breaking news, the caldor fire has reached the tahoe basin. this morning it's burning hot and fierce. the winds are roaring pushing the flames even closer to south lake tahoe. a red flag warning will be in effect later today. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we're going to speak live with a firefighter in that area in just a moment. >> first let's check in with kari hall. set the scene for us. what are we in store weather wise for us today? they really look at those conditions. >> the wind was kicking up yesterday and that fanned the flames and caused it to spread farther. the red dots indicate where we

are seeing active fires burning. according to my estimates some of the leading edges of the fire is only at about 4 miles away from south lake tahoe and you can see that we are seeing this, it's been very erratic because some of the embers kicking up can kick those new fires off about a mile away from some of the very active flames and fires we've seen over the past 24 hours. red flag warning as you mentioned going up. they actually extended it from today at 11:00 to 11:00 tomorrow evening. it does look like these conditions will persist where we're getting these west/southwest early winds at about 20 to 35 miles per hour but may be isolated gusts up to 50 miles per hour. it's really going to be dangerous here. we're in this critical timeframe where we could see this spreading very quickly towards south lake tahoe. laura and marcus. >> all right. thank you very much. now let's bring in dominic,

a firefighter working with cal fire joining us over the phone this morning. he's in that area. good morning and thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning. >> so tell me, chief, what are you up against today? i know this has been such a fire fight? >> yeah. this is a difficult one. as you were saying with the weather we're running against some very difficult weather in the red flag warning. the permission of the fuels are very low. the wind is definitely against us and it's very hot and for those of you that have been to tahoe, part of its beauty is in the steep terrain surrounding the lake which gives it the gorgeous backdrop, but the terrain makes it very difficult for us especially out here once it gets into those drainages and on the steep terrain, all that heat rising in the canyons draws air from the basin to the canyons to replace that hot air going up and it basically creates its own fire weather and

it's been proving difficult for our firefighters. >> that's one of the big dangers we talk about is the weather that these fire create in itself. it has been spreading so fast and do you see it even going up the west shore today? how are you mapping it out? >> yeah. we can't predict how far it will go today, but as you did say, it has been spotting three quarter to a mile, just made it very difficult and dangerous because it puts the fire at times in front and behind our firefighters, so we have a lot of people fighting as well as you'll notice on some of the footage, you'll see firefighters with their backs to the fire and that's because they're looking forward watching for those and that spotting has made it difficult. especially when it gets into the crown which is where the fire goes up the trees and runs in the crowns, it's been going up

to sometimes up to 165 feet a minute through the crown fire. >> when you're dealing with all of this, how did you plan to move forward? like what is that process of how to attack the fire now? >> yeah. i wish we could say that attacking it was what we're doing. now we're kind of just following it and trying to protect those that are in the way, move people out of the way and then we do what's called a fire front following, which is as the fire moves through these communities, before they get there, we send in crews to prep and do as much clearance to the homes that are in the path and as the fire goes through we basically are following it and then putting out the little fires in those communities that will eventually ignite the homes or different structures in that area. >> soso many cabins along the

lake. i can't help but notice you sound exhausted and it is understandable. how are the firefighters keeping up? do you have enough firefighters to fight this? >> no, i don't think anyone has enough firefighters for anything right now. everyone's donating their resources where they can and we're -- i mean this is california. we're stretched thin every summer. everyone is doing their best and working really hard. >> is there anything that people can do to help you all out? i'm sure if they're asked to evacuate, certainly get out, but is there anything that people can do to help? >> just like you said, yesterday, if you saw any of the evacuation foot ablg, it was gridlock getting everyone out. if a warning comes to your area, please have your go bag ready, get your prescriptions and important papers and pets, have everything ready to go if you're in that warning area.

then when the evacuation order comes takes off. >> we're wishing you the best. all on the frontlines. thanks so much for taking the time to join us this morning. good luck. >> you got it. thank you. now we want to bring in cheryl hurd, she's in south lake tahoe with another update on the situation there. >> reporter: there's a huge glow in the sierra, flames moving fast into towns in south lake tahoe. fire crews are here taking a time. the fire raced over echo summit into christmas valley and there are homes scattered in those hills. crews chasing spot fires, protecting homes. we watched firefighters turn on sprinklers as a form of protection in some areas. south lake tahoe's mayor says she realized early people had to evacuate. she's worried about keeping homes and businesses safe from looters. >> we've got heavy patrols in the area that have been evacuated.

>> reporter: there was a line of cars leaving the area. everyone leaving at the same time. >> we have fire and police people, police personnel from all over the state, 300, 400 miles away. >> position the snow guns to blow water on the building. >> reporter: john is the general manager of the sierra at tahoe resort. he had to evacuate twice in two days. >> i've had to rebuild when i lost a house in an earthquake in 1992 and rebuild from that and start over. we've been through it and it's not fun. a wildfire is a little different. >> reporter: flames are moving through dry vegetation while the wind is keeping crews where to go next. >> a lot of our season passholders and locals that love coming up and we're ready to serve them this year. it might look a little different but we're ready to serve. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, "today

in the bay." this situation is changing by the minute. we're monitoring across all of our social platforms throughout the news cast and, of course, throughout the day. follow "today in the bay" on twitter for updates and sign up for our breaking news alert e-mails at nbcbayarea.com. 4:38. jury selection starts today in the trial of theranos founder elizabeth holmes. >> holmes became world famous and notorious after dropping out of stanford at 19 to start theranos. the company claimed it built a machine that could test for dozens of mel conditions using a single drop of blood. so much investors came in. at its peak theranos was valued at $9 billion, but thens the word came out that theranos' machines did not work and that many of those tests were inaccurate. according to attorneys holmes' fate decides whether she deceived on purpose. >> there's a big difference in the potential penalty which

could be 20 years in prison. if she was intentionally deceiving investors, the sec, doctors and patients. >> court documents reveal holmes plans to testify in her own defense. happening today, santa clara county leaders are expected to request a no confidence vote for embattled sheriff laurie smith. two supervisors announced plans last week to introduce a resolution. it followed a similar statement from san jose mayor sam liccardo citing recent problems in county jails and the pay to play scandal involving concealed weapon permits. no confidence vote is largely symbolic. supervisors do not have the power to remove an independently elected sheriff. smith has not issued a public response. and our investigative unit has been following this story from the start. for the latest visit nbcbayarea.com and click on investigations at the top. it's 4:39 on now your tuesday morning. we're going to get a look at weather and traffic together.

let's start out with meteorologist kari hall and see what we're in store for today. >> it's going to be a really nice day. temperatures are going to be coming down and we're also going to get some better air quality as we're waking up heading out the door this morning in the south bay. right now at about 60 degrees. we'll see the temperatures holding steady in the low 60s over the next several hours. take a look at these high temperatures for today. oakland in the upper 60s and in santa rosa a high of 81 degrees. we'll talk about our air quality and cooler temperatures coming up. mike you're tracking a crash already on 680. >> talking about the south bay. most of silicon valley looks great. it's right here around the bend, north bay 680 slows as you head toward alum rock. the backup around the capital here. that is an issue. there's an earlier crash, four vehicles need to be towed from the scene and two tow trucks and they need -- four tow trucks, five vehicles involved in the crash, tow trucks are headed to the scene.

no 680 north bay. there is construction and another issue for the north bay coming up. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >> it's 4:40. coming up on "today in the bay," is zoom here to stay? the video conferencing app soared during the pandemic but can it stay successful as more return to work and school. the new competition it's facing. >> details about i phone's rumord feature. how it can help you in an emergency. and taking a live look outside, mike has his eyes on the roadways out and the early morning accidents. the bay bridge is clear right now. more news ahead. 4:41 right now.

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good tuesday morning. right now at 4:44 heading out it's going to start out nice and cool. temperatures are headed down today. it's 63 as you step out in concord and 57 in palo alto. today we're going to see a drop in some spots about ten degrees below yesterday. we'll get a look at our microclimates and the air quality that's coming up in a few minutes. >> we're looking at 101 through palo alto. this corridor has a lot of tech and business going on. traffic not as much as a little bit later on. let's check in with tech and business and cnbc. >> wall street is set to open higher as the market wraps up the month. the nasdaq and s&p 500 closing at another record high yesterday. the 53rd of the year for the s&p.

the index is also on track for its seventh winning month in a row up 3% in august. nasdaq climbing higher by 4%. dow up modestly by 1.3%. strong corporate earnings have provided support for the market and the case for stocks to march higher. in focus reports on home prices and consumer confidence. zoom may be losing some of its zoom. the video conferencing service reporting more than $1 billion in quarterly sales for the first time, but the company is signaling demand that sky rocketed during the pandemic is slowing as vaccinations are encouraging schools to reopen and companies to bring employees back to the office. zoom faces more competition from rivals like cisco's webex and microsoft teams denting efforts to win bigger contracts from businesses. more details about the rumored satellite feature in the new iphone allowing you to contact someone in an area without cell service. bloomberg reports the technology may be only available for emergencies such as contacting police, fire, or rescue by text

message. sources say there will be a second tool to report major incidents such as plane crashes or a sinking ship. also using satellite networks, however the service may not be available until 2023. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm seema mody. >> thank you. we'll be back with the latest on the caldor fire. stick around. latest on the caldor fire.

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basin. all of south lake tahoe is now under evacuation orders and that means 53,000 people are told to leave their homes. the fire burning near kirkland mountain ski resort. it's burned about 276 square miles, larger than the size of san jose and oakland combined. a red flag warning is now in effect. as that fire continues to rage on, what is so interesting here and kari you've talked about this before how the fires create their own weather system within those flames. >> yes. unfortunately, it's been working against us. as we take a look at what's been going on, how close the active fires are moving closer to south lake tahoe. some of the red boxes indicate the active fire and the yellow boxes indicate where the fire has already burned. so it is just such a short distance and we're seeing this fire exploding at this point. it still continues to rage uncontrolled as we take a look at this live view from leak

springs. our cameras have been giving us even at nighttime how it looks like there. here's how the fire spreads and creates its own weather. the heat from the fires generating updraft so it goes up high into the atmosphere. and then from that, you get these gusty winds coming out of that. the cooler air starts to sink downward and it causes the wind to shift. once again, making its own weather. it becomes very gusty and you see the embers flowing away from that a mile away from some of the flames that are burning. it just creates even more fires out ahead of that. and so now we're looking at the overall weather conditions, the red flag warning, where those winds are going to be picking up. 20 to 35 miles per hour. the fuel is extremely dry and we also have some rain happening in southern california. that's making the wind even more erratic. as we're seeing the surge of

monsoonal moisture this could flash flooding across southern california as well as arizona over the next couple days. this as we continue to monitor what's left of ida, still dumping some heavy rain, causing some flash flooding across the tennessee valley. heres at home we're going to see our temperatures coming down, still pretty warm in antioch reaching 91 degrees, about the more of us will see 60s and 70s for highs today, 80 in san jose and 83 in morgan hill. our overall seven-day inland forecast in the 80s, better air quality, breezy wind and cool down for the next couple days. but it will gradually warm up as we get into the weekend. by sunday low 90s. san francisco not changing too much here. clouds, fog and highs in the mid 60s. mike you're noting a couple areas of construction. >> exactly. we have the crash still working in san jose at 680 at alum rock. slow approaching that scene because there's five vehicles still there at least on the roadside. over here we have with the road. construction here through the

canyon, your typical closure 680 and mission are your ways around that until it reopens in a couple minutes over there if everything is on schedule. still on schedule here for vasco road but my friend through the area told me they have that construction going on. there may be traffic control as you drive through the area which will cause some delays as things get more crowded. the last time we saw that and a lot of crowding closer to the 6:00 a.m. time and no problems towards the bay bridge. crash north of the benicia bridge is on the shoulder. back to you. >> thanks, mike. america's longest war is over. the pentagon announcing that the last flight has left afghanistan. this is ahead of today's deadline for full withdrawal. >> what about the future preventing terrorists and the nearly 200 americans left behind. "today in the bay's" tracie potts has more on the developing story. >> reporter: the last soldier to leave afghanistan marking the end of america's longest war. >> i'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan. >> reporter: the last flight out ends the largest noncombat air

lift in u.s. history moving more than 120,000 people, including 6,000 u.s. citizens. the state department is tracking up to 200 americans left behind. >> we will keep working to help them. our commitment to them has no deadline. >> my question to the secretary was what is the plan? what is the plan now to get americans out? >> reporter: president biden speaks to the nation this afternoon defending his decision not to extend today's withdrawal deadline. in a statement he says it was the unanimous recommendation of the joint chiefs and of all of our commanders on the ground that ending our military megs was the best way to protect the lives of our troops and those who still want to leave. the taliban promised a safe passage, celebrating the u.s. departure with gunfire. a trillion dollar war is now over. more than 2400 americans lost their lives.

including 13 in last week's airport attack. >> she was very caring, loving, just a good girl. a good lady. >> reporter: as the war ends, grief for many is just beginning. tracie potts, nbc news. it is 4:54. coming up next on "today in the bay," san francisco giants taking a covid hit. who won't be on the field today as they face off against the brewers again. happening now, pg&e warning customers about a new scam that's going around. the utility says that there's been more than 2700 scam attempts since june. san francisco and santa rosa top the list of cities with the most reports. pg&e says imposters will demand immediate payment to avoid service being cut off. scammers are targeting seniors and small business owners. the utility says it will never ask for payments made with a prepaid debit card or cryptocurrency. we'll be right back.

4:57. new this morning, an emotional blow for the 49ers. linebacker coach johnny holland will leave the team to battle the return of cancer. holland has multiple myeloma which he says has been in remission. he says? sharing the details of my diagnosis my desire is that i can be an advocate and beacon of hope for those who are battling cancer to remind them that we're in this together. >> it's 4:57. the giants rotation dealing with covid issues. alex wood has a confirmed case and starter johnny cueto wasn't feeling well and scratched before the start.

against the brewers last night at oracle, the bull pen came up a little short. milwaukee led 2-0 for most of the game. the giants ended up losing that one. it doesn't hurt as much if you whisper. >> i guess. 4:58. let's stay with "today in the bay" as we bring you more on the caldor fire as it continues to rage. kari is traking your microclimate forecast. more of that coming up.

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caldor fire advancing towards homes in south lake tahoe. the latest on the efforts to contain it in time. >> conditions are expected to worsen with concerns growing about hard to read wind shifts. we're following all the overnight developments. this is "today in the bay." tough to see that video because it is burning so fiercely out there. good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we start with that breaking news right now for you. some unbelievable images coming out of south lake tahoe this morning of evacuations and flames and the worst may be still to come. >> kris sanchez is following the latest developments on this fire fight to try to keep it at bay. the flames are fierce. >> there's not a lot the firefighters can do right now. it is burning unchecked this morning out of control driven by winds and fed by dry fuels. this is the