thrown away. if you are not vaccinated, the cdc wants you to stay home this weekend. covid hospitalizations reach a daily average of 100,000 cases, and cdc recommends gathering among vaccinated relatives and friends should take place outdoors and everybody, including those who are vaccinated should wear masks. we are at 6:00 right now, and we have breaking news on both coasts, the northeast hit hard with torrential rain from ida measured in inches per hour. the flash flooding, water rescue and damage coming to light at this hour. closer to home. wildfire crisis continues. our team is live on the front lines of the caldor wildfire as it inches closer and closer to

south lake tahoe. the supreme court refuses to block the new texas law banning abortions of about six weeks. what others fear it will lead to. this is "today in the bay." good thursday morning to you. thank you for joining us and starting your day with us. i am marcus washington. >> i am kris sanchez in for laura garcia this morning. we want to take you to the breaking news on the east coast. devastating flooding affecting millions of people, in fact flash flooding in areas that never had a flash flood before. these images on the screen are from pennsylvania, and there are rescues under way at the ground level. this is new video also showing the rain at its heaviest point. can you see the water sweeping away trash bags, and swept away cars, too. we now know there are at least eight confirmed deaths because

of the storm, including a toddler. those rains coming down hard and fast in less than 24 hours, all remanence of hurricane ida as its making its way north. one man rescued outside new york city said he never got any warning. >> it was unexpected. thank god, my family comes first, you know, you know what i mean? we lost everything, and it's materialistic, and you can repair that but family you can't get back. back here at home, the firefight is being watched around the world here, and it's a very precarious situation in lake tahoe. this is at the edge of a ripping wildfire that wiped out already more than 700 structures. >> sharon katsuda is there along the lines of the caldor fire as it gets so close to town.

sharon, this is not the same drive you have had when you have gone with your family up for fun. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. it's actually heartbreaking, all the highways shutdown. we are seeing such thick smoke, you see me wearing my mask, and you can see the active flames along the ridge line here, and it's kicking up all the smoke. with the daylight you can see it settling over the ridge line here, and over the christmas valley, had area called christmas valley, there are so many homes down here. you can't see down below in the valley because it's so dark still, but there are twinkling lights showing where these lights are. this whole area has been evacuated. we saw flames on the way here, too. in riverton, along highway 50, firefighters conducted a back burn and we saw the hills lit up

to establish a line to protect the homes. at kirkwood ski resort, they used snow machines to protect the lodges, and we saw sierra tahoe on the way up here. about 600 homes destroyed, and it's now 23% contained. and we're learning about another problem with the fire, gravity. >> boulders are rolling. dead standing trees, maybe weakened by the fire, and the winds blowing them, and they will fall and send the embers forward into the fire. >> our luggage and our laptop -- laptop bags and the dog food, of course. >> reporter: evacuees are looking for a place to stay to

wait it out. restaurants and businesses in tahoe city are temporarily closed even though they are not in the path of the fire. many hotels have closed because they don't have enough staff to help them stay open. with labor day weekend ahead of us, so many concerns out here, just people trying to survive the fires and the pandemic. reporting live at echo summit, i am sharon katsuda for "today in the bay." >> thank you. we want to go to meteorologist, kari hall, because she has been tracking the changing conditions out there, and kari, this is a day by day situation. >> it is. yesterday it was so windy and we had the red flag warning, and we had gusts up to 30 miles per hour, and we can see how much of the landscape burned from the fire parameter i have here. over 300 square miles have been charred by this fire that is still very active. we are seeing our ground detection network showing that we are seeing still active fire moving forward in the easterly

direction, where we see the red squares it shows an active fire. this is that road that you cut off from before you get to the airport to head over toward the village and the city of south lake tahoe, and so we are seeing that fire very close to that roadway, and some of the landmarks you may remember or have seen very frequently on your visits there, so very concerning if we are seeing that smoke and it will return to the bay area over the labor day weekend. a blow to abortion right advocates. the supreme court for now is refusing to block texas' restrictive new law. tracie potts is in washington. >> for now the law remains in place after the supreme court ruled 5-4, refusing to block it.

chief justice john roberts joining the three liberal members in defense. as we told you yesterday, the new texas abortion law bans abortions after a heartbeat is detected, and that's typically around six weeks and in some cases before women even know they are pregnant, and it allows private citizens to sue anybody involved in facilitating abortion, and that could be a driver, somebody that drives somebody to get their procedure, like an uber driver. the law is forcing large numbers of women to be turned away, and progressives hope it clears the way for other similar restrictions. >> politicians don't hear the anguish from the patients about why they need safe abortions today. >> what we hope in the future is abortion limits, consensus on abortions will be able to make

their way into the law. >> this may not be the last we hear, because in the ruling the supreme court left the door open for other challenges. this fall they agreed to hear a similar case, this one a law in mississippi that bans abortions at about 15 weeks. justice sonia sotomayor called this decision egregious. >> we will be watching. thank you. 6:08 this morning. stanford releasing a first of its kind study on just how effective face coverings are in reducing the exposure to covid-19. masking up in bangladesh was low, and half of the villages were given free masks, and free

information and instructions, and the villages wearing masks had a lower rate of infection. here's one of the leading authors of the study. >> it's not just about an individual wearing a mask to protect himself or herself, and it's about an individual wearing a mask to keep a community safe, and that's what was demonstrated in the study. >> researchers are showing giving masks away with encouragement of community members really slows the spread of the virus. 6:09. 12 days to go until the special recall election, and republican kevin faulkner is planning to tout his homeless plan today in san francisco. meantime, the leading replacement contender, larry elder, answering to democratic claims that he leans too much toward donald trump. >> i am a republican. i have not voted for a

democratic since 1976, and that was for carter and i regret that. i will support whoever the republicans nominate in 2024, and it's just a means to distract from the issue. >> that was last night. he argued despite california being a blue state, heavily democratic, people will vote for change if they believe that's what is needed. a new public policy institute poll shows a wider spread of likely voters shooting down the recall effort. the margin is almost 20 percentage points between no and yes and it's the widest margin for the poll since first asked back in march. 53% of people asked approved of how gavin newsom is doing his job. >> seems like the numbers always change there.

>> yeah. this is across the bay area. still dark and early for you this morning. the wildfire smoke is making its way back after a brief break, and air quality advisory is issued once again. kari, how are we shaping up today? >> yeah, you want to make sure you are grabbing that n95 mask before heading out the door this morning. you can see the clouds, and it's going to gradually clear out as we head throughout the morning, and our temperatures stay on the cool side today. even though we have cooler than normal temperatures, unfortunately it's going to look hazy. not the blue skies we have seen the last few days. 78 in morgan hill and 75 in palo alto. a lot of changes going into the weekend with hotter temperatures. i will have more on that coming up in a few minutes. mike, what is going on with the commute? >> we have slowing in concord. we started early with slowing

around highway 4 -- westbound highway 4, and it's continuing to build and worsen, coming out of the pittsburg and all the way there. 242, over towards walnut creek, fine. the bay bridge toll plaza filled in, and everything else looking steady. >> thanks, mike. recovering from covid, next on "today in the bay," nothing funny about it from one comedian that reveals he tested positive for it this morning. what a new survey is finding about tech workers here in the bay area. >> the latest job numbers show people are going back to work but not going to the movie theaters. the good job news has the dow up as expected, by more than 100 points. you're watching "today in the bay."

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it's 6:15 as you are stepping out the door. we're feeling some of the cooler temperatures and also seeing more clouds. fremont right now in the upper 50s. it's going to be another cool day as the skies clear. i'm watching the air quality for you. more in the forecast, coming up. looking at west 580. over in castro valley, there could be more slowing.

that's coming up. happy thursday to you. we're keeping our eye on the criminal trial of theranos founder, elizabeth holmes. the judge said they should be able to select 12 jurors and five alternates. the jury will be seated next wednesday and the opening statements in the trial should get under way. and then a spaceflight carrying richard branson to the edge of space did not go as planned, and the spaceship travelled off course and the faa is looking into that. everybody landed safe, so no harm, no foul. amazon hiring another 55,000, and walmart 20,000. far fewer people filed for

unemployment last week, the least amount in the last year. we get a big jobs report tomorrow, and we expect a fairly strong support even as coronavirus gets worse. turns out the one thing we can do during a pandemic is work. as far as coronavirus, 211,000 americans tested positive yesterday alone, which is why we can once again say, the new "top gun" movie has been delayed. it has been pushed to the spring of 2022 as americans stay out of theaters. this is the fourth time the movie's debut has been delayed from summer of last year, to christmas of last year, to july of this year to november of this year to spring of next year. just fingers crossed that we are out of this by spring of 2022, which would be two years of

pandemic. i'm not making any promises. >> you know what, with this type of anticipation, that movie better be good! you got me waiting. >> thanks, scott. new for you this morning, a mixed bag when it comes to tech workers returning to office in the bay area. according to social network bend, 45% of google workers returned at least once in the last month. at facebook that number drops to 20%. compare these numbers with san jose-based paypal where only about 8% of the employees have returned to the office at least once in the past month. >> we've been here for you. and then joe rogen is revealing that he tested positive for covid-19. his diagnosis comes after he dismissed to some extent the usefulness of the vaccine on his

podcast. then look at those flames. i want you to take a look at this as well. the mountains across the lake, not even visible because of the smoke. our photo journalists took these photos, and the top one, this is from mid june, and the one at the bottom from this week. you can see all the smoke just hanging over the lake right there. as we continue to monitor this, we have crews there, and meteorologist, kari hall, monitoring those conditions as well. yeah, we have a lot we are tracking from one coast to the other. it's because we have a lot of dry conditions here with the fires, and then look at all the rain happening across the northeast. this is live sky ranger video coming from pennsylvania as we can see just large areas underwater, after eight inches of rain and numerous reports of deaths in that area as the remanence of ida tracked all the

way up the coast and dumped lots of rain. this is the impact from that, and they will be digging out from that for a very long time as we are looking at all that flooding, and it looks like the waterways flowed over into the town, and we'll watch what is going on with that for today ask keeping you updated online. the storm system now clearing that region and hopefully they will have a good opportunity to clean up. as we look at the smoke and air quality that we are monitoring here at home, we have an air quality advisory, and that means if you are sensitive to the smoke you want to limit your time outside. we will have a hazy look to the sky and unfortunately we will see more of this going into the weekend, as high pressure is settled in. it will push the smoke to the ground and the temperatures will be heating up as well as these fires continue to burn. looking at the temperatures, it will be on the cool side today. upper 70s for the south bay, and upper 70s to low 80s, and we

have low 60s and staying cool there, as well as cool in san francisco with the north bay highs reaching into the mid-70s, and napa, mid-80s, further north in ukiah. if you are making outdoor labor day weekend, it's going to be hot. we are checking out napa and what to expect over the next several days, and reaching up in the mid and upper 90s. we will see temperatures coming down and possibly air quality improving. we have a couple trouble spots. south bay did clear up from the first slowing. no problems clearing from the dumbarton or san mateo bridge. 580 slows showing, but i don't hear about any problems. a crash here and a distraction

here. that is causing slowing for the nimitz. highway 4 jammed up and returning from 242. the backup, of course, at the bay bridge, but there's movement. >> yeah, that is a backup. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> she can't find her vaccine record card so we're going to help herget a new one, and help you, too. i'm chris chmura. nbc bay area responds, next.

breaking news this morning in the sierra, the caldor fire forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. that fire only 23% contained. 595 homes are gone. meanwhile in the northeast they are dealing with historic flooding. take a look at this. we just got an update. at least 13 people dead in new york and new jersey. this right here as you can see crews right there just tirelessly working as they continue to rescue people from certain areas, and this is a rescue that happened today from a bus that was stuck in high waters in maryland, and that rain coming from remanence of hurricane ida. our consumer team is always working on things. >> chris chmura is here with a question we hear a lot, which is how to replace your vaccine card if you lose or damage it.

>> more and more places are requiring proof of vaccination to get in, so this paper is important, and when doris told us she lost her car, in a nutshell she was told to contact the place where she got her shot and tell them what happened and request a replacement card. if the clinic that gave you the vaccine can't help you, it's time to contact the state. the state should have your vaccine record on file and be able to get you a replacement card. i might suggest here you keep a picture of your vaccination card on your smartphone because you never know where you will be asked for it these days, and you probably don't carry your paper card with you all the time. we expect this would be an ongoing question so we made a step by step how to video of how to replace your card.

just look for the "how to" play list. and then the state senate just passed a bill requiring large stores to include general neutral sections for either boys or girls. that law would not apply to clothing. next year the top stories we are following this morning, including extreme weather from coast-to-coast. dramatic scenes in new york as flooding there continues. some getting flash flood warnings for the first time in their lives. we'll bring you the latest on those deadly conditions. plus -- i'm sharon katsuda live at the caldor fire, where you can see thick smoke and active flames. i will have the latest on the progress made overnight, coming up. a majority of californians support proof of vaccination for customers and businesses, and the second bay area may soon

enact those requirements. you're watching "today in the bay."

breaking right now at 6:30, fire and flooding. flames burning in lake tahoe near homes and ski resorts and the threat is nowhere near over, though firefighters could get a break today. we'll take you live to the front lines. and the remanence from hurricane ida pummeling new york

city overnight, flooding streets and halting flights and turning deadly. this is "today in the bay." good thursday morning. thank you for starting your morning with us. i am marcus washington. >> i am kris sanchez in for laura garcia. first we want to start with the breaking news for you out of the east coast, and damaging flooding as the storms from hurricane ida devastates some places overnight. take a look at these pictures there. you can see that water just taking over many of the neighborhoods. we do know this is a high water rescue right now in pennsylvania, as you can see right there. those crews are working to get that boat in the water so they can go rescue. we saw earlier people on the roof of a home there, and that's the situation we are seeing in that area. just a horrific situation for a lot of those people dealing with all of the rain within a 24-hour span. we know 13 people in new york and new jersey, they are dead

from the storms. the first ever flash flood emergency was called in new york city. we want to show you video of this, a rescue outside of the city in westchester county. >> yeah, crews in the middle of saving people from those waters that continue to rise. nbc's stephanie gosk is in queens. >> reporter: hurricane ida has not been a hurricane for days now but continues to do damage. it was 10:00 here in queens last night, and the rain was coming down so hard, so fast it brought this gas station crashing down on the car, and the owner of the car was inside and uninjured. the national weather service last night doing something it rarely does. it issued a flash flood warning and then upgraded that to a flash flood emergency, because the situation here in new york was life threatening. there are images from subway stations last night that are

biblical, water flooding downstairs. there were subways that were stranded and the fire department here in new york had to go and rescue roughly 100 people. there's an incredible statistics of rainfall. the situation in new jersey equally bad. the governor declaring a state of emergency, and people trapped in their cars. the river waters and floodwaters rising so quickly they actually floated away with them. hurricane ida still packing that punch and continues up the northeast wreaking havoc. back to you. >> and follow the "today" show after this newscast at 7:00. the caldor fire still

burning out of control, and the flames so close to the tourists spot of south lake tahoe. sharon katsuda is on the front lines at echo summit. i know the sun is rising and you can see more of the smoke. >> reporter: that's right, kris and marcus, you can see how smoky it is out here. with daylight we are seeing more of the burn areas, just how close it got to the homes here. you can see active flames and the thick smoke coming up from the flames, just billowing up from the valley. you can see it settling over the valley. this is christmas valley, that has many residents down here. it's still sort of dark down below in the valley, and you can't see the homes, and we did see firefighters along the way in many different areas, in riverton along highway 50. firefighters overnight conducted a back burn and we saw the lines

to protect the homes. the fire has destroyed about 600 homes and is now 23% contained. restaurants and businesses in tahoe city are temporarily closed even though they are not in the path of the fire. many hotels closed because they don't have enough staff to help them stay open. >> this is definitely been one of those times when it's just you're always adjusting, i mean, for small businesses like myself and everybody else around, you know, you are just adjusting to what's happening on a day-to-day basis. >> about 25,000 worth of refunds in the last couple of days, and we're a small business. it hurts. >> reporter: with labor day weekend ahead this is a blow to the economy, but tahoe residents warning potential residents to stay away for now until things are under control.

the lighter wind and weather conditions should help out firefighters, and residents are still dealing with a lot out here. i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> you just see how tough that job is for the firefighters as they try and put out the fire and stay safe at the same time. >> we know the smoke will interfere with the ability of cal fire to put aircraft in the air to fight it. >> yeah, makes it hard to see. they can't fight the fire if they can't see what is going on, as we look at the parameter, already burned is the yellow and red is active fire going on and we can see what direction it's moving in. we see it moving closer to the south lake tahoe area, and the more rural areas is where we have seen the fire spreading. as the smoke starts to move into the bay area, we will be concerned about that through the

weekend. the green dots show where we have good air quality, and we're already starting to see some of the smoke moving in for the inland areas. that's going to be a concern this weekend as we make outdoor plans, so i'll have more on that and temperatures cranking up, and that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thanks, kari. continuing our pandemic coverage, first san francisco and now berkeley will require proof of vaccinations to get inside most places. today in the bay's bob riddell life for us in the east bay. when are these requirements expected to go into effect? >> a week from tomorrow, september 10th, the city of berkeley will require everybody 12 and up to show proof of vaccination to enter most places, businesses, bars, restaurants, clubs, gyms, and large events with more than 1,000 people. the city is requiring people that work at the businesses be

vaccinated by october 15th or submit to a weekly covid test. could other cities adopt similar requirements? if they do it appears a majority of californians would support such measures. 61% of californian adults favor proof of vaccination requirements for business, and here in the bay area 72% expressing approval, and then an overwhelming majority of democrats approve at 83%, and independents, 52%, and republicans, 29%. >> thank you very much, bob. a follow-up now for you. unvaccinated first responders in sonoma county are getting just a little more time before they have to undergo weekly covid testing. police, fire and ambulance agencies now have until september 24th. yesterday proof of vaccination mandate went into effect for first responders in that county. health leaders say the extension

allows those agencies a little more time to set up for testing procedures. not easy. >> huh-uh. and then the possible threat of another covid variant. >> this is called the mu variant. it was first detected in south america in january. so far the area is seeing only isolated cases, and the global foothold is less than 1%. and research still needs to be done to see if it's more dangerous than other variants. >> if that variant has a way to get around the vaccine responses, i think the vaccine is the best chance we have at holding the virus at bay. >> one data-sharing group is counting a little more than 2,000 cases of the mu variant so far here in the u.s., and the cdc is not yet listing it as a variant of concern. we are going to take you outside for a breath of fresh air over walnut creek this

morning. we got a bit of a break and now the smoke is headed back into the bay area and we could see worse than what we are looking at right now. meteorologist, kari hall, she's been tracking the conditions. >> if you are heading out to the giants game, keep in mind if you are sensitive to the smoke you will need to limit your time out there. maybe just watch it on nbc bay area. we are going to see temperatures starting out in the 60s, and it's going to be a chilly one for tomorrow evening, and if you are heading to napa valley, once again keep in mind it will be smoky at times and temperatures going from the mid-80s tomorrow to low and mid-90s by the end of the weekend. if you are outside, best to wear one of the n95 masks than just a cloth mask. mike, what is the update on the commute? >> overall, kari, things are looking lighter as they have all

week. yesterday we heard about a series of crashes in fremont, hayward and union city, and over on the peninsula where i was driving had a series of issues and slowdowns, so with higher speeds possible, watch out because the crashes are more serious. late construction -- i think it's a road crew here on highway 4 jamming up the westbound commute. must be one lane blocked still as you come through concord. back over to you. >> thank you. now stranded in afghanistan, next on "today in the bay," the push from the outside to help more than two dozen students who were left behind after the taliban takeover. stranded -- >> i'll take it from here. in washington, president biden making plans to go down to the disaster in the southern part of the united states. take you out to the big board where the dow industrials are up a bit after we got good jobs

news. and then warriors players may have trouble suiting up at the new chase center when the season kicks off. you're watching "today in the bay."

right now at 6:44, as you are getting up and getting the kids ready for school in danville, we are starting out with temperatures in the 50s for drop off time, and by the time you pick them up, nice and

sunny. we're watching the air quality. an update coming up in a few minutes. slight slowing across the bridges. this is a big problem. westbound highway 4, the surface streets okay for now. we'll watch as they build for now. we're looking at longer travel times. looked like a construction crew on highway 4. that will be an issue for fulton and contra costa county. back to you. >> thank you. looking live from the camera over right along the front lines of the caldor fire. here in california the caldor fire continues to move closer and closer to south lake tahoe. evacuation orders remain in effect, including the nevada side. the fire burned 323 square miles and the numbers will be updated at 7:00, and we will bring them

to you as we get them. the children are among 30 or so across california that went to afghanistan in the days and weeks before the taliban takeover, and did not make it out in time. sacramento school leaders say they have been in contact with some of those families who fear that they have been forgotten. it's really a tough situation for a lot of those people. most returned to afghanistan in the spring or early summer to see relatives. as for the future of afghanistan students in 2017, there were ten times as many girls in schools than in 2003. one american who taught there fears they will now fall behind. >> the taliban says that girls can go to school. none of my friends' girls have left their house since the taliban took the major cities and the country. everything is at stake. >> you can watch that entire report on nbc lx or stream it now at lx.com from the front

page. you can also watch it on lx over the air on channel 11-15, or channel 185 on xfinity. and then president biden will inspect the damage from hurricane ida. >> the president says getting the power turned back on is job one. >> and phone service. you have a whole list and everything is in first place. the president says he will ask the defense department to share satellite imagery and other surveillance technology to help power companies figure out where downed lines are. this is a picture of the president meeting with the president of ukraine at the white house yesterday. president biden making sure the world and russia, first and foremost, knew america stands with ukraine. >> the united states remains fully committed to ukraine in the face of russian aggression, and our support for ukraine euro

atlantic -- >> remember, it's the same ukrainian president that saw the previous u.s. president delay military aid to fight russia because he would not do something he thought was illegal and unethical. and then the committee investigating the riot on the u.s. capitol. several members of congress are named in the request to protect records. kevin mccarthy said if they help, republicans will remember that when they take power in the house the next time. asking telecommunications providers for records, not that unusual. it happened when republicans led their investigation into hillary clinton and the attacks in benghazi, libya.

in fact their requests helped turn up a lot of the missing e-mails via the private server. and then it's not as final as it sounds, the abortion ban. the court's order is emphatic in making clear the decision cannot be understood as sustaining the constitutionality of the law. video of the some of the protests in texas over that law, it allows any citizen to sue anybody involved in the abortion. again, anybody can bring the case, and they can take that to court for money. we will be monitoring for what is happening in texas.

find me on twitter. i'm @scottmcgrew. and then the warriors, it comes after san francisco last month approved proof of vaccination for indoor events with 1,000 people or more. the city's health department will require everybody, including the players to adhere to the same rules, and staff has to be vaccinated by september 13th. >> not surprised by that, not in san francisco. kari has been monitoring the situations on both coasts. kari, not only on the east coast where they were dealing with the flooding and rain, and there was a tornado in maryland. >> yeah, just destruction from one side of the country to the other. here at home, we are dealing with the impacts of climate change as the fires burn hotter

and more land area, and higher in elevation. we are seeing this as the caldor fire crosses over the sierra, cresting and then going back down into the tahoe basin. that's the first view you get as you come around echo peak, and coming around into the lake tahoe basin. it's sad to see that happening this morning. as well as all the flooding we have seen moving over towards pennsylvania. this is just homes underwater, just historic flooding, unprecedented in some of the areas that we have seen. in some spots, over 13 inches of rain of the remanence of what was hurricane ida moving all the way up through pennsylvania, and this morning clearing out parts of the northeast. we can see where it is now as the rain is moving out of maine, and we are going to seat clearing out as we get a chance to see the water recede and clean up today. on the western shore of lake

tahoe, not close to the fires, but can you see all of the smoke the sun is rising through this morning. thought it was a stunning view this morning and very telling of what we are going to see in the bay area as we get more smoke coming in. our smoke index, our outlook shows we will see much more unhealthy smoke moving in, especially for the inland areas. this is the case going throughout the weekend as the fires continue to burn, a lot of them across northern california brought into the marine layer and it's going to move in for the weekend. today's temperatures, comfortable in the upper 70s and low 80s for the inland areas. we are getting ready for a heat-up going into labor day weekend. be prepared if you have outdoor plans this weekend, it's going to be hot and smoky and you want to limit your time outside, especially as the fires continue. we will monitor the weather conditions around the caldor fire. our inland temperatures going from the low 80s to the mid and upper 90s by sunday.

yes, it's going to be turning hot and then we get relief mid next week. mike, what is happening now as folks get ready to head out to work. >> highway 89 was open last time i checked, and over here you know the bay bridge, it's lighter than previous days. and then folks going a slightly higher speed in some spots, and that could mean more serious crashes. right now the big problem is highway 4. not a crash, but what i am imagining is construction or a crew, some roadwork there. look at this long drive. 70 minutes now through pittsburgh to walnut creek. that's the tough drive. everything else moving smoothly. happening now in the town that windsor, and this guy

resigned back in may after nine women accused him of sexual assault and misconduct. he's claiming the paperwork is a technicality to make sure the money is used correctly. i'm sharon katsuda live at the caldor fire where you can see active flames and thick smoke. we will have a live report coming up in just two minutes.

welcome back. before you head out the door, we are moving you forward with a look at the top stories here on "today in the bay." >> let's take you to the breaking news on the east coast. devastating flooding affecting millions of people. this is one of the problems. the rivers are overflowing their banks. this one in pennsylvania. our sister station is there flying its chopper over the damage there and we have seen some high water rescues as well. this new video is showing rain at its heaviest, water flooding streets and sweeping things away. 13 deaths are now confirmed in new york and in new jersey. the rains coming down hard and fast in less than 24 hours. all of it remanence of hurricane

ida now making its way north. the governors of new york and new jersey declared states of emergency. back here at home. still a very precarious situation in south lake tahoe at the edge of the caldor fire that already wiped up almost 600 structures. >> sharon katsuda is live. what can you tell us, sharon. >> reporter: that's right. the conditions are changing. with sunlight you can see that there's thick smoke coming up from the flames. earlier we saw an orange glow from the hillside there, and now we are just seeing plumes of smoke settling over the valley, and this is christmas valley where so many people evacuated because of these conditions. earlier we saw many firefighters in different areas. in riverton along highway 50, we saw the hills in that area lit

up to establish a line to protect the homes. the caldor fire has burned more than 200,000 acres, destroyed about 600 homes and structures and is now 23% contained. evacuees are looking for a place to stay to wait it out, and restaurants and businesses in tahoe city are temporarily closed even though they are not in the path of the fire. that's the latest from here. let's go to kari hall to talk about the forecast. >> sharon, they are going to have calmer winds, and hopefully they will get containment. we are looking at mid-90s as smoke returns to the inland areas. mike? >> highway 4, pittsburg in through concord, the bay jammed up. the bay bridge toll plaza, just a little slowing through richmond. we'll be back with you at

7:25 with live local news. >> here's a live look of what is happening from coast-to-coast. the fires in the lake tahoe area, as well as the east coast flooding there. we will continue to monitor those, and we'll have much more on that as well as on the "today" show coming up. good morning. breaking news. states of emergency. ida's remnants tear through the northeast with catastrophic results. at least eight people killed. an entire month of rain in just a few short hours turning roads to rivers, trapping drivers. thousands still stranded this morning. new york's subway system flooded and shut down. the storm spawning damaging tornadoes in new jersey and maryland, and this morning, the problems are far from over. with millions set to face a