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,

36 million rising in every state. california is approaching a total of 4 million cases. ly record for the third time in a as more va being rolled out. live team coverage starting with tracie potts in washington with a new requirement coming from the pentagon. traci? >> laura and marcus, good morning. the pentagon will require the covid vaccine along with other requirements for service members in mid-september. they've made that announcement. president biden following up with a statement saying that he strongly supports this move to ensure force readiness. some republicans disagree, noting that vaccine is 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 as schools reopen today. there is a new concern about covid cases among children juvenile cases up 84%. many kids were healthy before they landed with covid in the hospital. now president biden gets covid briefings later today from homeland security, from his response team, and then tomorrow he's meeting with business leaders to talk about this vaccine. back to you. >> when talking about protecting yourself, here in the bay area a lot of people talked about what type of masks do you wear to better protect yourselves. experts have new advice on the type of masks we should wear. >> yeah. >> right. because they know more about how the virus spreads since it's spreading so fast, marcus. in aerosol spray, not droplets as they thought before. the recommendation is if you can get an n-95 mask that's going to provide more protection. remember early on they were in short supply.

not so much anymore. but cloth masks which at one point the cdc said were fine, some health experts say only provide about 20% protection. >> a lot of people stocked up on those and we have to get the new ones. thanks, traci. here in the bay area, more communities are starting to put mandates in place anticipating the full approval of at least one vaccine, that includes the city of san francisco. "today in the bay's" cierra johnson joins us live in palo alto this morning, one city ready to make vaccinations mandatory for some workers. they're not the only ones. >> yes, good morning marcus and laura. we're getting closer to the fda approving one of those vaccines and many of the communities are looking to mandate the use of those vaccines. we're going to start by discussing the one city where i am right now, palo alto. they've been discussing making it mandatory for the city employees to, in fact, get vaccinated. now in a closed-door session

city council recently discussed making vaccines mandatory for city workers ahead of the reopening of in-person services at city hall. vaccines are already mandatory for santa clara county workers. so far no decision was made on this specific issue but we will, of course, continue to follow any developments coming out of palo alto. similar conversations 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 up north in san francisco, where all city and county employees are required to report their vaccination status and be fully vaccinated ten weeks after a vaccine is fully fda approved

some of those employees are pushing back. now nbc bay area has learned that nearly 200 city workers say they will not get vaccinated unless their demands are met. this includes proving that vaccine won't give them covid-19. sf human resources says about 103 of those letters came from employees at the fire department. now we did talk with a firefighter who wants to remain anonymous and he says he's prepared to walk away. >> there's been no talk of any compromise, that you do this or you're gone. that's very unfortunate and it saddens me to have to leave this job, but i will. >> reporter: and we also have been speaking with union leaders for the sheriff's department. that department says they have about 150 members prepared to leave because of that mandate. as you can see, a lot of counties looking into this vaccination mandate and a lot of folks also pushing back. we'll continue to follow the story on both sides as this all

progresses. we're live in palo alto, cierra johnson, for nbc bay area news. as more businesses are requiring proof of vaccination, won't be surprised to hear that some people are looking for fake vaccination cards to get by. >> how this could cost you big. >> let's start by telling you a legitimate vaccination card is free because the vaccine is free. there's that. making or having a fake vaccination card is illegal under federal law because a legitimate one has the cdc seal and unauthorized use is punishable offense by up to five years in prison and or a hefty fine. colleges and universities are requiring proof of vaccination and the associated proof interviewed people who knew people trying to buy counterfeit cards to get back on to campus. people are also using them at

bars, too, frustrating bar owners who are trying to keep their employees and patrons safe. >> we are seeing some fake vax cards. i'll say this, 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. >> reporter: this isn't just theoretical at this point. we already know there was a napa woman who was arrested for providing legitimate vaccine cards and then telling her clients how to doctor them up to make it look like they had gotten two doses of the covid vaccine. >> she was fined for that. the fines are steep is what we're talking about here. so is getting a fake even in the first place. >> yeah. try to buy a counterfeit document, because, you know, pretty straight and narrow, but it can cost you up to $500, same for a passport. >> right. >> and you will go to jail if you're caught. >> right.

they're checking. >> all right. >> getting the vaccine is free. >> it's free. save yourself money, save your life. >> thank you. developing now, we're also following the dixie fire northeast of the bay area. they are struggling to contain it right now. it is the second largest in state history. it has already nearly burned a 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 a worker 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 these days 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 the water shortage there. >> as all of us in california, we should all be pleading for each other to conserve. >> yeah. i don't know how many, outside of california, are a aware of how much water we pipe from one area to another and now talking about trains, my gosh. >> tough go. >> tough go we have. the weather we've been having doesn't make it better. >> it doesn't. >> warm temperatures. >> especially when it's really hot, more water evaporates off of our reservoirs and lakes and that's what we're experiencing and going to see that continue as we get a clear view of our morning start in san jose. we have kids heading back to school today and it's going to be a nice one. temperatures in the upper 50s and then as we go through the day, 1:00 we see the temperatures heating up eventually heading towards 85 degrees in san jose, but some mid 90s for the inland east bay and it's going to get hotter for those inland spots. we'll talk about that. mike, you're checking on the backup at the bay bridge. >> the light were turned on before 6:00 a.m. and we saw the

slowing on the decline into san francisco which usually indicates there's a new to do that. the backup formed and now held pretty steady building in the last couple minutes, starting to build here for all lanes at the bay bridge toll plaza just after 6:00 a.m. that's kind of what we would expect for the pattern as far as the backup there. getting over here no problem. contra costa county shows a little bit of slowing here. westbound highway 4 into concord and eastbound into hill crest had a crash. a couple more crashes reported here 580 through livermore. i'm going to check once chp gets the direction of information to us and see, no additionals have shown up just yet. >> thanks, mike. are you still working out at home because of covid. next on "today in the bay" the growing trend raising concerns about more gyms closing down forever. and the historic shutdown it is now being compared to. >> not only are people not going to gyms, they don't appear to be going to work. there are a record number of job openings out there.

let's take you out to the futures this morning. as we look ahead, to the trading day in 20 minutes. looks like a mild rise on the markets. you're watching "today in the bay." this guy here is busy working on our state's recovery.

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all of our microclimates, more humidity and heat in the forecast coming up. >> more cars and more information about your dublin and livermore drives. westbound 580 with headlights moves smoothly. three incidents in this area. i have detail but traffic is moving well to the dublin interchange. i'll give you more coming up. happy tuesday to you as well. the latest jobs numbers show us a record number of people going back to work, but new numbers show a record number of jobs are still unfilled. the worst is in the service industry. there are more people who want to go out to dinner than there are people who want to cook and serve the dinner. even 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 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's expected to pass, a bipartisan bill, written by democrats and republicans. we're going to talk about the bill as we talk politics in 30 minutes. one thing worth noting is senators failed to fix 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 coinbase where you can buy and sell bitcoin that would make sense. the bill the way written requires people who are not involved in sales like bitcoin miners to report user transactions even though they're not part of the sale. amc will accept bitcoin for ticket purchases online or at the ticket kiosks. the ticket chain announced that as it announced its financials to reporters in analysts. the financials were not good as you can probably imagine. i have a wager with venture capitalist tim draper who says

starbucks will start accepting bitcoin. i say he's wrong. we have a nickel based on the outcome on that one. the bet is 5 cents. pride he says is more important than money. in my case money is pretty important. >> you're not a big spender. not a big better. >> really, doesn't make any difference to you. hard to imagine. yeah. never would do that. but it is fun. the bet expires in 2023. we will see who is right and if i'm right i'm going to -- >> wish you bet more than a nickel. >> but i'm going to -- >> probably wouldn't have bet more than that. >> what's that? >> he probably wouldn't have bet more than a nickel. >> i originally proposed we bet $1,000 to our favorite charity and he's generous and he said the way i got rich is not betting a lot of money. in the draper family they always bet a nickel so he said i'll bet you a nickel. all right. >> ante up. >> thanks. instagram now testing ads in

the shop tab. site tells tech crunch the ads will involve a single image or carousel and users can click and shop for items shown. only certain advertisers will have access but there are plans to expand the product into the future. the initial partners are fenty beauty, away and clear paint. new debate will gyms go the way of blockbuster video stores. some say gyms are becoming a thing of the past. >> since the pandemic started about 900 fitness centers across the u.s. have closed and americans have gotten used to working out at home purchasing at home equipment. experts say as the technology improves even more people will be working out at home. this has a lot of us talking here and look, i want to know what you think. i posted this on my twitter as well as facebook page. >> that is you. >> that is me. i'm saying no. let me tell you why, no to the gym's closing -- >> no shirt is what you're

saying. >> i don't work out like that normally. my trainer wanted me to see my progress which i think is coming along pretty well. but i got up to 249 pounds when the gyms were closed. >> but you're a tall guy. people need to -- >> i am. perspective there. >> i'm worried, marcus, because your back is strong. mine is smooth. >> i'll work with you. >> work with me on traffic. >> trending this morning a video game that all dads should love. listen to this one, mike. you can get your lawn mowing fix without ever leaving your room. >> oh. >> it's a lawn mowing simulator and allows you to ride your lawn mowers along the countryside and a career mode where you can start your own business. the game is being released t an. >> spend money. >> yeah. >> it's a game. i don't know that you spend

money. >> i thought about as a kid having to mow the lawn in the heat in the south. i'll pass. >> all right. i actually thought it might be fun. >> you take it away. >> to each their own. exactly. to the guy who thinks lawn mowing games might be fun, out to traffic which is also my gig. watch traffic for a living. look out over here. we had reports of a crash and sounds like the setup for a joke here. we have a garbage truck, water truck and big rig pulled to the right shoulder and sounds like what's involved here as you're heading towards the dublin interchange. the lanes are clear from what i mild slowing towards the dublin interchange. distraction for the larger vehicles but no injuries and no real slowing. the slowing out of the altamont pass which we expect. the rest of the bay looks great. backup at the bay bridge toll plaza has been holding steady like that for the last 20 minutes which is great. you have a delay, the metering lights are on but everything is moving as expected. >> that's good. all right. we can see the bridge and everything going on. we're starting out with clouds,

higher up, but our temperatures are reaching into the mid to upper 80s, 90s to the south. when you head inland into the east bay it's going to be hotter reaching into the upper 90s. antioch 98 degrees, 89 in martinez, hayward looking at a high of 80 degrees and we're also going to see low 80s from palo alto, but then as you head up towards daly city, upper 60s and low 70s in san francisco. our north bay temperatures will reach 90 in sonoma and 102 in ukiah. near the coast we're going to also see some slightly warmer temperatures. the heat continues to crank up this week. as i'm watching the tropics, i'm seeing this, tropical storm kevin. what's going to happen with kevin, it's going to stay out over the pacific but will also be drawn into parts of the desert southwest and into the bay area with a surge of some monsoonal moisture, so that's going to enhance the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. that may also lead to a chance of some showers and

thunderstorms over the sierra and increase the humidity for us even as temperatures get hotter. it's going to feel muggy out there by friday into saturday and then it does look like we'll see that humidity decreasing, but we watch this because any chance we have thunderstorms there may be some new fire starts if there is lightning. this humidity increasing as our temperatures inland are going to head to the mid to upper 90s. it's going to feel very muggy. san francisco will have clouds and fog at times and highs remaining steady in the uppers 60s to lower 70s. climate in crisis, it's been devastating to hear the news out of greece as wildfires rage and this was all ahead of some temperatures that topped out at 113 degrees. now we have thousands of people who have been evacuated from the second largest island. this is burning at the same time as two fires near athens and

olympia. the last record of the fires in greece that burned 471,000 acres in 2007. really catastrophic to see that as people flee their homes for their lives. we have a lot of these stories on nbcbayarea.com. you can get the update on the climate in crisis tab and we'll continue to follow that. marcus and laura. >> thank you so much. coming up next here on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> you can fight a mistaken medical bill and win. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how next.

welcome back. mistaken 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. if you want to see a sample letter, snap the qr code right there for the ftc's recommendation. >> thanks, chris. 6:26. taking a live look at sfo this tuesday morning. this morning the cdc is adding seven places to its highest risk category for travel due to covid-19. the agency says people should avoid traveling to these destinations because of a rising number of cases. the warning includes aruba, france, iceland, israel, and

thailand. these nations have had more than 500 covid cases per 100,000 people in the past four weeks. the cdc also recommends against all international travel until you're fully vaccinated. developing in against two brothers in dead and another critically injured. that officer who died has been identified as 29-year-old ella french. she and her partner were shot during a traffic stop. third suspect in the vehicle at the time of that shooting has not been charged. next, risking his own life. hear from a man who rushed into help a woman being robbed and nearly did not survive. the latest attack in oakland now prompting a call for more police. thousands of students here in the san ramon unified school district head back to in-person instruction today. the mandate that has a number of

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. right now at 6:30, sick schools. a back-to-school covid outbreak expanding overnight. a snapshot of what could be next for schools across the bay area perhaps. >> one school district alone more than 32,000 students will return to in-person instruction in just hours as many parents there remain outraged over the masking rules. 12 years ago today, a little

boy disappeared. this morning the clues so you can help break the case. this is "today in the bay." as traditional, we're broadcasting on television and stream live at nbcbayarea.com every morning. take us with you on the go. good tuesday morning to you. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. first at 6:30, sick students in several schools during the third week back to school. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is here sifting through new numbers from brentwood and oakley. >> schools in east contra costa county were among the first to return to that in-person instruction this school year, so they're giving us a glimpse of what we might expect at schools all around the bay area because by law schools have to report those covid-19 numbers and stag spike in the brentwood staffers are showing symptoms of covid-19. not testing positive at this

point. as of last week, that number was 45, so you see the increase there. there are now 19 total confirmed cases up from 10. in the liberty union high school district there are 48 confirmed covid-19 infections half at liberty high school. in oakley district, cases went from 3 last week to 19 this week. elementary and million school students are still too young to get the vaccine though the american academy of pediatrics is pleading to approve that vook soon. this morning on "today" the former cdc said until kids themselves can get a shot, 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 but when you have a strain this contagious i expect it's going to jump around different classrooms and schools will be forced to shut down more than

they did 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. >> he reiterated the fact that delta variant is so contagious and so we might not see kids getting super sick but we're going it see more getting sick. the more likely they are to end up -- >> which was the worry for parents as kids are heading back to school. >> think about it, how can we better protect ourselves and we talked about it last week, the booster. any word. >> we know that advisory committee on immunizations is going to come up to the cdc and take up that issue on friday so maybe we'll start to see movement there. >> layer of protection. >> thank you. thousands of students are actually returning to in-person classes as well. want to check in with "today in the bay's" bob redell this morning. he is live with more.

bob? >> good morning. san ramon unified school district returns to in person instruction a couple hours from now. we're outside iron horse million school in san ramon. you know we've been talking about this throughout the morning. there are a handful of a number of parents upset with the district's mandate requiring students to wear masks when inside the classrooms. this is a requirement that is not unique to this district. many districts are following the county and state guidelines by mandates masks in the classroom. a group of parents aligned with a group called let them breathe protested this decision at the san ramon unified weekly board meeting. the board briefly had to adjourn the meeting because some of the parents refused to mask up inside that meeting space. >> they just said it makes sense to continue masking these kids when they are not super spreaders. >> i don't understand the whole situation as far as the government trying to rule us and telling us what to do. i just 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 spreads the delta variant. kids under the age of 12 are not yet eligible to receive the vaccine and could be at greater risk of becoming infected. those under 12 kids are many elementary school students, some middle school students. the district says the majority of students will return to in-person instruction, a small minority will continue with distance learning. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks so much, bob. there are quite a few other school districts returning to in-person learning. in san jose the union district makes up to close to 25,000 students. students in castro valley, piedmont and acalanes in lafayette. remote learning is being

blamed for a dramatic drop in public enrollment across the state. ed source reports 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. a good samaritan talking about surviving gunfire after coming to the aid of a robbery victim near chinatown. surveillance video capturing that drama as it played out over the weekend. armed robbers targeted two shopping at eighth and frank lip. a bystander intervened and was shot twice. he says one of those bullets nearly 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. chinatown 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. he disappeared in rock ridge where his foster father says he took the boy to meet his aunt who worked in a shoe store. when the foster father returned to his car, he says hassani was gone. as were the leg braces the little boy used for his cerebral palsy. prosecutors arrested and 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 still a complete mystery. want to bring in scott mcgrew because you've been following this like so many people. you have it marked on your

calendar. >> the anniversary which is today of his disappearance. we read so many terrible stories, right. yesterday you and the little girl on the bicycle. >> broke my heart. >> professional to report it. >> all these kids missing. >> i think it was hassani was the age of my youngest when he disappeared. hit me really hard. wonderful things i want to remind folks we need to continue to look for these kids. i mean it's still an open case. there have been lots of, you know, true crime and, you know, the re-creations of it. here's why. i want to show you video. this is a young girl rescued running back to her grandparents at the san jose airport back in 2008. she had been kidnapped to mexico and just a regular person not even a police detective or anything like that, worked hard enough to find her. didn't even know her and took time off of his work to find her and rescued her. this is vee yanni. i want to talk about jaycee

dugard, who is one of three that we're talking about. jaycee on the left and vienna on the right and hassani in the middle. >> jaycee was in a shed in antioch for 18 years. >> 18 years. people passing by not having any idea. she's rescued and fine. it's probable that police say that hassani. >> we don't know. maybe he is somewhere and we need to keep talking about him. >> so important. >> yeah. >> thank you, scott. >> you bet. south bay water customers they can get an update today on efforts to battle this ongoing drought that we're in. the valley water directors will give an update on the water supply and debating water recycling measures. the meeting starts at 1:00 p.m. of lake berryessa boat launch is closing due to low water levels. napa county getting the word

out. the launch at kappel cove will not be available until further notice and people will still be allowed to launch canoes and kayaks and other launch points are still open. if you plan on going there, make sure you check the website to make sure things are open. that's what we're seeing across so many parts of the bay area in california because of, you know, no rain. >> no rain. >> high temperatures. evaporation. >> yeah. >> and then we're like right in the middle of our dry season so there's no rain coming. as we wake up this morning we've had quite a few fires giving us some hazy skies. looking a little bit clear right now with a live look in san jose. this as kids head back to school. it's going to be a really nice day, but a little bit warmer. we're going from 59 degrees right now to some low 80s. take a look at our high temperatures in your microclimate. the heat starting to crank up in the inland east bay as well as the south county with 90s today and it will continue to heat up as we go throughout the week.

we'll have more in a few minutes. >> i'm watching some improvements and during the 6:00 hour we love to hear about improvements. better news for bart, richmond line no more delays on the website so everything with that one train looks like it's cleared the system. over here the bay bridge has shown ebbing and flowing almost completely cleared three minutes ago. the middle lanes showed the backup. a tip even though the overhead signs talk about fast track and cash lanes, they're all fast track. pick any of the lanes. hov the exception you need three or more. westbound build same as highway 4. it is kicking in for the bay but not so severely over here. hayward mild slowing. back to you. >> thanks so much. 6:41. facing a recall, next on "today in the bay" the message governor gavin newsom wants you to hear before you cast the ballot. >> up for a vote, the california county may require proof of vaccination at indoor locations. health revelations christina

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good tuesday morning. 6:44, first day of school for a lot of kids today in san ramon as you're dropping the kids off. it will be in the upper 50s but by the time you pick them up it's going to be hot. we're going to talk about our wide range in temperatures and an increase in humidity coming up in a few minutes. >> a little increase in the traffic flow. the volume.

that's why there's a little slowing here in san jose. the lighting is a little weird. when out there it's not that bad. the camera having trouble adjusting to the morning. we'll show you more of the commute coming up. there's new fallout following new york governor andrew cuomo's sexual assault scandal. the issue hitting a me too orgs. the leader of time's up roberta cathlin is resigning for her alleged role in trying to discredit one of his accusers. it comes as lawmakers are one step closer to impeaching cuomo. he has denied all claims. john cox will visit san francisco focusing on taxes and spending. he has a message when commit to the recall. >> focus in on no on the recall leavings the rest blank. >> the governor making the comments yesterday during an encampment cleanup in berkeley. democrats argue not answering the replacement question may

leave california with a new governor selected only bay small percentage of ballots. if a majority votes to recall which ever replacement with the most votes will be the winner. quarter to seven right now, president biden praising lawmakers on both sides of the aisle this morning as they make a very big vote. >> scott mcgrew, the vote to pass the first infrastructure bill not far away. >> no, not far away at all, almost certain to pass as well. there are plenty enough of 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 on 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. minutes away really. the minute the senate passes the bipartisan infrastructure bill,

democrats will start working on their partisan follow-up that is much bigger and 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. those are set to run out later this year and will make preschool and two years of community college free, effectively extending what we think of as public education from kindergarten to 12th now, to preschool to halfway through college. the second bill will be the biggest change in social assistance perhaps since roosevelt and the new deal. it is enormous. democrats should be able to pass it without a single republican vote through reconciliation, that is basically tacking it on to a spending bill that's 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.

>> they're going to need every member on board including someone like joe manchin who is sometimes hard to convince. republicans say no fair to using the idea of reconciliation to get something passed against their wishes. democrats remind them that's how they got their tax cut of 2017 passed through the reconciliation process, meaning democrats couldn't stop them even though they had the votes to filibuster. other quick points, the defense secretary is pushing president biden to require active military to get the covid shot that should come in september. north korea is going to ramp up its military as the u.s. and south korea start a series of military training war games. we do it every summer. north korea asked the u.s. to cancel them when donald trump was president and he did. they asked this year and we did not. the vote on twitter following it as well, follow me @scottmcgrew. >> thanks so much. a live look at a fogged in

los angeles where county leaders may approve new proof of covid vaccination requirements in certain indoor public spaces. the ordinance would be similar to one starting soon in new york city next month. for gyms, restaurants, entertainment venues and retail stores. actress christina applegate has revealed that she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. overnight the dead to me actress tweeted, quote, 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. a hot smash that doesn't get hotter. 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. giancarlo stanton hit 1 2 miles per hour last night. he's hit 12 of the major league's 14 hardest hit baseballs ever recorded. he's got the knack for it as well. also trending an all american snack for a first of its kind baseball games. >> the yankees and white sox play thursday, an iowa diamond used for field of dreams. north bay native and food network star guy fieri has created a dish for fans to enjoy at the game. check it out. an apple pie hot dog. >> ew. >> oh, yeah. >> apple pie hot dog. >> savory and sweet. >> is a hot dog say rory. >> yeah. >> take a while for that one. want to check in with kari right now. they have severe weather conditions, some video coming in

to our newsroom from illinois. a tornado. >> and if people were traveling yesterday they may have had flight delays because of the severe weather delayed flights out of chicago and it was a really amazing to see this video of these tornadoes that touched down and so looking at that severe weather today, there we go. it was really unreal to see some of the videos that came out of that outbreak. typical summertime conditions, but it's not good when you see that coming towards you. we'll continue to watch the weather there. here we've had smoke but it did clear out yesterday. there's the possibility that there could be more smoke coming in today as we look at our near surface smoke model shows shades of blue. there may be smoke along the coast and parts of the east bay but we should see improvements as well in the north bay. overall, a lot of that smoke still billowing up in the atmosphere and traveling across the country with a lot of bright shades of red. as our temperatures heat up we

may have more impacts of the smoke coming in. 92 in morgan hill and 96 concord and oakland reaching 74 degrees. they're going to feel that heat for the inland areas. up and down the peninsula with low 80s in palo alto. low 70s in san francisco. our north bay temperatures up to 102 in ukiah and 87 in novato. we're also watching the weakening tropical system, this is kevin. well out in the pacific and to our south but it may get drawn in to this high pressure over the desert southwest and increase the humidity that we'll feel here going towards the end of the week. it's going to feel humid and hot and may be some thunderstorms developing over the sierra. this could be of concern if we get some thunderstorms that could cause some lightning strikes that could possibly start some new fires. we'll continue to monitor that for the end of the week as our temperatures heat up, 94 and 97 it's going to feel worse with some humidity. we'll of course have more

updates on that. mike, you're seeing the tuesday buildup happening. >> remember also traditional with the exception of last year, this time of year, this month long reopening of the schools back to school times we see adjustments coming back. lighter volume, seeing more slowing for san jose, slowing for hayward there, and also the dublin interchange indicating more traffic heading through the tri-valley. nothing severe. highway 4 the worst of the slowing. pittsburgh all the way in through concord. we have a backup mild at the bay bridge. very mild here. in richmond more traffic heading across and to the north bay. back to you. 6:53. happening now, california hospitals preparing for new policy on patient visits starting tomorrow, visitors must provide proof of vaccination or negative covid test result within the prior 72 hours. masks are mandatory along with social distancing. the order includes icu and emergency departments. next a quick look at the top

stories including pushing back against vaccine mandates. some city workers insist they will not get the shot. why some say that they are now prepared to lose their jobs. still raging out of control, the issues firefighters are facing on the front lines of the dixie fire. we're back in just two minutes. you're watching "today in the bay."

welco we're moving you forward with a look at our top stories on "today in the bay." >> the first in the fight against covid-19 is growing critical with a shortage of hospital beds for the sickest patients. covid cases hit a new high, 36 million rising in every state. california is quickly approaching a total of 4 million cases and florida hit a daily record of four for the third time in a week. >> as more vaccine requirements are coming. the mayor of walnut creek say all city employees contractors and volunteers must be fully vaccinated by august 16th. the mandate is receiving pushback. nearly 200 san francisco workers are vowing to remain until their concerns are met -- i believe they want to remain unvaccinated rather. sf human resources says more than half of the letters came from fire department workers. thousands of students in the east bay returning to inclass

learning this morning. bob redell is live outside iron horse middle school in san ramon with more for us. bob? >> good morning. yes, the students, the majority according to the district, will be returning to in-person instruction, a small minority will return with distance learning. the school district was in the news last week as a number parents were protesting the mandate here that you have to wear a mask when inside the classroom. this is a requirement by the way that is not unique to this district. many districts are following the county and state guidelines mandating masks in the classroom. some of the parents showed up at a board meeting and briefly disrupted the board meeting because they were not wearing masks inside the meeting space, so the board did have to adjourn for a short period of time. the cdc says masks are effective at limiting the transmission of the coronavirus especially the delta variant regardless of your

vaccination status and you have to remember, vaccinated people can still spread this variant. remember kids under 12 are not yet eligible for the vaccine. that includes a number of el men plenty and some middle school students as well. live in san ramon, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. developing northeast of the bay area, firefighters struggling to contain the dixie wildfire now the second largest in the state's history. burned nearly half a million acres, larger than the city of los angeles. it is 22% contained with 16,000 homes threatened. a last look at that forecast for us today. >> it's going to be hotter over the next few days for the inland areas. our seven-day forecast, and you're going to see more heat even into early next week. >> the bay bridge looking lighter as we adjust to school schedules folks leaving lafayette piedmont and the area delayed getting there. the san mateo bridge and san ramon those parents might want to be home for the first day of school as well. >> i'm sure the kids would want

to too. >> yes. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." back at 7:25, a live look news update for you. >> a live look in palo alto as we get started with this tuesday. get up and get going and have a great day. thanks so much for starting your morning with us. the "today" show is next. ♪ good morning good morning gloves off, masks on overnight, school districts from florida to texas defy their state's governors, overruling bans on mask mandates in schools, even under threat of losing funding or salaries as childhood covid rates skyrocket. >> that's your child that's your by do you really want to risk it? >> with children nationwide returning to the classroom, why the surge in cases among the young? the latest, straight ahead to the extreme, more than 100 million americans from coast to coast waking up to brutally hot temperatures parts of the midwest hit with