the bill aims to guarantee people can call out their bosses publicly in most discrimination cases as well. the measure would allow nondisclosure agreements if the employee wants to protect their identity. governor gavin newsom must now decide whether to sign that bill into law. breaking right now at 6:00, under evacuation orders. images of the caldor fire advancing towards homes in south lake tahoe. the latest on the efforts to contain it with conditions expected to worsen. plus -- >> i'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from afghanistan. >> america's longest war coming to an end. all u.s. service members are now out of afghanistan. look at what it means for the country now under taliban control. >> and making progress against the pandemic. the growing number of people in the bay area who are now vaccinated against covid-19. this is "today in the bay."

>> thanks so much for starting your morning with us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. we begin with the breaking news that we're following, unbelievable images coming out of the south lake tahoe region this morning. evacuations, flames, and sadly the worst may still be to come. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is here with the latest on the fight to keep the caldor fire at bay, kris. >> the caldor fire burning unchecked this morning out of control, driven by the winds and fed by dry fuel and now the fire is even threatening the containment lines at highway 50. 56,000 people had to flee south lake tahoe and the surrounding area. 186,000 acres are already burnt and those flames continue to move into the small towns leading into south lake tahoe proper. as evacuees were getting out some of them were leaving sprinklers on hoping they would have something to come home to. we talked with a firefighter who

told us the scenic terrain is part of the problem and the reason that firefighter can only do so much. >> i wish we could say attacking it was what we're doing. now we're kind of following it and trying to protect those that are in the way, move people out of the way. >> so the images here on your screen are from matthew henderson who was in the evacuation area. today there could be more people trying to get out as evacuation warnings are now in effect extending into nevada. the evacuation areas crosses the state line and includes part of douglas county, not the casinos there. you may have seen long lines of evacuees in traffic trying to leave. there's no need to wait for a warning to become an order in order to get out. now even with the threat to life and safety a warning to would be

looters who says there is plenty of law enforcement in south lake tahoe watching over. really the weather is the biggest factor in the fight. >> that's why firefighters have to track it so much. want to check in with meteorologist kari hall those fire wind red flag warning warnings there in the path of the caldor fire. >> it's been very alarming to see the weather conditions. this shows you how much of the land has burned and the red dots show you active fires still ongoing as it continues to progress to the east and very close to south lake tahoe. when we say it goes into the tahoe basin it's descending into the valley and we're seeing it continue. the red dots are spaced far part because these embers can be pushed out well ahead of the fire and spark new ones. we get the heat from the fire, billows up with all of the smoke and creates this updraft and then away from that we get a down draft where the winds

become gusty and erratic and think about something like a tree limb or gets blown away on fire and it could cause these long-range spot fires well ahead of some of those fires. that's the concern here. very dangerous and erratic conditions. the firefighters just have to get out of the way and also get people out of the way because we just don't know how far this is going to spread over the next couple days. marcus. >> thank you. we know the evacuation orders continue to change by the hour so get a detailed map of the impacted neighborhoods, go to nbcbayarea.com. developing in afghanistan, america's longest war is finally over. the withdrawal of u.s. troops is complete along with the latest airlift evacuation. the largest in u.s. history. we have a photo showings the last soldier to leave afghanistan. christopher donahue there, commander of the 82nd airborne division was the last to board the final u.s. plane leaving

kabul yesterday. the final u.s. military flights just took off before midnight in kabul ending a chaotic scramble to transport americans and allies as the taliban militants swept back into power. more than 123,000 people were evacuated including roughly 6,000 americans. >> and as that two decades long war comes to an end, it is bringing with it a range of emotions for afghans in the bay area. we traveled to an afghan market in fremont to get reaction to this moment in history. some are hopeful for a new beginning. some are not. one man we spoke with says the taliban killed close family members right in front of him when he was a boy. he wishes the u.s. would have stayed longer to evacuate more people. >> a lot of people like me. i go crazy every day thinking about it. >> multiple international organizations are mobilizing to help evacuate additional people

telling afghans who want to leave to shelter in place until they have more information. the house committee investigating the capitol siege is expected to request the phone records of several lawmakers. the committee plans to ask phone companies to provide records for republican lawmakers who took part in the stop the steal rally. shortly after that rally, a massive wave of protesters marched to the capitol. the committee wants the phone records of president trump and members of his family. the names of the targeted lawmakers are not being made public. now to new pandemic related data on global hospitalization rates. research published in one infectious disease journal finds those infected with the delta variant are twice as likely to end up in hospitals. compared to those infected with the british alpha variant. researchers found 74% of those hospitalized were unvaccinated. here's a look at how the bay area is actually stacking up against the rest of the state when it comes to vaccinations. so the cdc says that roughly 80%

of all eligible residents statewide have gotten at least one dose and about 65% are fully vaccinated. here in the bay the nine bay area counties are higher than that. take a look at this. some like marin and san mateo and santa clara and san francisco have at least 80% of residents fully vaccinated. the only county behind the state's vaccination rate is solano county. 74% have received at least one dose with 61% getting both. >> vallejo will consider reinstating a mask mandate after benicia moved forward with its own mandate. they will have meeting to discuss the proposal. the federal government issuing a warning about fake vaccine cards. some sell for up to $750 and

promise anti-counterfeit technology. back to our breaking news now, in south lake tahoe we are tracking the path of the caldor fire. new evacuation orders are in effect for south lake tahoe and the people there in that fire zone are tweeting using social media to show what those situations are like. you can see there from the thick smoke to the glow of the fire as well as those roads there congested. a lot is going on. we're keeping track of that as well this morning. happening today, and for the next two weeks, all national forests in california will be off limits to visitors. that means the upcoming labor day holiday weekend as well. the u.s. forest service made that announcement yesterday citing public safety and strained firefighting resources. the closure starts at noon today. it goes through about mid september there. staying here in the bay area, taking a live look outside, good morning walnut creek in the east bay this morning. a little bit of relief is in sight for the bay area this afternoon.

the smoke from the fires we've been following set to clear up here at least for now tu to sounds like the offshore winds. let's head to the pro. meteorologist kari hall covering that aspect for us. >> we are going to see some clearing conditions due to that ocean breeze as we wake up this morning, even a clearer look this morning as we get ready for the sun to come over the hills. we are still looking at hazy conditions, but look at hows the winds pick up and clear out the smoke for more of us across the bay area today. we may start to see that smoke returning for the north bay tomorrow and then some light to moderate air quality as we go into the rest of the week. much more of that smoke blowing towards the east but that's also where the caldor fire may be spreading. we'll continue to monitor that. may be a bigger commute than yesterday. >> the slowdown at the bay bridge toll plaza and a huge meter for the volume of traffic to come in. the backup fills all lanes and only 6:09. we see slowing here but that does keep the traffic moving smoothly on the span.

they may have turned the metering lights slower earlier and might be why we have the shift for our view there. slowing on the approach to the richmond bridge. it might have smoothed out. the build is on there. same for highway 37 and we have now from pittsburgh all the way into concord and 242 on south 242 we have slower registered for speeds so that is your build for contra costa county. a little slowing typical for hayward out of san leandro and north 101 the first burst cleared, the second should kick in about a half hour. to a live look at sfo, and this is where we're talking about vacation or business, air travel is picking up again. the latest numbers from oakland international in july, nearly 9 -- 900 passengers. the passenger count is more than double from what they saw last year. similarly san jose international airport soared in july with the highest level of passengers and the passenger activity since the

outbreak of the coronavirus. 6:10 right now. coming up we're going to talk about a little bit of pain at the pump as my red light went on in the car this morning. next on "today in the bay," the all new investigation into what's triggering the spike in gas prices an what we're all paying. >> we have to hit the gas stations soon. plus, do you find yourself sitting a lot when you're working from home? well, if that's so, we're going to tell you about the medical finding that every worker has to hear. make sure you stay with us because we have much more ahead for you. you're watching "today in the bay."

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good tuesday morning. right now at 6:14, we are waking up to a clearer sunrise in the east bay. take a look at pleasant hill. our temperatures in the low 60s for the next few hours and a slow warmup by early in the afternoon. notice it's going to be cooler today and the skies bluer. we're also still watching the air quality and we'll talk about its impact on children in our climate in crisis. >> important consideration. over here we consider the palo alto area 101 smoothly. you see haze, no different than the other day as we've seen. where traffic is different than yesterday. 6:14 right now. wall street is set to open higher this morning as the markets wrap up the month. nasdaq and the s&p 500 closing at another record high yesterday. the 53rd of the year for the s&p. the index on track for winning its seventh month in a row.

let's talk about zoom here this morning because they may be losing some of the zoom when it comes to wall street. the video conferencing company reporting more than $1 billion in quarterly sales. this is for the first time. the company is signaling its skyrocketing demand during the pandemic is now slowing with less people working from home and students back in the classroom. zoom faces more competition from cisco's webex and microsoft teams. shares dropped more than 10% after hours. nike is announcing it is closing its corporate offices this week to give employees paid time off for a mental health break. the week-long break comes ahead of most workers returning to the office and concerns struggling to balance their careers with the pandemic. the nike representative wrote in a statement, quote, take the time to unwind, de-stress and spend time with your loved ones adding, do not work. now to a possible solution

for those at home workers who might be doing a little bit too much sitting around. researchers figured out how much you need off sitting for a whole day of sitting. you can balance out ten hours of sitting still with 30 to 40 minutes of moderate exercise and found cycling, walking, gardening can count towards the 30 minutes. >> move around as much as you can. hurricane ida expected to drive up gas prices in the coming weeks after forcing the shutdown of oil and gas protection in the gulf. meanwhile, the ftc is taking a closer look at why gas prices have now been going up for months. they're investigating gas station mermgers to see if some companies are colewding to raise prices. filling up your gas tank heading to the gas station like laura and i need to do, mike is keeping track of what the roads look like this morning. >> might be. >> trying to get to the gas station before you get out of

the gas. >> don't rush. go on fumes. >> i will watch for stalls reported and come help you guys. >> exactly. >> the arrows point where we see much more slowing and still have the commute spots we're watching. the typical build and pattern would be where slowing happens but it did kick in earlier than yesterday in those spots. again, easing off a bit now. the traffic control there last week, warning folks. no surprises here for highway 4, 37, the richmond bridge ands the bay bridge the backup forming at the toll plaza. we have a nice smooth drive but there's haze there. that's kind of yucky. >> seeing a little bit of smoke moving in but not so pleasant view we're seeing this morning, looking from highway 88 and looking at the caldor fire in the distance this morning as we wake up and seeing those clouds billowing up and a very active fire and fire fight here as we

are seeing the very erratic conditions making this fire continue to spread and we're trying to get people out of the way as the new red flag warnings go up. all of the areas in red included in the high fire danger including the area of the dixie fire and the caldor fire with the winds picking up from the west/southwest at about 20 to 35 miles per hour. we may see some -- a few isolated gusts up to 50 miles per hour. so very dangerous conditions there as we watch that. what's making the winds more erratic the fact that it's raining to the south across southern california. a surge of monsoonal moisture picked up by the remnants of a tropical system moving across arizona around las vegas and then much of southern california under some flash flood watches. we're also tracking tropical depression ida is doing across the gulf coast states as the center of the storm moving over alabama continuing to push off towards the east. here at home we're looking at quiet weather conditions. temperatures coming down so

mostly 70s and 80s around the bay area. and then for san francisco, some mid 60s today. up to about 80 degrees in sonoma. really nice as our temperatures cool off. our inland temperatures continue to come down over the next few days looking at 70s and low 80s. heating up for the labor day weekend. we're not going to see that warmup along the coast and in san francisco. and now as we turn to our climate in crisis. these fires are becoming all too common. as parents we're struggling to let the children go out to play and children can be affected by wildfire smoke. >> upper respiratory symptoms like runny nose, itchy eyes scratchy throats and lower respiratory things like pneumonia worsening asthma symptoms. we though that some of the pollutants in wildfire smoke can cause wide ranging other health effects that includes affects on obesity, problems with learning, and also increasing the risk of lung cancer later.

dr. home offers solutions to reducing wildfire smoke. see the full interview on our climate in crisis page on nbcbayarea.com. laura and marcus. >> always so interesting. thank you, kari. 6:19. coming up next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> at home workout gives one of our viewers the runaround. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. and our team always on social media so check out bob redell. he posted these photos out at the green day concert at oracle park this weekend. the bay area's first major rock concert, bob was there. this is since the start of the pandemic. all right. you can keep up to date with what's going on with bob. much more ahead on "today in the bay." it is 6:20.

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effect. nbc bay area responds to a south bay woman who is getting zero mileage out of her new elliptical. >> chris chmura and his team tried to go the extra mile to help. >> good morning. you got to see the photos here. stephanie in san jose spent $200 on amazon for a sunny health and fitness elliptical. around six months later it stopped working. she says the company told her to take a peek inside. ready for this, here what's she found. the belt completely shredded. the company didn't respond. week after week. stephanie asked us to step in. we did. sunny health then mailed a replacement part. stephanie says this is how it arrived. broken. fed up, she asked for a refund. sunny health declined saying our team is unable to provide refunds when the item is not purchased directly from us. okay. so we e-mailed amazon which then returned stephanie's $200 and said, we work hard to provide customers with a great experience and deeply regret

that this situation did not live up to our high standards. two keys here. first, when you pay a company through a third party like amazon, well that's an avenue for a refund. use it. and second, research a product's warranty when shopping. for example, sunny health's warranty covers an elliptical frame for three years but all other parts are covered only for the first six months. those details are important to know. look for them. if you have a consumer issue that has your heart rate up maybe we can help. go to nbcbayarea.com and click the responds option from the main menu or call us 888-996-tips. >> thanks, chris. two built on governor newsom's desk may help when it comes to making it in the bay. up with would allow duplexes and splitting lots in residential neighborhoods a year after a measure was not passed, another bill sponsored by a senator would change zoning laws to allow for smaller apartments in

urban areas. the governor has a month to make a decision. how big a surge we're seeing in covid infections in children back at school. according to the east bay times in june there were 5,000 covid cases reported in california among children 17 and under. so far in august, over 65,000 cases have been confirmed across the same age group. l.a. teachers are demanding every eligible student receive their covid vaccination. the "l.a. times" reports the teachers are including that as a bargaining proposal that the district ha not responded to. l.a. schools are rolling out mobile vaccine clinics and say they hope the teams will visit every school providing first and second shots to anyone who is eligible. children between 12 and 15 must have their parents with them. organizers in san francisco now say they have enough signatures to advance their effort to recall three san francisco school board members. "the chronicle" reports 70,000

signatures have been collected. the recall targets the board members you see here. former president allison collins is now suing to hang on to her seat. the effort follows outrage over how schools remained closed during the pandemic and critics felt the board seemed more concerned about renaming school campuses. at least 51,000 valid signatures will have to be verified. coming up next the top stories including facing criticism. the key vote set to happen in just a matter of hours and the impact it could have on santa clara sheriff laurie smith. jury selection begins this morning in the trial of elizabeth holmes. the argument the founder of theranos will make in her defense. are breakthrough cases becoming more common? the new findings from ucsf, what experts are now saying about the so-called escape mutants. we'll be right back.

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in the days and weeks ahead. the race to rescue those trapped in high floodwaters left behind in ida's aftermath. this is "today in the bay." a very good tuesday morning to you. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we start with that team coverage on that breaking situation in lake tahoe. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking those conditions firefighters will be dealing with. >> we want to go to kris sanchez. we talked to a firefighter on the front lines this morning. let's talk about what he said about the fire fight. >> both of you asked what is it like to attack that fire. he said we're not attacking that fire. we're standing back trying to hold the containment line. the fire threatens the containment lines at highway 50. the caldor fire burning unchecked this morning out of control driven by winds and fed by those dry fuels. all of south lake tahoe is now

evacuated. more than 186,000 acres are burned, 664 structures are destroyed, and cal fire is bracing for an increase in that fire activity because of that wind and that dry fuel. now as evacuees were getting out some were leaving sprinklers on hoping they would have something to return to. the general manager of sierra at tahoe resort was ordered to evacuate twice in two days. >> i've had to rebuild before i lost a house in an earthquake in 1992 and my family had to rebuild from that and start over and we've been through it. it's not fun. a wildfire is different. i have 800 employees counting on working there and we have a lot of people who love us, our season pass holders and locals that love coming up. we're ready to serve them this year. it might look a little different but we're ready to serve. >> these are images from photographer matthew henderson of the fire in the evacuation areas and today, more people could be ordered out as the evacuation warnings now extend

into nevada and including zephyr cove, not the casinos. we've gotten questions about that. you may have seen long lines of evacuees stuck in traffic. there's no need to wait for a warning to become an order before you get out. even with that threat to life and safety, a warning to would be looters from the mayor of south lake tahoe, she says there's lots of law enforcement from hundreds of miles away watching over her city. >> that's the last thing anyone should be thinking about. thank you, kris. this is new video of one bay area viewer sent us outside his vacation home in tahoe. you can see the ashes falling and how strong the winds are. >> the winds pick up. >> meteorologist kari hall has been tracking the wind conditions dealing with the caldor fire. how is it looking now? >> we've seen so much land charred from the caldor fire. when we talk about the size of it, the size of san jose and oakland combined, these yellow dots shows where the fire has

already burned, and the red dots show the active fire. as we look at the leading edge of this as we map it here, it shows that distance as the crow flies is about 4 miles and has already started to descend into the tahoe basin. really scary as we look at the live views of the pyrocumulus clouds billowing up that tower out of the flames and it creates these updrafts as it brings in more air and it continues be to feed the fire. but it also creates gusty and erratic winds that spread the embers very far in advance of the flames. erratic and dangerous conditions here that we'll continue to monitor. marcus? >> thank you. now happening today, the start of the criminal trial of silicon valley and the financial world will be closely watching. this is the fraud trial involving one-time high flying theranos founder elizabeth holmes. bob redell is live outside of the federal court in san jose and bob, i know jury selection

getting under way in a matter of hours after months of delays here. >> reporter: after three delays, due to the pandemic and procedural matters, the trial of elizabeth holmes will begin today with jury selection will start later this morning here at the federal courthouse in downtown san jose. good morning. as you recall holmes became a star in silicon valley after dropping out of stanford at the age of 19 to start theranos. her company claimed it had built a machine to test for dozens of medical conditions using a signal drop of blood. so much investor money came in at its peak theranos was valued at $9 billion. but theranos machines did not work and many of the tests were inaccurate. at issue in this trial did holmes lose hundreds of millions of dollars because her technology didn't pan out or did she intentionally defraud investors, doctors, regulators and patients? >> 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. >> reporter: according it recently discovered documents holmes is going to complain that her former -- claim that her former boyfriend ramesh balwani a theranos executive was controlling and abusive during the relationship leading to issues with the company. balwani's attorney calls the allegations inflammatory, offensive and false and he is facing his own criminal trial. the department of justice says holmes, if she were convicted, could face penalties of 20 years in prison, $2.75 million fine and possible restitution. reporting live in downtown san jose, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest there. 6:36. happening today, santa clara leaders expected to request a no confidence vote for embattled sheriff laurie smith. two supervisors announced plans last week to introduce that 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 our investigations tab at the top. 6:37. back to the pandemic, the delta variant is fueling a surge in new covid cases, not seen since the darkest days of last winter. so the u.s. has rocketed past 39 million confirmed cases. that is about 10% of the entire population. so dr. anthony fauci says that country could see another 100,000 deaths by december. hospitalizations are the highest in months with the daily average of 100,000 covid patients. a study from ucsf is adding more urgency to the push for everyone to get their

vaccination. researchers looked at 1300 bay area infections including a number of cases among the fully vaccinated. 78% of breakthrough cases involve mutated variants like the delta variant. the study implies as long as there's a large number of vaccinated people, covid will mutate and vaccines are likely to be less effective against every mutation. >> your getting vaccination is really key to our success as the economy moves forward, to our success as a people to live the life that we aspire to. >> even with the hyper contagious delta variant, vaccinated people are five times less likely to be infected or gill severely ill. that's also more than any other state. governor newsom plans to mark that milestone today during an event later this morning in the east bay. >> new details the east bay

assemblywoman is pulling back on her proposal for a sweeping vaccine mandate. the bill calls for vaccine or test requirements for all workers statewide and proof of vaccination rules for dining, gyms and entertainment. like the one already in place in san francisco. while wicks agreed to drop the proposal during the current session, she also plans to revive it in january. we want to correct a story that we ran yesterday during our newest cast. during a story about an outbreak at a marin county elementary school. we showed video of hall middle school. that was incorrect. the elementary school in marin county that experienced the outbreak has not been identified. we regret that error. developing now in mississippi, hurricane ida being blamed for a deadly highway collapse. this happened last night outside of a town of lucidale near the alabama state line. two people dead from this. seven others injured. three critically. in the meantime the southern end

of louisiana still off the grid this morning due to an onslaught from ida. there are now two confirmed deaths and fears numbers could go higher. there's an effort to reach the hardest hit communities. hospitals as far away as baton rouge are opening their doors to welcome those patients who conditions actually get care closer to home. one leader tells us that story on the "today" show . >> our toughest days of this hurricane are in front of us. the number of people in medical need, the number of health care workers who really need to be supported through this time in order to just bring themselves up and take care of patients. >> as you can imagine, this hospital already grappling with a covid surge. >> 6:40 right now. on your tuesday morning. always like to get a look at weather and traffic together and help you plan your day. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. >> we've still been tracking the remnants of ida. this tropical depression that's been moving over alabama still

producing some of those rain bands so this is still going to make headlines as it possibly produces more flooding and tornadoes across the south today. as we bring you back home taking a looks at santa rosa you're stepping out the door to 46 degrees. it's chilly out there and going to slowly warm up today. going to be a little bit cooler than we've had the past few days as our highs reach into the low 80s there. 77 for a high in napa and palo alto and 91 still pretty warm in antioch today. we'll talk about what's head coming up in a few minutes. mike gives us a look at the south bay. >> good news is that i think the traffic volume has kind of held off right now. earlier drivers were able to get to work early and now things are clearing up a little bit. a little less slowing for san jose. just that steady flow just below the speed limit here from the camera up to oakland road. we have this crash reported eastbound 237. westbound is distracted because i see slowing there. a little slowing toward the

dublin interchange, 580 clearing up again. a lighter volume overall through the tri-valley and toward the bay bridge and the other westbound commutes still the build for concord, 242 a crash did clear from that section and we will not clear the bay bridge toll plaza once it builds it sticks around. back to you. >> sure does. thanks so much. 6:42. coming up next on "today in the bay," last man out. shedding new light on the final u.s. soldier to lift off from afghanistan. plus a live report on president biden's upcoming message about the end of america's longest war. >> dealing with covid issues, the key giant players out of commission as the giants enter the strength drive. we're in the stretch and you know what else is coming up. nbc bay area and telemundo 48 honoring local animal heros for our clear the shelters positively good awards. head to nbcbayarea.com/positively good to learn more and submit your nominee today. we'll be right back.

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. right now we continue to monitor the weather conditions around the dixie fire and the caldor fire. red flag warnings have been extended through tomorrow evening as our winds could pick up, up to 35 miles per hour fanning the flames. we'll talk about our air quality, the fire weather condition and what's ahead in our microclimate forecast. >> big concerns over there. over here the standard the build at the richmond side of the bridge to san raphael.

a smooth drive. but the build is on. the backup has formed. same as the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll give you more coming up. >> thanks so much. it's a quarter to 7:00 right now. kari mentioned the red flag warning extended an update to our breaking news. that caldor fire is really fueling the flames the winds are making it was toy the tahoe basin. all of south lake tahoe is under evacuation orders and people are being told to leave their homes. the fire is burning near kirkwood mountain ski resort. it has burned more than 177,000 acres, about 276 square miles or larger than the size of san jose and oakland combined. new details in an iowa farm worker accused of killing mollie tibets has learned his fate three years after her death.

cristhian rivera. the case ignited a political firestorm because rivera was an undocumented immigrant. developing this morning, america's longest war is over. the pentagon says the last flight has left afghanistan. this is ahead of the deadline for a full withdrawal. >> this morning there are a lot of questions about the country's future including how to prevent future terror attacks and what about the nearly 200 americans still there. "today in the bay's" tracie potts joins us live in washington looking at what could happen next. good morning, tracie. >> laura and marcus, good morning. the 200 americans are top priority as the administration begins to shift to dealing with a different government in afghanistan now that this war is officially over. >> 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 mission 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. also just beginning the diplomatic effort how the u.s. deals with afghanistan under a taliban control with no wrg working em bysy or military on the ground. >> tracie potts this morning out of washington, thank you. 6:49. an east bay congressman actually plans to meet with members of contra costa county's afghan community today. the two sides plan to discuss ways to welcome afghan citizens arriving in the bay area. the meeting begins at noon in walnut creek. new this morning an emotional blow for the 49ers.

coach johnny holland will leave the team to battle the return of cancer. holland has multiple myeloma which he said had been in remission. in a statement the 56-year-old holland says in part, in 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 help remind them that we're in this together. we wish him well. the giants pitching rotation now dealing with some covid issues of its own. alex wood has confirmed a case and starter johnny cueto wasn't feeling well and scratched before last night's start. both are on the injured list. let's take a look outside this morning. a live look across the bay area. see near san jose and walnut creek. we should expect some smoke in the bay area but it might be improving, at least for now. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that when it comes to air quality conditions and kari, how is it looking for us? >> we'll be improving today, even though it looks like a little hazy start. our typical layer in the early

morning hours. while we wake up to quiet weather let me show you what's happening across southern california. a lot of rain moving in and yeah, the sunrise kind of affecting the satellite m imaginary there. you can see the rain that's been moving across arizona, southern california and around vegas causing flash flood watches as we see the remnants of a tropical system moving there. the forecast clears it out for today. a strong westerly wind improves our air quality and the smoke moving to the east but does look like it returns tomorrow, especially for the north bay. our break from the smoke will be short lived as we get all of these fires burning and much more active fire weather conditions around the caldor fire. now here at home, our temperatures will be heating up into the low 80s, so it's going to actually be cooler than we've seen recently. still pretty warm in antioch reaching 91. 72 in hayward. in the coast low 60s with mid 70s for redwood city. san francisco in the upper 50s to low 60s today and up to 82 in

novato. as we go through the forecast, looking pretty good here. very nice, clear air for today. a little bit more smoke tomorrow as our temperatures reach into the upper 70s. you can see the trend as we start to heat up heading towards labor day. low 90s on monday and san francisco remaining in the 60s with some coastal clouds and fog. mike, you've been watching the roads. >> it's looking great. see how the maps are laid out because i might have scrambled them. the accurate data is still there. we have the slowing at the richmond bridge and now down the east shore freeway still slow out of richmond to about golden gate field. that means more traffic heading to the bay bridge where there's a backup filling in the lanes. highway 37 and 4 traditional pattern that crash on 242 cleared releases more traffic down walnut creek. 680 shows the build. contra costa county has all the activity out of the area. no major problems for the tri-valley. there is one crash south 880 may

be affecting hayward. we'll double check on that. in san jose, northbound 101 slows. back to you. 6:52. pg&e warning customers about a scam that's going around. the utility says there's been more than 2700 attempted scam attempts since june. san francisco and santa rosa topping that list of cities with the most reports. pg&e says imposters will demand immediate payment to avoid service being cut. next, breaking news be in south lake tahoe. flames are continuing to burn dangerously close to homes there. we'll have an update on the conditions on the front lines. a criminal trial that could change the outlook for silicon valley. a live report on what's expected for one-time theranos founder elizabeth holmes. we'll be right back.

welcome back. breaking news we continue to follow unbelievable images coming out of south lake tahoe this morning of evacuations and the flames of the caldor fire and sadly the worst may be yet to come. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is following those developments for us and here with the latest on the fight to keep the caldor fire at bay. >> so the fire now threatens the actual containment lines that were holding at highway 50, burning unchecked this morning and out of control, driven by winds and fed by dry fuel. all of south lake tahoe is

evacuated. more than 186,000 acres are burned. 664 structures are destroyed. we know so many more are under threat and cal fire is bracing for an increase in fire activity because of that wind and dry fuel that kari has been talking about this morning. earlier this morning firefighter dominic polito told us the scenic terrain is part of the issue and reason firefighters can only do so much. >> 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. >> more people could be moved out of the way ordered out as evacuation warnings extend into nevada now including zephyr cove, although not the casinos, they seem to be open right now and want to serve people. you may have seen long lines of evacuees trying to leave. that is a good reminder when you get a warning you might have to

evacuate don't wait for it to become an order. the fraud trial starts for former theranos ceo elizabeth holmes. >> bob redell is live outside the courthouse in san jose after what we can expect after long delays in this once. >> months of delays, three delays due to the pandemic and procedural matters. laura and marcus, the jury selection in the trial of elizabeth holmes will finally begin this morning behind me at the federal courthouse in downtown san jose. theranos was founded by holmes, it was a company that had a machine that they claimed could detect medical conditions with a single drop of blood. as it turns out those machines did not work. many of the tests were inaccurate. at issue did holmes lose hundreds of millions of dollars because the technology didn't pan out or did she intentionally defraud investors, doctors, regulators and patients. jury selection expected to start here some time later this morning. live in downtown san jose, bob

redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you. now in mississippi, hurricane ida is to blame for a deadly highway collapse. two people are dead, seven others were injured, three critically. the southern end of louisiana still totally off the grid this morning due to the onslaught from ida. there are now two confirm deaths. >> such a tough go they've had. let's check our forecast with meteorologist kari hall. >> we are seeing some cooler temperatures moving into the bay area. some of our warmest spots inland will reach into the mid 80s and improvements in our air quality. we will keep the cool weather for the next couple days. the fog near the coast, san francisco reaching into the mid 60s. mike? >> head's up, south bay we had slowing north 101 around mckee there was a fire in the neighborhood that smoke might have been a distraction. a sensor lag that is starting to clear up. the build for 101 and 87 traditional. it will build through the 7:00 hour and that's the trouble time for silicon valley. >> thank you very much. and thank you for joining us today.

that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back at 7:25 with a live local news update. a nice look. >> a beautiful shot there of san jose as we get started with this tuesday morning. >> the "today" show is next. ♪ good morning. ida's wrath and aftermath. >> this is unreal. this is nothing i've ever seen before. >> more than a million people, including the city of new orleans, without power. outages that could last for weeks as the frantic race intensifies to reach communities completely cut off from rescuers. and ongoing danger, alligator infested waters now blamed for at least one death. and the storm's threat far from over as it moves north. flood alerts now extending from alabama to massachusetts.