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kira klapper. vianey arana joins us with our microclimate forecast. >> good morning. we've had on and off, we go from air quality, spare the air alert. it's because of the fire and the changing direction of the winds. livermore 62 degrees. in san francisco, notice we have a lot of fog out there. and further into the interior it's a mix of fog and smoke. so air quality right now, this is according to the bay area air quality management district does remain unhealthy for the north bay, for sensitive group gs. notice here is the index on the scale of the air quality index. it's 102. it remains moderate for the coast and bay but we could see that mixing down closer to surface level so at times those numbers could bump up through the afternoon. east bay unhealthy as well. over the 100 mark in santa clara

valley at 115. the afternoon, you'll notice the triple digits inland. full forecast, of course, coming up in just a few minutes. >> we'll see you then, vianey, thank you so much. we're following the latest developments out of afghanistan on this saturday. overnight a target has been hit. u.s. defense leaders announcing a drone strike against the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for thursday's attack at the kabul airport. the strike happened in the nangarhar province. two leaders say the target was the isis-k fighter thought to be planning future attacks. the fighter was in a vehicle with one other person at the time of the strike. defense officials say there are no known civilian casualties. this unfolds as the embassy issues a warning for americans still in afghanistan not to go

to the kabul airport. any citizens at the gate are also being told to leave immediately. president biden's national security team warned that another terror attack is likely possible. the president said the mission will continue. >> the mission there being performed is dangerous and it's now -- it's come with a significant loss of american personnel. but it's a worthy mission because they continue to evacuate folks out of that region. >> we also learned from the pentagon it was believed it was a solo suicide bomber who unleashed thursday's attack at abbey gate. afghan officials say 113 civilians were killed and another 180 were injured. that's in addition to the 13 u.s. service members killed and 18 injured. family and friends of those loved ones killed in the attack are sharing photos and stories to local media.

among the 13 service members killed, two marines from river side county in california, 22-year-old hunter lopez was the son of two sheriff's deputies, he joined the marines after graduating high school in 2017. in a post from the river side sheriff's department, he planned on being a sheriff's deputy. and 20-year-old nakim nakui, he graduated high school in 2019. he leaves behind his mother, father and siblings. the city of norco in river side county said his name will be enshrined on a memorial wall honoring the city residents who died while serving their country. last night residents attended a town hall hosted by eric swalwell, they pleaded for help trying to get family

members out of afghanistan. >> it's my hope. >> reporter: from the start of the town hall, congressman swalwell got face-to-face requests for help. this man arrived two weeks ago, he watched in horror as his country unravelled into chaos. >> since last week i don't have any contact with any of them because there was no internet. they're just in the basement of our home. >> reporter: swalwell said his office fielded about 6,000 special immigrant visa requests in the last two weeks, they usually get about 1,000 each year. his district includes little kabul in fremont. and along with people asking for help to get loved ones out, some wondered how they can help those who will be arriving. >> someone in the community, what we can do to help the refugees that are resettling here. >> reporter: there were quite a few people in the audience who

criticized president joe biden's draw down of troops in afghanistan, they criticized swalwell for american policy there for the last 50 years and even a few anti-immigrant chants. the congressman said he supports the decision to leave. >> i'm not going to forget about afghanistan in my life. i'm telling you i don't want to send another service member from the united states to die in afghanistan. >> reporter: still the fear and anger of some who don't know what's happening with their loved ones is clear. >> because of me, you guys my family is in danger, what are you going to do? happening today, congressman swalwell will host a town hall meeting he said afghanistan, voting rights and economy are at the top of the agenda. the meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. at castro valley high school football field. also happening today, a day of world wide protests to

support afghanistan. in san francisco there will be a 2:00 p.m. rally in union square. the other rallies are happening today across the country many people hopeful the biden administration will extend refugee evacuation operations. our website is a great resource for breaking news and all the updates. just go to nbcbayarea.com. we're going to shift gears now. give you a live look over the bay area where we are under a spare the air alert and the air quality is taking a toll on kids plays outdoor sports. several football games in the east bay were cancelled because the air quality index was above 150. one of the games cancelled was the rivalry between pittsburgh high school and sarah high school in san mateo. brentwood's liberty high, antioch, and deer valley high school also cancelled their games. the starting quarterback for pittsburgh high tells us he was

looking forward to playing the first game of the season. >> i know they just do things to protect us. >> i think i speak for every parent, there was a lot of anticipation and excitement starting off the season. so it's a downer. you know, i think the -- you know, the biggest thing is how we adjust moving forward. >> we're told some of the games that were cancelled will be rescheduled. now if you can take a look at this. wow, the smoke covering south lake tahoe, the glow is so eerie, you can see how much smoke is rolling in. new evacuations were order for parts of eldorado county. so far flames from the caldor fire have burned more than 140,000 acres. as the smoke continues to spread you can track it from your home go to nbcbayarea.com, see the air quality in your neighborhood. click the link on our trending

bar and type in your address and location for the air quality index in your neighborhood. now to a covid outbreak in a marin county elementary school. it shows how far the delta variant can spread inside when a teacher is not wearing a mask even with every other precaution is in place. just how many children were infected. >> reporter: the cdc report says a marin county elementary school student who wasn't vaccinated and thought they had allergies would sometimes remove their mask when reading to students inside their classroom. the teacher tested positive for covid-19 and then 12 of their 24 students got sick and it didn't stop there. a seating chart shows all the children in socially distant desks tested positive in the may outbreak. even kids in the back row came

down with the variant. the rapid spread in this class makes the case for getting vaccinated when you can and for wearing masks inside. especially around kids who are too young to get vaccinated. >> i really can't take my mask off, i can't have any lapses in judgment when i'm around unvaccinated populations. i think that's the main take away. >> reporter: the report says 27 covid cases were linked to the classroom outbreak. the teacher, 22 children and four parents. it said no one had to be hospitalized and the school worked with health officials to test the entire school population. >> the family, school, anybody within close contact with those individuals was notified, given covid tests. >> reporter: the report doesn't name the elementary school but in a statement tonight, the archdiocese, which oversees schools in marin county released a statement that said in part, the incident referred to in the

cdc report was an isolated circumstance and has been addressed internally. it is 7:10 right now. we have much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, hurricane ida making its way to the u.s. when it's supposed to make landfall in an area hard hit by hurricanes. and we are going to be seeing another dry day and the latest on the drought monitor in california. full details on the fire risks this weekend coming up.

welcome back at 7:13 on your saturday morning. a beautiful, but eerie glow as we see the unrise over palo alto. it is a hazy morning and we are under a spare the air alert because of the conditions. vianey arana will be along with your microclimate forecast in a few minutes first we have a live look in new orleans. it looks beautiful right now but we are tracking hurricane ida as it continues to gain strength and take aim at the louisiana coast. ida is expected to make landfall tomorrow as a category 4 storm. would you know, that is 16 years to the day that hurricane katrina hit that same area ida has whipped through cuba making landfall in the afternoon hours. the national hurricane center predicted ida could see winds up to 140 miles per hour before making landfall in the u.s.

the cuban government issued a hurricane warning as much as 20 inches of rain could fall possibly unleashing deadly flash floods and mudslides. wildfire season is getting longer, seems to be all year now. a new report finds fire season in some parts of california is now three times longer than it was 50 years ago. that has people who live in areas prone to fire facing tough decisions. >> we thought about moving before this happen we were actually looking for properties elsewhere. with the devastation here, i know a lot of people are going to be thinking that, do we want to stay here? >> you can watch the whole report by chase cane of lx. you can stream it, and watch it over the air on channel 11-15 or

channel 185 on your xfinity cable. less than three weeks until the recall election and the bay area is getting a lot of attention. >> we weren't here to clean up and walk away. >> reporter: governor gavin newsom releasing this video on twitter, highlighting the homeless encampment clean up. newsom saying they also offered options for people to move into safer housing and clean up the area. one example how the state is using $12 billion to battle homelessness. john cox who wants to replace governor newsom brought his campaign to san jose. yesterday he outlined his education plan which leans heavily on charter schools and a voucher program. >> what's the voucher worth? five grand? ten grand? >> we're spending almost 15,000 now per child. so i would envision that the state would put $15,000 into an

educational savings account for each child. >> still not enough to go to private school. >> it very much is. if you look at the charter schools formed around the state. you will see a lot of them educate for less than that amount of money. >> the recall election is just about two and a half weeks away on tuesday, september 14th. happening today in san jose, the 46th annual silicone valley pride parade and festival is back. this is video from the last festival in person in 2019. a night of festival kicks off tonight at 6:00 at cesar chavez park in san jose. the parade is tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., it starts on market at julian street in downtown san jose. also today a sport growing in popularity in recent years, the sixth annual world dog

surfing championship will take over the beach today. the top dog surfers will be going for the glory and raise money for nonprofit dog organizations. time to check in with dog mom and meteorologist vianey arana for our microclimate forecast. would binx allow you to put him on a surf board? >> we do well in a pool, that's as far as i take it. i need a ledge to be able to save myself. >> no open waters for you two? >> no. no. he'll stay cool with me on land. speaking of what to expect today. not a lot of cool spots to hang out in because we have a lot of high pressure -- i should say high pressure, not a lot of it but high pressure building in. 64 right now in san jose. check out the cameras, you can see the orange glow, that smoke is mixing in with some of the clouds. about 63 degrees right now. that's warm to start our

morning. you don't even need a coat as you head outdoors. 62 right now in livermore. the reason why we're under a microclimate weather alert is because of the spare the air alert. i looked at the models and we're starting to get some of the smoke mixing down through san francisco. let's look at how the air quality is doing right now from the north bay to the south bay. notice the colors. the color index -- i'll step out of the way so you can look -- in the north bay at 102. if you look at the color scale up top, 101 to 150 is unhealthy for sensitive groups. but in reality it's unhealthy for anybody. if you smell the smoke, close your windows and stay inside. it's going to be hot. let's look at the air quality index smoke outlook. this gives us an idea of the smoke. we're not going to get much in the way of relief, at least through today in the afternoon. it wouldn't surprise me if the

advisory gets extended into sunday as well. we'll see what the bay area management district decides to do with that. but triple digits today in through the interior values. any time we see a rise in temperatures the high pressure dries us out also. so we'll see elevated fire concerns headed into this afternoon. i want to look at tomorrow as well just to give you an idea of what we're expecting. still going to be pretty hot. above seasonal for some spots. triple digits in the interior valleys even around the coastlines still in the 70s and 80s. and monday, we cool off by about 10 degrees. now let's talk about the drought monitor this gets updated and released every week. right now 47% of the state of california is under an exceptional drought which is the dark color you see here. the worst of the drought monitor categories. what can we expect?

we have a hot weekend. by next week we get a stronger sea breeze, better cooling and hopefully this helps us out when it comes to our temperatures. look at this, here's the seven day outlook for san francisco. we have the spare the air alert for today, breezy sunday helping too cool off just a little bit and as we head inland we'll see temperatures in the triple digits. now let's get to your climate hacks this has to do with things you order online or you might send out via mail. >> i always get excited when i order something in the mail and it arrives, but it's a bummer when i notice how much packaging is used, even for the smallest item. the epa says more than 82 million tons of containers and packaging were used in 2018 but only about two thirds of that got recycled. the rest was tossed. it's time for your climate hack, vianey arana. >> we may not be able to control

what our things come in, we can control what we use when it's time for us to mail something. >> instead of styrofoam which takes 500 plus years to breakdown, switch to a biodegradable option. these are made of starch and dissolve in water. there's also tape that's made of paper and can be recycled. instead of buying a new box, see if you can find an old one laying around the house. one report estimates about 165 billion packages are shipped each year. about 1 billion trees are killed to make those packages. think about how many trees you can save and packaging you can keep out of the dump by choosing to go greener. for more info follow me on nbc and check out nbcbayarea.com/climatehacks. >> we're at over climate hacks so check out the website for that. i'll post it online as well. it is 7:22 we have much more

ahead on "today in the bay" coming up. i was sick in the hospital -- so nurses bought hats after i left. >> there's a comfort in giving, this bay area teenager in and out of the hospital finding a way to give back to others.

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there's a young woman in the south bay who's been in and out of the hospital but got an idea to start knitting all to give back to others, even though she

is suffering. garvin thomas has her story in today's bay area proud. >> i just recently started experimenting with different patterns. >> at just 16-year-old anika has already learned that life doesn't, like her knitting follow a pattern. take for example the fact she's a high school senior who knits. >> i do get the old lady thing. it's a joke. i've never met another teenager who knits. >> reporter: it all began when she discovered a small knitting loom at her grandmothers, she got so good over the years making hats for friends and families they convinced her to open an online store. she was going to donate one hat for every three she told. it was a nice gesture that took

on a new meaning. >> it was a very serious issue and i was hospitalized. >> here's anika. >> anika who had been a healthy young woman she ran cross country was suddenly struck last fall with an auto immune disease. >> it was stressful because i was healthy and then all of a sudden it was you're in the hospital with an issue and we have no idea what's wrong with you. >> reporter: her condition didn't slow anika's mission. >> the whole time i was in the hospital i was knitting hats. so nurses bought hats after i left. >> reporter: more than having the time, anika began to truly understand what life was like on the other end of her generosity, understand what a little piece of kindness can mean to someone facing a difficult time. >> it's like overwhelming to think that wow, that could have really just changed someone's whole perspective about happiness or their day or their

week. just to know that could have been a really big difference for someone. >> this one here in this color is the most popular. >> reporter: anika it seems has developed another new pattern in her life, one of kindness and none of us have to know how to knit to follow that.

good morning. it is saturday, august 28th.

a live look outside for you in downtown san jose. you can see the sun trying to peek through the hazy skies as we are under a spare the air alert and a microclimate weather alert because of the smoky skies. thank you for joining us i'm kira klapper. meteorologist vianey arana joins us with a peek at your microclimate forecast. >> unfortunately we've been seeing this, right. the air quality improves a little bit and then it comes back. that's because we have a lot of active wildfires burning and depending on how the direction of the smoke changes that blows it in our direction. that's what we saw the last two days. the live look in san jose you can see how hazy it is out there. 64 degrees right now. not only that but we're waking up pretty much mild. i would say even warm in some spots, 63 in walnut creek right now. air quality concerns are expected to remain for today. if you look at the index over 100 through the north bay.

the south bay, santa clara valley, all expect to see moderate to unhealthy but unhealthy for everybody in general. any time you can see or smell the smoke, keep the windows closed. we have high pressure, that's going to bump our temperatures up into the weekend, into the triple digits through the interior valley. what's going to happen is those spots are going to get really warm, which means they dry out and that elevates fire concerns. full forecast in a few minutes again, kira. >> thanks so much. we are following the latest developments coming out of afghanistan on this saturday. u.s. defense leaders announcing an overnight drone strike. it was targeted against isis-k, the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for thursday's attack at the kabul airport. the strike happened in the nangarhar province. two u.s. defense leaders there said the isis-k target was a

fighter thought to be planning future attacks, the fighter was riding in the vehicle with one other person at the time. besides them there are no known civilian casuacasualties. this unfolds as the embassy issues a new warning for americans in afghanistan, do not go to the airport. any citizens at the gates are told to leave immediately. the national security team is warning that another terror attack is likely in kabul. the president says the mission will continue. >> the mission there being performed is dangerous. and it's now -- it's come with significant loss of american personnel. but it's a worthy mission, because they continue to evacuate folks out of that region. >> we've also learned from the pentagon that it's believed there was a suicide bomber who unleashed thursday's attack at abbey gate acted alone.

that explosion was followed by gun fire. afghan officials say 113 civilians were killed, another 180 left injured. that's in addition to the 13 u.s. service members killed and 18 injured. and family and friends of those 13 u.s. service members killed in the attack are sharing photos and stories to their local media. among the loved ones killed, we learned two marines from river side county in california. 22-year-old hunter lopez was the son of two river side sheriff's deputies. in a post from the sheriff's department we learned lopez planned on becoming a deputy, like his parents, after returning from deployment. and 20-year-old lance corporal kareem nakui, he graduated high school in 2019 and served in the junior rotc. he leaves behind his mother, father and siblings.

the city of norco in riverside county said his name will be enshrined on a memorial wall honoring the city's residents who died while serving their country. afghans living in in the east bay attended a town hall hosted by eric swalwell, they're pleading for help to get families out of a dangerous situation in afghanistan. >> it's my hope -- >> reporter: from the start of the town hall congressman eric swalwell got face-to-face requests for help. this man arrived two weeks ago. he's hoping the congressman can help him get his parents and little sister out. >> since last week i don't have any contact with any of them because there was no internet. they are just in the basementment of our home. >> reporter: swalwell said his office has fielded 6,000 visa requests in about two weeks.

his district includes little kabul in fremont. along with people asking for help to get loved ones out, some wondered how they can help those who will soon be arriving. >> someone in the community, a what we can do to help the refugees that are resettling here. >> thank you for the question. >> reporter: there were quite a few people in the audience who criticized president joe biden's draw down of troops in afghanistan, they criticized swalwell for american foreign policy there for 50 years. and a few anti-immigrant chants. >> i'm not going to forget ever in my life about afghanistan. i'm just telling you that i don't want to send another service member from the united states to die in afghanistan. >> reporter: still, the fear and anger of some who don't know what's happening with their loved ones is clear. >> right now, because of me, because of you guys, my family is in danger. what are you doing? >> we're going to try to get

them out, i promise you. and happening today, congressman swalwell will host another town hall meeting, he says afghanistan, voting rights, and the economy are at the top of the agenda. the meeting starts at 9:00 a.m. on the football field of castro valley high school, the same place as yesterday's town hall. also happening today, a day of worldwide protest to support afghanistan. in san francisco, there will be a 2:00 p.m. rally in union square. other ralies as you can see on your screen are happening across the country. many people are hopeful the biden administration extends refugee evacuation operations. you can stay with us for the latest out of afghanistan on our website. it's a great resource for breaking news and all the updates as they happen. just go to nbcbayarea.com. shifting gears now to a live look over the bay area. you can see smoky skies in all four screens there.

we are under a spare the air alert today. the air quality is now taking its toll on kids playing outdoor sports. several football games in the east bay were cancelled yesterday because the air quality index was above 150. one of the games cancelled was a rivalry between pittsburgh high and sarah high, tom brady's old high school. brentwood, liberty, antioch and deer valley also cancelled their game. the starting quarterback for pittsburgh high tells us he was looking forward to playing the first game of the season. >> i know they do things to protect us. >> i speak for every parent there was a lot of anticipation and excitement starting off the season. it's a downer. i think the biggest thing is how we adjust moving forward. >> we're told some of the games cancelled will be rescheduled. look if you can at this time lapse video of the smoke

covering south lake tahoe. look at that. you can see the smoke from the caldor fire is rolling in just covering the lake. new evacuations were ordered for parts of eldorado county. so far flames from the caldor fire have burned more than 145,000 acres, containment is now at 19%. as the smoke continues to spread here in the bay area, you can track it from your home. go to nbcbayarea.com at the top of our home page you can click on the trending bar and find out the air quality in had your neighborhood. you type your address, your location and find out the air quality index. now to a covid outbreak in a marin county elementary school. it's now the subject of an eye opening cdc report. it shows how far the delta variant can spread inside when the teacher is not wearing a mask, even whenever other

precaution is taken. jean elly shows us. >> reporter: the cdc report says a marin elementary school student who wasn't vaccinated and thought they had allergies would sometimes remove their mask when reading to masked students in their classroom. the teacher tested positive for covid-19 and then 12 of their 24 students got sick. and it didn't stop there. a seating chart of the classroom shows all the children in socially distanced desks in the front row tested positive for covid in the may outbreak but look, even kids in the back row came down with the delta variant. the rapid spread in this class makes the case for getting vaccinated when you can and for wearing masks inside, especially around kids who are too young to get vaccinated. >> i can't take my mask off, i can't have any lapses in judgment when i'm around unvaccinated populations. that's i think the main take away. >> reporter: the report says 27

covid cases were linked to the classroom outbreak, the teacher, 22 children and four parents. it said no one had to be hospitalized and the school worked with health officials to test the entire school population. >> the families, school, anybody that was within close contact with those individuals was notified, given covid test. >> reporter: the report doesn't name the elementary school but in a statement tonight the san francisco archdiocese which oversees catholic schools in marin county released a statement that reads in part, the incident referred to in the cdc report was an isolated circumstance and has been addressed internally. at 7:41, still to come, the fix made it worse. so now who's at fault. the millennium tower is leaning more after its multi-million dollar repair. our investigative unit uncovers who may be to blame.

good morning, it is 7:44, and we are under a microclimate weather alert because of the poor air quality. and this is a live look right now in san jose. you can see the haze in the skies, smoky conditions, current temperatures right now as you head out the door in the 60s. 63 in walnut creek. look at that, an orange glow through there. we're seeing smoke mixing in along the coastline as well in san francisco, 59 degrees. the spare the air alert remains

in effect because we're dealing with unhealthy smoke drifting thanks to winds that pushed down that smoke into our region. north bay right now, east bay and santa clara valley all above the 100 when it comes to the air quality index, which means it's extremely unhealthy for sensitive groups but unhealthy for everyone in general. you can see or smell the smoke keep the windows closed. the outlook shows we keep the pockets of unhealthy air quality through the afternoon. we have high pressure building in the bay area which is going to bump our temperatures up into the afternoon as well into the triple digits. notice saturday into the afternoon we are still dealing with the worst air quality in the lake tahoe area. earlier this week the air quality was the worst in the world. not a good weekend to travel to the sierra. day time highs, 101 in concord, 102 in antioch -- 103 in antioch, actually.

into the south bay, 93 in san jose. but even 80s in san francisco, look at that. that's pretty warm. that's above seasonal. as we head towards sunday i want to look at tomorrow too to help you plan out your weekend. we still stick in the 90s and triple digits and don't cool off by much our next chance of seeing a cool down isn't until monday. we cool off significantly around the coastline thanks to a sea breeze but in the interior valley we remain in the 90s. how are we doing when it comes to the california drought monitor? this is important because this has to do with how much dry brush is out there, the lack of rain doesn't help fire season. right now 47% of the state of california is under an exceptional drought. 88% is in extreme drought or higher. so really, the entire state of california is dealing with a serious drought. come into play next week.

we'll see a little bit of a sea breeze kick in and that's hopefully also going to help clear out some of the smoke in the area, improving the air quality at least until monday and tuesday. for now, here's a closer look at how your temperature is going to shape out in san francisco, 80s and then 70s and back down into the 60s. but look at your inland temperatures, 100, 90s, back to the 80s. keira. >> it is 7:47 right now, coming on "today in the bay." headed to a sharks game or concert, when you need to show proof of vaccination to get into the s.a.t. center.

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there is finger pointing at the millennium tower over who is to blame for the sinking and tilting of the 58 story high-rise. our investigative unit broke the story earlier this week that the so-called fix to stop the leaning has made it worse. >> reporter: the millennium tower fix relies on 52 piles being sunk to bedrock and attached to the side of the building to support it from sinking on two sides. this week the work was put on hold after data shows the data was tilting another 5 inches at the top since may. documents we reviewed shows project engineers have told officials what they think happened. they say holes crewed drilled

into the ground were larger than the steel piles themselves. even a slight gap can under mine the soil supporting the foundation. >> the ground moves in, moves in and everything above settles to fill that gap. >> larry carp, is one of two local engineers we told you about yesterday who predicted the fix would make the tower lean even more. two years ago they warned that digging and drilling more holes would shake the surrounding ground and drain away more ground water and destabilize the existing foundation. we learned that contractors used standard augusters like this one instead of advanced earth coring technologies. still carp blames the plan not the execution. >> if you look at the whole picture of what they have there, a bad design to begin with. >> today city building

inspectors came to the tower site. they tell us they confirmed signs of recent settlement but found the elevators and life safety systems are still functioning. in less than a month you'll need to show proof of covid vaccination to get into the sap center. september 20th is the date when everyone will be required to show they're vaccinated. the first event impacted, the gold over america olympic gymnastics show on september 26th, featuring simone biles. up next a look at the top stories including a spare the air alert. vianey arana will show how the smoke and unhealthy air may impact your weekend plans.

welcome back. before we get to our top stories this morning, here's what you can expect tomorrow morning on sunday today with willie geist. hey, willie. >> good morning. great to see you. tomorrow morning on sunday "today" i get together with golden globe winner sandra oh to talk about her role as a trail blazer in the netflix series the chair and starring as christina yang on grey's anatomy. >> what was it like to have this biggest role on the biggest show on tv? >> to be perfectly honest, it was traumatic. traumatic. and the reason why i'm saying that is, the circumstances you need to do your work is with a

lot of privacy. and so when one loses one's an minimumty you have to build skills to still try to be real. >> sandra oh, plus the latest news and another life well lived when sunday "today" airs at 6:00 a.m. in the bay area. if you're not up at that hour on a sunday, set the dvr and we'll see you whenever you're ready for us. here's a look at the top stories we're following, the situation in afghanistan continues to develop by the minute. u.s. defense leaders announcing a drone strike against the terrorist group isis-k which claimed responsibility for thursday's kabul airport attack. the strike happened in eastern afghanistan two u.s. defense leaders tell nbc the target was an isis-k fighter thought to be involved in planning future attacks. this comes as the u.s. embassy issues a new warning for americans still in the country, don't travel to the airport.

any u.s. citizens at the four airport gates are being told to leave immediately. back here locally happening today, a day of worldwide protests to support afghanistan. the united afghan association will hold the rally in san francisco in union square at 2:00 p.m., other rallies you can see on your screen happening all over the country in hopes the biden administration extends refugee evacuation operations. new evacuations were ordered for parts of eldorado county so far flames from the caldor fire have burned more than 145,000 acres containment is now at 19%. we are seeing the smoke here in the bay area. vianey has one last look at the forecast. >> that's why we're under a microclimate weather alert. a spare the air alert is in effect. keep the windows closed. it's going to be a very hot day, especially the interior valleys. san francisco 80 degrees today.

that's warm for san francisco. >> yeah. >> even inland areas we'll hit triple digits. as far as the smoke goes we'll continue to see that today but also into tomorrow. look at the temperatures, 98 degrees as we head in towards monday. 88. even on tuesday, 85. so overall, we do have a couple of changes, but that's not going to make their way in, at least not until monday. so if you're wondering long range outlook, a couple headlines to look out for, once we get through the weekend we're hoping a nice sea breeze pushing in through the coastline is going to help cool us off and also, keira help clear out the smoke in the area. the sea breeze not doing much for us today. it's smoky and hazy and moving into san francisco. so really just something to look out for. i know the kids are sad that had to cancel their outdoor games and activities. >> right. >> the walk is going to be a little bit shorter for today. but healthy first. >> i'm keeping my kids inside as well, which is impacting me in a

different way. hopefully the air quality and the fires will improve soon. thanks, vianey. and thanks to all of you for making us a part of your morning. we'll have more local news at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 and on line. have a great saturday.

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