gehlen. good morning. it is sunday, august 22nd. 7:00 on the dot as we take a live look outside over san francisco from our camera at oracle park. we are looking towards the bay bridge it is cloudy but doesn't look as smoky as yesterday. some great news to start our sunday. and thank you for starting it with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with a quick look at your microclimate climate. >> you're right. we're getting a break from the smoke. i started noticing it yesterday as soon as that breeze kicked up a little bit. there was blue in the sky. something we had not seen in some time. so speaking of that air quality

advisory also notice we are not under a microclimate weather alert. the reason because that air quality advisory has expired and now we're seeing much better conditions out there. the green and yellow sensors, green for good, yellow for moderate. still pockets at times but no unhealthy measurements locally. current temperatures as you head out the door in the 50s and 60s and it's going to be a cool and cloudy start for sure. look at novato, running about 4 degrees cooler. the fog hanging out around the coastline and into the afternoon, we're also going to get a couple of changes. here's a closer look at your headlines. the mild temperatures into the afternoon but hot days ahead. kira? >> all right. see you in about 15 minutes, thanks. happening today, president biden is slated to update the nation this afternoon on the evolving situation in afghanistan. it's becoming increasingly dangerous to evacuate people and we're learning the u.s. government is turning to u.s. airlines to help with the massive evacuation. this as the government issues

new warnings to americans still there. "today in the bay's" sergio quintana reports. >> reporter: the crush of people at the kabul airport combined with the heat, the fear, and desperation to get out, makes for an increasingly dangerous situation there, but these paratroopers and medics are on alert for a new threat. u.s. citizens are now being instructed not to come to the kabul airport unless specifically ordered because of new potential security threats, including from isis in afghanistan. that is pushing the pentagon to look for more ways to get people out. >> we're going to continue to explore options to assist americans as needed and we will do that. >> reporter: the pentagon has reportedly notified several u.s. airlines they could be activated as part of a civil reserve air fleet and as americans look to fly home, many people here are racing to get afghan colleagues to safety, too. >> we're going to help scholars

at risk, academics, professors, journalists who are vulnerable because of their work and what they've done. >> reporter: san jose state university professor kazem has been working for weeks to help people there with visa applications, travel arrangements and even places for them to come to when they get out. >> every day we keep hearing from more universities all over california and the united states that they are interested in hosting the people that we're in contact with. >> reporter: the pentagon reports about 17,000 people have been airlifted out of afghanistan this week. about 2500 are u.s. citizens. along with dealing with new security concerns and trying to find more flights to help in the evacuation effort, the u.s. government is also trying to find more places for afghan refugees to temporarily go to to be processed before heading on to their final destination. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. in the east bay, a rally to demand u.s. leaders take more

action in afghanistan. several dozen people marched down thornton avenue in fremont yesterday carrying signs and flags, many afghan americans telling us they're worried about family and friends trying to get out of the country. their hope is that events like this keep pressure on u.s. leaders to do more. >> i am here because i want the kabul airport to be open and i want president biden, if you're listening, please do everything in your power to negotiate with whoever you can in terms of diplomacy to keep the airport open. >> the group wants to see help for those displaced and trapped in afghanistan. new this morning, police are looking for who hit and killed a man in a hit and run in the south bay. it happened just before 1:00 this morning on rigleta lane in east san jose. the pedestrian died at the scene. if you have any information contact san jose police. this marks the 17th pedestrian

death in san jose for this year. now to a daring rescue in the north bay. teenagers stuck on the side of a 400 foot cliff. it all happened around 8:00 last night in marin county. six teenagers decided to climb to the cliff to the top from the bottom at the beach. three made it to the top and the other got stuck. one teen who made it up safely said there were moments they all thought they were going to fall. >> there were points where probably all of us grabbed rocks, slid down and were falling on a cliffside 100 feet above sharp rocks. >> the coast guard and firefighters used ropes to retrieve each of the teens from the cliff. miraculously no one was injured. now to the calder fire burning near lake tahoe. it exploded once again and is growing by the hour. it has now burned 90,000 acres

with no containment. flames jumped yesterday. you can see how dangerous the situation is. highway 50 as we told you yesterday morning, remains closed from paulette pines to myers as crews try to get the upper hand on the fire. they are battling from the ground, from the air. we spotted this dc-10 tanker dropping retardant on the flames. more than 270 homes and buildings have burned and another 13,000 remain threatened. another fire we're keeping a close on, the dixie fire has grown to more than 717,000 acres, but for the first time in nearly three days crews gained a bit of ground. containment inched up slightly from 35% to 36%. the dixie fire is one of 13 major wildfires burning across the state. just these fires alone have burned a total of 1.5 million

acres. nearly 13,000 firefighters are on the frontlines. the u.s. forest service says some of these fires burning north of us have the potential to burn into early december. that's because of how dry everything is because of the drought. as these fires continue to burn you can keep an eye on the air quality in your neighborhood going to our website, click on check your air on the trending bar at the top and then put in your location on the map and it will tell you the air quality where you live. firefighters continue to controls the cache fire in lake county where 50 homes are destroyed, but an amazing story of survival involving one family's pet. here's "today in the bay's" marianne favro. >> reporter: after the cache fire record through lake county at this all that's left of rodney gehlen's motor home. >> roared right through. >> reporter: the second time in ha days fire destroyed his home. he was living in the rv after

his clearlake home burned last month. as flames closed in on rodney's rv he scrambled to gather his three dogs, tying each one up so he could focus on one at a time. the wind driven fire was moving too fast. rodney says police showed up and ordered him to escape with them. and he couldn't go back to get his dogs. he returned to the area that same night to find one of his dogs, but feared the other two had died. days later animal control officer emily crumb checked the property. >> we were about to leave and i looked open and happened to see this dog laying on its side on the -- right underneath the trailer hitch and i thought it was dead. >> reporter: she walked closer to the limp dog. >> i walked over to it and started blinking and wagging its tail and moving its head around and i was like oh, my gosh, it's alive. >> reporter: sammie was not burned, just coated with specs

of flame retardant. an hour later officer crumm found rodney's other dog and he was reunited with his pets at the local shelter. >> ecstatic. i really love them dogs. they've been with me for a long time. part of the family. >> reporter: rodney found a new place to stay and hopes to pick all three of his dogs up from the shelter next week to be truly reunited with his furry family of survivors. >> can't wait to get them back really. >> reporter: marianne favro, "today in the bay." california will soon require proof of vaccination at all large indoor events as mayor sam liccardo imposes strict rules. under the state's new guidelines, events with 1,000 people or more will be required to ask for proof of vaccination or a negative covid test.

liccardo wants to go farther proposing showing proof at any event in the city venue with 50 or more people and no option to show a negative covid test. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, we take you live to washington, d.c., for our weekly chat with chuck todd who has a preview of this week's "meet the press." welcome back.

it is time now for our weekly discussion with chuck todd, nbc news political director and moderator of "meet the press." thanks for joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> i saw just a couple maybe an hour or two ago that there's a new nbc news poll showing president biden's approval numbers have fallen amid the covid surge and criticism over the afghanistan withdraw. you have guests talking about the withdraw. where does that leave him, do you think, right now with any ability to improve those numbers by improving the withdraw?

>> look, i think the sooner that afghanistan is in the rearview mirror for the president politically the better, but the problem is, i don't know when it's going to be in the rearview mirror. a majority of the country believes that this war hasn't been worth it, but they -- a large majority don't like how he's handling this withdraw so he's got to not leave any american behind and hope he does it without loss of life. i have the national security adviser, and he left open the possibility with the chaos at the airport and the military says we need more on the ground, code tore troops, there might have to be more troops sent to facilitate this. taking care of this in the moment is about the only thing he can do, worry about his poll numbers later. >> as much as i want to stick with that topic, i want to talk about covid while i have you here. we have kids going back to

school. covid cases spiking, the delta variant, some governors trying to ban schools from mandating masks. you have the secretary of education as a guest this morning. is there any prediction for what's to come? >> well, look, he talked about that any of these school districts that are fighting these governors on mask mandates if they lose any funding the federal government has pledged to replace that money with covid relief funds that have been allocated. but what i didn't hear from the secretary of education this morning was a lot of comfort in the idea of figuring out different avenues of federal intervention to encourage mandates. the secretary of education says he was supportive of mandates on college campuses and this and that, but he did not say whether the federal government would use leverage of federal dollars to get universities to institute mandates. there seems to be hesitance on that front.

>> chuck todd, always with great information, we look forward to seeing your show and thanks for joining us. we hope you join chuck for "meet the press." he will have exclusive interviews with representative liz cheney of the department and the department of education secretary miguel cardona as he mentioned. he'll also have an interview with national security adviser jake sullivan. we hope you stick right here and watch the rest of our newscast and tune in to "meet the press" at 8:00 a.m. aid packages are coming to displaced families in haiti after last week's devastating earthquake. the packages contain food, sanitary items that were distributed to those left homeless in the 7.7 magnitude quake. many people in the crowd scrambled to get ahold of the packages. the disaster hit the southwest of haiti the hardest killing nearly 2200 people and injured more than 12,000. more than 10,000 homes are destroyed. more than 50 million people are under extreme weather

warnings as tropical storm henri closes in on the northeast. just a few hours ago, the national hurricane center downgraded the hurricane to a tropical storm and nbc's michael fuller is in connecticut and has the latest on things there. >> reporter: we're here in stonington point where the rain, wind and waves are working together and experiencing those gusty winds. if you take a look you can see the skies and water and there were rocks when we got here this morning that you could see and now they're completely covered as the water has continued to rise. we know that in this area they're already expecting moderate to major flooding. as you can see some of those waves crashing against the rocks right now. as i said they're expecting moderate to major flooding. we know that also there was an evacuation for homes in the orange zone areas. they told people that listen, if you can get out of those homes last night to get out. however, they're trying to tell

people that because of covid if they can go to family and friends' homes that would be a great point. for some people who do not have family and friends in the area, an emergency shelter is available at stonington high school. typically this is a great area and it's the southeastern point of the state where you can look out, you can see the sun, you can see the waves and over to rhode island but today it is a bit different as this rain continues to come down. although the hurricane has been downgraded now to a tropical storm, you still want to stay safe and be careful. if you don't have to be out here, stay indoors. reporting here at stonington point, i'm michael fuller. and we continue to move forward after a 17-month pause more than 2,000 passengers and crew members are on the open seas once again. the carnival panorama left long

beach yesterday headed to puerta vallarta. everyone is vaccinated or has a negative covid test. several doctors and nurses are on board. they will set up an icu and medical center should anyone need to be isolated on the voyage. crew members and passengers will be tested when the trip ends as a precaution. they were rescued from one of our wildfires last fall and three mountain lion cubs just celebrated their first birthday. captain call, goldie and poppy nursed back to health at the oakland zoo after they were burned in the zogg fire. they're living at the columbus zoo where their keepers through this party. fire fighter themed. captain cal weighs 75 pounds, goldie and poppy about 63 pounds. they'll be fully grown in about a year and will weigh between 100 and 150 pounds.

wow. twice the weight in one year. like my pandemic weight gain. time to check in with vianey arana for a look at our microclimate forecast. we have some improving conditions. >> yeah, we do. it's going to get better for us, but, of course, as the wind pushes it east for those who live further inland and the smoke travels and dealing with the caldor fire near the sierra so i'm going to get to that. i do want to show you where that stands. the calder fire 0% contained. live look in san francisco. you can see the bay bridge. we're going to see another day of those breezy winds thanks to that onshore flow. as i mentioned the caldor fire actively burning, 0% containment. the green on the screen is not rain. it's actually picking up that fire activity and this is unfortunately going to continue to create even worse air quality for this area. you can see the sensors picking

up unhealthy air quality near the south lake tahoe area. even at times hazardous and unhealthy. south lake tahoe if you had plans to travel there at any point during the week you may want to check those conditions first. a lot of roads are closed. air quality a little bit closer here to the bay and coast has definitely seen a significant improvement. look at the sensors. we have green sensors all around and it's all thanks to this good breeze that we're seeing. so what's happening is even through this afternoon look at san francisco, concord, oakland you can see the direction of the wind, that's helping to continue to blow out some of that smoke that was lingering which is why that air quality advisory is officially, you know, expired as of today so the smoke will continue to move out of the area some areas and pockets will move to the south into monday and enjoy today because even though we're a little bit cooler we are expected to warm up heading into the second half of our week. let's get a closer look at how

your temperatures are going to shape out. here it is. temps in the mid 70s for san jose, 75 hayward, 70 degrees. it's going to be a little chilly around the coast so if you're visiting from out of town any time you head into the city don't forget your coat. 63 degrees in san francisco, martinez, concord, livermore we're going to be in the 80s and how about it popped up again, so the smoke starts moving east which means we're going to see the cooler conditions. monday, tuesday, wednesday, we stay in those mid 60s and then look what happens heading into the second half of our workweek. high pressure begins to build in from the desert southwest and as that high pressure builds in, our temperatures bump up, there's also going to be a concern for those winds because even though it's helping clear out, of course, some of the poor air quality it kicks up fire concerns because of all of the dry brush. remember 48%, actually 49%, under an exceptional drought in the state of california. let's talk about today's climate hack. this is for my bakers.

you probably already know this but if you don't here's a knew onep. >> sometimes i get a sweet tooth, so on my days off why not spends the day making cupcakes, but i usually reach for the [ inaudible ] because i tend to have them lying around from previous parties. here's the problem they're not planet friendly because they can only be used once. paper liners can be composted but tin foil get tossed in the trash. hey, it's time for your climate hack. >> let's make an oven friendly swap and planet friendly swap to silicone ones instead like these. these baking cups can get tossed in the dishwasher and use them over and over again which is much better for the planet. what's the payoff? a one-time purchase can last a lifetime. americans eat more than 7 million cupcakes a year. think about how many cupcake wrappers we can keep out of the landfills by baking a fraction

in silicone cups. for more info follow me @nbc vianey or nbc.com/climate hacks. anything reusable versus single use is better overall. >> right there with you. great tip. thanks so much. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." did you see the dramatic finish to game two of the bay bridge series. what the a's and giants are now saying. sports is next.

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good morning. i'm anthony flores. the giants were two outs away to having their lead shrink but with one swing of the bat they came for a victory over the a's. beautiful weather for baseball, it was 5-2 oakland in the seven isth. brandon felt golfs it to the seats in right but wait, there's more. next batter darren ruff crushes it to left. back-to-back jacks that cuts the lead to 5-4, a's.

with a man on in the ninth, wade goes on a hit. two-run homer. the giants beat the a's 6-5. >> provide a boost of confidence going forward and feel good about the way the game ended, hung in there and clawed to stay alive and our bats were able to support us. at the same time we did not get too high or low, ready to come out and fight in tomorrow's baseball game. >> guy hit a homer. good fastball hitter got a fastball to hit and hit a homer. a good home run hitting team the way they scored basically everything today. so, you know, when they got some mistakes they took advantage of them. >> final game of the series this afternoon at the coliseum. the winner of this game gets the bay bridge trophy and bragging rights for a year. preseason football the raiders back in the golden state to take on the rams. derek carr just a spectator for this one. fourth quarter, game tied 10-10,

peterman playing catch. 29 yards for the touchdown. the raiders beat the rams 17-16. they'll head to santa clara to take on the 49ers. speaking of, they'll play in the same stadium today when they take on the chargers. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores for "today in the bay." >> thanks. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up the push to evacuate people from afghanistan continues with the government now turning to u.s. airlines to help the effort. plus -- grabbed a rock and i just came down. i was falling. i was falling on that cliffside. >> that's one of the teenagers trapped on the side of a north bay cliff. the daring rescue off a 400-foot cliff, next.

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emeryville. we can actually see the city beyond the bay bridge so we know that our air quality is improving just a bit today. thank goodness for that. thank you so much for starting your sunday with us. i'm kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with a look at your microclimate forecast. >> air quality advisory was allowed to expire because of the wind. that helped push some of the smoke out of the region and you will get much better air quality today. it is cloudy and cool this afternoon. right now in livermore, 61 degrees. a live look outside. this is in downtown san jose, 60 degrees right now. now your headlines keep in mind that we're going to be cool and cloudy but enjoy it because we've got a warmup on the way. what are we expecting for your headlines this weekend? better air quality, mild temperatures will continue, couple low 80s into the tri-valley, but we've got some hot days ahead. the valleys could see the return of the mid and upper 90s and

triple-digit heat towards the second half of the workweek. full details in a few minutes. >> thanks so much. happening today, president biden is slated to update the nation this afternoon on the evolving situation in afghanistan. it's becoming increasingly dangerous to evacuate people there. we're learning the government is turning now to u.s. airlines to help with that massive evacuation effort. this as the u.s. government issues new warnings to americans in afghanistan. sergio quinn tano reports. >> reporter: the crush of people at the kabul airport, the heat and fear and desperation to get out, bus the these -- but these paratroopers and medics are on alert for a new threat.

u.s. citizens are now being instructed not to come to the kabul airport unless specifically ordered because of new potential security threats, including from isis in afghanistan. that is pushing the pentagon to look for more ways to get people out. >> we're going to continue to explore options to assist americans as needed and we will do that. >> reporter: the pentagon has reportedly notified several u.s. airlines they could be activated as part of a civil reserve air fleet and as americans look to fly home, many people here are racing to get afghan colleagues to safety, too. >> we're going to help scholars at risk, academics, professors, journalists who are vulnerable because of their work and what they've done. >> reporter: san jose state university professor kazem has been working for weeks to help people there with visa applications, travel arrangements and even places for them to come to when they get out. >> every day we keep hearing from more universities all over california and the united states that they are interested in hosting the people that we're in contact with. >> reporter: the pentagon reports about 17,000 people have been airlifted out of afghanistan this week. about 2500 are u.s. citizens.

along with dealing with new security concerns and trying to find more flights to help in the evacuation effort, the u.s. government is also trying to find more places for afghan refugees to temporarily go to to be processed before heading on to their final destination. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. in the east bay, a rally to demand u.s. leaders take more and do more to help people traveled in afghanistan. several dozen people marched down thornton avenue in fremont yesterday carrying signs and flags, many afghan americans telling us they're worried about family and friends trying to get out of the country. their hope is that events like this keep pressure on u.s. leaders to do more. >> i am here because i want the kabul airport to be open and i want president biden, if you're listening, please do everything in your power to negotiate with whoever you can in terms of diplomacy to keep the airport open.

>> the group wants to see help for those displaced and stuck in afghanistan. in other news now, new this morning, police are looking for who killed a man in a hit and run in the south bay. it happened just before 1:00 this morning on rigleta lane in east san jose. the pedestrian died at the scene. if you have any information you're urged to contact san jose police. this marks the 17th pedestrian death in san jose for 202021. to a daring rescue in the north bay to save teenagers stuck on a 400 foot cliff. it happened around 8:00 last night south of muir beach in marin county. six teens decided to climb up the cliff when they were down below on the beach. three made it to the top and the other three got stuck. one of the teens who made it up tells us there were moments they all thought they were going to fall. >> there were points where probably all of us grabbed

rocks, slid down and were falling on a cliffside 100 feet above sharp rocks. >> firefighters and coast guard used ropes to get each of the teens from the cliff and miraculously no one was injured. the caldor fire burning near lake tahoe has grown overnight and jumped highway 50 between sacramento and tahoe and burned 90s,000 acres with zero containment. see how dangerous the situation is there. the flames are moving so fast that because of that highway 50 remains closed as we told you yesterday morning from poly pines to myers as crews try to gain the upper hand on the fire. they are battling from the ground and skies. we saw this, dc-10 tanker dropping retardant on the flames. more than 270 homes and buildings have burned. another 13,000 remain threatened. we're also keeping a close

eye on the dixie fire that has grown to more than 717,000 acres. for the first time in three days crews gained a bit of ground. containment inched up slightly to 36%. the dixie fire is one of 13 major wildfires burning across california. just these fires alone have burned a total of 1.5 million acres. nearly 13,000 firefighters are on the lines. the u.s. forest service says some of these fires burning north of us have the potential to burn into early december. that's because of how dry everything is due to the drought. as these fires continue to burn you can keep an eye on the air quality in your neighborhood by going to nbcbayarea.com at the top click on check your air. on the trending bar, put your address in, your location and you'll see the air quality where you are. firefighters continue to work to control the cache fire in lake county where 50 homes were destroyed. but there is an incredible story

of survival for onen man's pets. here's "today in the bay's" marianne favro. >> reporter: after the cache fire record through lake county at this all that's left of rodney gehlen's motor home. >> roared right through. >> reporter: the second time in ha days fire destroyed his home. he was living in the rv after his clearlake home burned last month. as flames closed in on rodney's rv he scrambled to gather his three dogs, tying each one up so he could focus on one at a time. the wind driven fire was moving too fast. rodney says police showed up and ordered him to escape with them. and he couldn't go back to get his dogs. he returned to the area that same night to find one of his dogs, but feared the other two had died. days later animal control officer emily crumb checked the property. >> we were about to leave and i looked over and happened to see

this dog laying on its side on the -- right underneath the trailer hitch and i thought it was dead. >> reporter: she walked closer to the limp dog. >> i walked over to it and started blinking and wagging its tail and moving its head around and i was like oh, my gosh, it's alive. >> reporter: sammie was not burned, just coated with specs of flame retardant. an hour later officer crumm found rodney's other dog and he was reunited with his pets at the local shelter. >> ecstatic. i really love them dogs. they've been with me for a long time. part of the family. >> reporter: rodney found a new place to stay and hopes to pick all three of his dogs up from the shelter next week to be truly reunited with his furry family of survivors. >> can't wait to get them back really. >> reporter: marianne favro, "today in the bay." california will soon require proof of vaccination at all large indoor events as mayor sam

liccardo is imposing more regulations at city owned venues. place like the sap center would be impacted by the new requirement. under the state's new guidelines, events with 1,000 people or more will be required to ask for proof of full vaccination or a negative covid test. liccardo wants to go further proposing showing proof at any event in the city venue with 50 or more people and no option to show a negative covid test. the mayor's proposal will be heard on tuesday. if passed it goes into effect immediately. 7:39. still to come on "today in the bay," shedding light on the spread of covid misinformation. coming up at 7:45, the new report facebook just released. what it reveals about one of the platform's most popular posts.

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good morning. it is 7:41. sunday morning cool and cloudy but we're getting better air quality. so we're going to have a pretty good day ahead. live look right now in san jose, you can see that cloud cover, sliver of sunshine trying to peek through the clouds over walnut creek. this camera shot was pretty much hazy and glowy and orange for the past several days because of the drifting smoke from the nearby fires, but today we're finally going to be seeing clearing inland. areas like san francisco can expect to keep that fog just a little bit longer through the afternoon. i do want to mention that air quality because the air quality advisory was allowed to expire locally, but the caldor fire burning near the south lake tahoe area is starting to increase into very unhealthy air quality concerns right now. look at the orange nearby and then we look inside you can see there's red and purple near the south lake tahoe area. if that was one of the spots you

planned to travel to this week not only do you want to check the air quality but they've closed several roads near the area. bringing it closer to the bay and coast you can see our sensors are showing green. now we've got that fog building around the coastline that onshore flow helped push a lot of this smoke out. let's take a look at the near surface smoke levels because heading into monday, a time stamp at 10:00 and as i push forward into the monday outlook, we're going to be seeing some of the smoke push further south. your daytime highs cool and comfortable near seasonable and in san jose talking mid 70s. howard 70, martinez 82, even through napa and santa rosa, temperatures remain in the 70s. but around the coastline it's going to be a chilly one. not a very good beach day for that. all right. let's talk about what's going on next week. a workweek ahead and a couple things going to switch up our forecast. we've had that onshore flow that

pushed that smoke east and later into next week we're going to get inland heating because nearby high pressure that's going to roll in from the desert southwest. what high pressure ends up doing, dries us out but also warms us up which means the valleys could see temperatures in the 90s and potentially even triple-digit heat. seven-day forecast for san francisco a closer look, another breezy afternoon in san francisco today. expect temperatures in the low to mid 60s and then notice towards the end of the week as i was mentioning the high pressure that's going to roll in we see a bump into the mid 70s for san francisco. which is pretty warm for the city. inland temperatures can expect to climb into the low to mid 90s and again we could even see triple digits which could trigger new fire concerns. any time we see the heat for sure. >> it never ends. thanks so much. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up, many people have their ballots for the recall election and nbc bay area political analyst larry

gerston joins us next to break down the confusion on the ballot some may have.

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determine what should be considered misinformation. many voters are now actively engaged in deciding how to vote in the recall election of governor gavin newsom. some are confused about the second question which provides a list of replacement candidates should the governor be removed. nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston joins us to provide clarity. good morning to you. my neighbor asked me about this second question just a couple days ago. let's start with the basics. why does the ballot have a second question? >> this is for your neighbor and anybody else there just as confused as he or she is. when this recall was put together in california the idea was to solve the problem all at once. if you're going to recall the governor and only if he or she is recalled there's the opportunity right then and there to select his or her replacement. the idea is, let's get it done all at once and not come back,

let's not have it weigh on anybody, get it done, right then and there. >> and did you say that it takes a majority to remove the governor? so if he's removed, is a majority required for the replacement candidate to win as well? >> here's where the confusion comes in. yes, it takes a majority to remove the governor, absolutely. to replace the governor -- for the people. i have 18% and nobody has as much as i do, i win. and what that means is, especially in a crowded race someone with a 15, 20, 25% of the vote could actually win and become governor and some people are perturbed about that because they say if it takes a majority to remove the governor why not a majority to replace the governor and leaves some people to be pe teshed about the whole thing. >> sounds like someone without

the majority of the vote could win. you got cut out. could you clarify you that quickly, please, larry? >> sure. with the replacement election you could win as long as you have more votes than anybody else. with 47 candidates running it's likely perhaps 15, 20% might win the election and some say why that when, in fact, it takes a majority to remove the governor. they think it's unfair. >> got it. and so what about the scenario if someone wants to write in a replacement candidate's name, is that possible or worth doing? >> yes, and no. there's a list. there's a list of recalled people who say i'm going to be a write-in candidate. you have to provide your name to the secretary of state. no more than two weeks before the election. if your name is provided then i can write it in. if your name is not there, it doesn't work. it's not accepted. that goes for the governor by the way. the constitution with this recall amendment does not allow

the governor to be a recall candidate. those people who think that they might want to write in the governor's name, that will not be counted. it's another element of this whole thing because just a little bit confusing. >> indeed. why is it so confusing to so many of us? there are only two questions on the ballot? >> kira, that's the perhaps most interesting question of all. if you think about it for a moment, with this election, especially in the first ballot, you're voting yes to say no. i want the governor removed. i'm voting yes on that. really i'm saying no, i don't want the governor anymore or the other way around. you're voting no to say yes, i want to keep the governor in office. i'm voting no that he should be recalled. think about it, it's a head scratcher and leaves everybody to get a bit confused and one of these days they're going to have to redo this whole process of this recall make it smoother and easier to understand so you

don't have to have a ph.d. in political science to still be confused. >> really quickly, if you're voting yes or no, you need to answer the next question? >> you don't have to answer it. the governor would like people not to answer the second question. some people are confused about that. you have every right to antisecond question because if he goes someone is going to take his place and you might as well have a say in it. >> if the people voting no against the recall to still vote for the second choice. either way sounds like that's a good idea for people to do. larry gerston thank you for your insight. next a quick look at the top stories including a fast-moving caldor fire jumping highway 50 and forcing new evacuations. we have the very latest. we are going to be seeing a couple changes up ahead. the full forecast and the last look at your headlines coming up.

here's a quick look at the top stories we're following. happening today president biden is expected to update the nation this afternoon on afghanistan. the u.s. government issued security warnings to americans still in the country and the pentagon is considering drafting u.s. airlines to help with the massive air lift already in progress. u.s. citizens are now being instructed not to come to the kabul airport unless specifically ordered because of potential security threats.

several u.s. airlines have reportedly been notified by the pentagon that they could be activated as part of a civil reserve air fleet. according to the pentagon, about 17,000 people have been air lifted out of afghanistan this week. about 2500 are u.s. you citizens. back here locally the caldor fire burning near lake tahoe has grown overnight and jumped highway 50. it's burned more than 90,000 acres with zero containment. flames jumped the community yesterday and those flames are moving so fast highway 50 remains closed from paulis pine to myers as crews try to gain the upper hand. firefighters are continuing to battle the cache fire in lake county. it has destroyed at least 50 homes. one man rodney gehlen shared that this is all that's left of his home. police ordered him to leave as flames closed in and he didn't time to grab his three dogs. gehlen's return to the area that same night to find up with of his dogs but feared the other

two had died. animal control later checked the property and found his dog sammie covered in flame retardant. the other dog was nearby and he was reunited with all three of the local shelter. rodney hopes to be in a new home reunited with the dogs this coming week. vianey arana has one last look at the forecast. >> dogs have fantastic instinct. >> yeah. >> so nice to see they're getting reunited. heading to any of the areas near the sierra, check those conditions first because they are dealing with the fire concerns, the air quality, but here locally we're going to see breezy wins again into the afternoon, continuing to push the smoke out of the area. today is going to be our best air quality day we've seen all week. get out, go out and about and enjoy a hike and walk. temperatures will be comfortable overall in the 80s but look what happens on thursday, friday and saturday. we're talking low to mid 90s. here's a closer look at some of your headlines for today. better air quality and then hot days ahead, maybe even triple

digits. >> oh, my gosh. just when we're getting a break. more heat on the way. thanks to you and thanks so much to you for making us a part of your morning. more local news. see you at 4:30, 6:00 and 11:00 and all day on nbcbayarea.com. "meet the press" is next. have a great sunday. ♪ ♪ ♪ digital transformation has failed to take off. because it hasn't removed the endless mundane work we all hate. ♪ ♪ ♪ automation can solve that by taking on repetitive tasks for us. unleash your potential. uipath. reboot work. every single day, we're all getting a little bit better. we're better cooks... better neighbors... hi. i've got this until you get back. better parents... and better friends.

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