this morning is adding seven places to its highest risk category for travel due to covid. that includes aruba, france, iceland, israel and thailand, all experiencing more than 500 covid cases per 100,000 people

international travel if you're not fully vaccinated. christina apple gait has revealed she has been sdm diagnosed with multiple sler rosie. she tweeted out a few months ago i was diagnosed with ms it's been a strange journey but i have been so supported by people that i know who also have this condition. it's been a tough road but as we all know the road keeps going. multiple sclerosis causes the immune system to eat away at nerves. if you ever wanted to be a netflix reality star, the streaming service says now is the time. >> it's unveiled a new site called netflix reality.com where people can submit a one minute video to audition for a number of its popular shows including queer eye, love is blind and floor is lava. show off your fabulous self no ring light or glam, you have to be 18 years old to enter. >> every day we have two and a

half hours solid to submit -- >> reality. it's live. what you see is what you get. >> that's it. >> never know. >> and haven't they gotten to know us. >> maybe too much, some people think. >> sometimes. >> sometimes. all right. let's take a look at the forecast. never can get enough of weather. >> okay. but there is a lot going on too. we've been talking about the fires and smoke and air quality and heat and monsoonal moisture is coming up. our air quality has been good the past couple days, but that may change for some spots. we're seeing much more of the shades of blue on there indicating the smoke that's been coming out of the fires, but look at how it travels across the country. so around denver it looks pretty bad and then even up around chicago and then moving over towards the east coast around new york. we're monitoring that as we get a little bit more of the unhealthy air quality at times, but temperatures heating up as well reaching into the mid 80s today up to 90 in gilroy and 92 in morgan hill. it's going to be hotter today

for antioch reaching 98 degrees in pleasanton, 94, and oakland today reaching 74 degrees. upper 70s for san mateo, san francisco a little bit warmer there too with a high of 71 downtown. mill valley reaching 71 and we'll see santa rosa reaching 85 degrees, up to 102 today in ukiah. so we're taking a look at the tropics this morning. the swirl of the clouds here introducing you to kevin. that's a tropical storm there. it's just to the southwest of baja, california. this is going to stay over the open water and not affect many areas. what will happen the high pressure over the desert southwest will draw in of that tropical moisture from that weakening tropical system and bring in a chance that we could see some thunderstorms over the sierra possibly some dry lightning, but for us, it's definitely going to feel much more humid. starting on friday and thuz coming as our temperatures heat up.

we'll see some increased moisture and a chance of some of those thunderstorms unfortunately we know that thunderstorms this time of year can spark new wildfires with that lightning. we're watching that. taking a look at these temperatures, yes, just hots the next few days. highs reaching into the mid to upper 90s in the valleys and san francisco holding steady there, still looking at clouds and fog at times and temperatures in the upper 60s and low 70s. mike, you're tracking a crash and slowing. >> they're not necessarily dependent on each other. the slowing i see there was a little more focused slowing in san jose. big changes over the last ten minuteses the first five showed more slowing, the last i would say three i guess have shown some clearing here. that's the part of the slowing i was tracking as well as the build for 84. up in san francisco, this just i believe cleared in the last few seconds. i was told there may be a traffic break to clear this crash. there was a big rig there as well turns out they were just stopping to assist another vehicle that was crashed. south 101, cesar chavez a start of a break, no sensors slowing,

everything looked like it cleared in the last couple seconds. that should be good news through san francisco. the build across the decline has cleared. there may be a backup, there it is at the toll plaza starting right now. it's 5:53 right there in a couple seconds >> all right. thanks, mike. h california hospitals are preparing for a new policy on patient visits. starting tomorrow, visitors must provide proof of vaccination or a negative covid result within the past 72 hours. masks are mandatory along with social distancing and the order includes icu and emergency departments but some exceptions will be made for visitors tied to end of life, people accommodating minors as well as support people considered essential to care. much more ahead on "today in the bay" including forced to evacuate in the middle of the night. issue now keeping hundreds from their homes in a miami condo building just weeks after that deadly surfside collapse. plus, medical bills piling up.

the shocking number of americans now facing debt tu due to health issues. you're watching "today in the bay."

welcome back. you're watching "today in the bay." developing overnight in miami, hundreds of residents forced to evacuate after their condo

building was deemed unsafe by the city. it's located near the airport. officials posting this notice on the building forcing people who live there to scramble at the last minute. the condo has 137 units. city officials are working to help relocate those residents. it comes just six weeks after the deadly surfside collapse that claimed the lives of 98 people. the cause remains under investigation. new details one of jeffrey epstein's accusers is suing britain's prince andrew saying that the prince sexually assaulted her when she was just 17. lawyers for virginia giuffre filed the lawsuit in manhattan federal court accusing prince andrew of multiple sex assaults when she was under the age of 18. now he was reportedly denied any wrongdoing. epstein took his own life in a new york city jail cell. this was in august of 2019, one month after he was arrested. the murder trial of robert

durst continues in southern california. he took the stand yesterday denied killing his best friend. he's a member of one of new york's wealthiest real estate families said to be worth $100 million. prosecutors allege he killed susan biermann because of what she knew about the 1982 disappearance and death of durst's wife. durst was never charged that case. new details, two l.a. county deputies wound ready suing the nevada company that made parts for the ghost gun allegedly used in the attack. the two were seriously injured when a gunman fired into their patrol car. this is in compton last september. the suspect has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder. new this morning, a new report in the journal of the american medical association coming u.s. medical costs. it finds many americans are drowning in debt. over the past decade medical bills were the largest source of debt in the country with a record $140 billion owed last

year alone. and as of june of last year, 18% had their medical debt in collections. when it comes to shopping young people seem to be cutting out the middle man more and more when it comes to some big ticket items. >> for genz crowds, experts say app based purchases are the most common and now that includes buying and selling of things like cars and homes. can you believe that? more people are setting aside human interaction to buy their devices -- with their devices and zillow is among those companies making it a reality, leaving real estate agents behind. >> they really were asking for abilities to transact via the internet without having to have human face-to-face interaction. >> watch the story on nbc lx, comcast channel 185 or 11-5 over the air. well quickly approaching 6:00 this morning and the delta variant is spreading rapidly.

>> delta is doubly infectious and it's also deadlier because more people become ill. >> now, there are new concerns for children as schools reopen. the new measures districts across the nation are adopting on the fly. phony vaccination cards across the u.s. how bay area businesses are dealing with the fakes and the penalties that may make people think twice about using them. our climate in crisis, devastating fires continue to rage in greece and i'm tracking the record breaking heat that led to the out-of-control fires and how these fires compare to their records. this is "today in the bay." and a good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. >> first, we want to talk about america's fight against covid-19 now growing critical with a new shortage in hospital beds for the sickest patients. covid-19 cases hit a new high,