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fog. 56 degrees right now and we are expecting another lovely day. it might be hazy at times, though. san jose, 85 degrees right now. we're going to get plenty of sunshine through the interior valleys. if you live around the coastline or the bay we'll stay in the 50s, not going to get too warm but in the interior valleys we're at 57 degrees right now. take a look at what happens around your lunch hour. bumping up to 87, 89 degrees and we are expecting to see some 90s in today's forecast. we're going to have high pressure roll if and talk about what that means for your forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> all right. see you soon. thanks. the recall election is the day after tomorrow and governor gavin newsom will be in southern california continuing his campaign to get californians to vote against recalling him. newsom was here in the bay area yesterday in oakland at a vote no event organized by the local

seiu union. among the many issues newsom spoke about, unity. >> californians live in the most diverse state in the world's most diverse democracy and that's a point of pride. that's a point of privilege, that we celebrate our diversity, we don't tolerate our diversity, we celebrate all those interesting differences but unite. >> tomorrow president biden will join newsom in long beach for the campaign's final rally against the recall. recent polls show newsom keeping his job by a fairly wide margin. republican frontrunner larry elder will continue his campaign in southern california today. just yesterday, he attended a 9/11 memorial in fullerton. he posted these photos on his twitter page. elder attended a lunch with homeless and disabled veterans and ended his day at a 9/11 commemoration at the reagan presidential library in sim mi valley. gop candidate kevin faulconer

dropped off his ballot in san diego yesterday. he's the former san diego mayor and among the top four republicans challenging governor newsom for his seat. faulconer urged everyone to get out and vote. >> make sure your vote is counted, make sure you're stepping up and really as i said making your voice heard. >> faulconer will be campaigning in los angeles tomorrow and then back to san diego for election day tuesday. and reality star turned republican candidate for governor cat caitlyn jenner was on the campaign center at the dream center in los angeles. the christian center offers resources to help homeless people get back on their feet. if you have any questions about the recall, we have an entire section voted to the recall at nbcbayarea.com. that includes where to drop your mail-in ballot, what to do if you would rather vote in person. just click on newsom recall it's at the top of our home page in the trending bar.

there were many events across the bay area yesterday to remember the victims and the heros of september 11th. on the 20th anniversary of the deadliest attack on u.s. soil. a memorial in hayward focused on the nearly 3,000 victims and how 9/11 impacted us all. here's "today in the bay's" marianne favro. >> reporter: tonight's candlelight ceremony was about remembering the victims of 9/11, giving people a chance to express their feelings. here, one person wrote "god bless all the victims, thanks to the flight 93 passengers for taking action." a moment of silence in hayward as a community heals together. don reed served in the army for 37 years. following the attack on 9/11, he served in evacuate and afghanistan. he has a message for younger generations. >> the hard lessons we gained will carry forward as well. carry forward the joy, we carry forward the wisdom.

>> reporter: as people wrote their thoughts and feelings on a banner, amber and her 3-year-old daughter added homemade decorations. >> i basically have been explaining to her as we were making decorations this morning that we lost so much that day, so many brave people. it was just a huge tragedy for our country. >> reporter: these siblings were born after 9/11 but say after learning of the tragedy and the actions of first responders, they both now hope to become firefighters. >> they didn't run away. they kept going. it's selfless. >> wanda green. >> reporter: at the flight 93 memorial in union city today, tiffany jackson remembered her aunt wanda green, a flight attendant on the highjacked plane. >> i think it just taught us again to appreciate each moment we have with each other and love each other. she was an incredible, loving person. very nurturing. and so that's how -- that's what

it remind mess to be. >> reporter: reuniting to remember the pain from the past and promise of the future. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. in los gatos, a powerful ceremony at the flame of liberty memorial. it pays tribute to the two los gatos high school graduates who were on flight 93 and fought the highjackers and diverted it to crash in shanksville, pennsylvania. highjackers intended it to crash into the capitol building in washington, d.c. the two men's heroics along with others on board saved countless lives on the ground. >> it's about honoring what happened 20 years ago in our town here, we had two members from flight 93, two heros that got a group together and stormed the cockpit, todd beamer and mark bingham, los gatos high school graduates. >> the flame of liberty memorial was dedicated in 2019. as we've all known 9/11 has

impacted so many people in a myriad of ways and as "today in the bay's" sergio quintana shows us it compels people to act. >> reporter: a fallen ceremony at the 9/11 memorial garden in napa includes leaders of christian, jewish and muslim faiths. this is by design. >> guide us on the right path. >> we welcome you all here, whatever your faith is, whatever -- whether you have faith or no faith at all. >> it's hard. >> reporter: this memorial has special significance, crafted out of steel beams that were pulled out of the collapsed world trade center towers. one of only a handful of tributes in the bay area that actually include those beams. some people brought items to add to the memorial, the recurring theme, unity. >> always become uni. let's do things or say things or

let our actions prove that we want to be all united. >> reporter: as this group of faith leaders in napa came together to mark the 20th anniversary of 9/11, another group from the bay area rode their bikes all the way to new york to mark the occasion. ten bicyclists left santa clara in early august escorted by the local fire department. the group is led by daryl sales, who retired from the department and was determined to be part of the memorial events in new york this weekend. >> we went to hook and ladder 3 fdny and was part of their ceremony they put on for their crew. >> reporter: ladder truck 3 is the rig that sits inside the 9/11 memorial museum in new york and while it was important that bay area riders marked this occasion with the nyfd, the ride across the country seemed to take on a special significance as the people along the way voiced appreciation for their

ride. >> we're so glad you did this ride and came through our community because you've allowed us to be a part of what you're doing. >> reporter: a lot has changed in 20 years, plenty of tragedy since then. sails says it was an honor to lead the ride and represent the best of the bay area along the way. sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. now to president biden who attended commemoration events at all three 9/11 memorial sites. in shanksville, pennsylvania, he spent time with the families of many of the victims on flight 93 and that flight was bound for san francisco from new jersey. the president praised their bravery for fighting back against the terrorists. >> all of you on that plane, knowing two terrorists in the cockpit, how many would say i have a good idea, let's go up and rush that cabin. even though you knew you were going to lose anyway, but one

thing to say i know i should step up, another thing to do it. that's genuine heroism. >> it is just shy of 7:10, much more head on "today in the bay," coming up live to washington, d.c., for our weekly interview with chuck todd for "meet the press." stay with us.

welcome back. time for our weekly discussion with chuck todd, political director and moderator of "meet the press." good morning to you. >> good morning. >> president biden this week announced vaccination mandates that would require millions of workers to get vaccinated or be tested regularly. obviously this is not without controversy. many republican governors already are planning legal action and you have one of those governors as your bests today, arkansas, governor asa hutchinson. what is he saying would be a better approach? >> look, he believes that his approach that he's been working on of persuasion, he made the

case that in arkansas -- look, he's -- he has been traveling the state over the summer, battling misinformation, expressing frustration over it, knowing that it's a problem, but his argument is that he thinks the mandate will only stiffen opposition and that persuasion is still the better approach. at the end of the day the question is, maybe persuasion works but does it work fast enough? that's i think what the biden folks are arguing is eventually we may get people there but it takes literally now about the only thing that seems to persuade people is a death in their own family from covid and that's a high price to pay on the persuasion front. >> i want so badly to talk to you about the recall election here because we have talked about it for a long time, two days away now, but i would be remiss if i don't talk to you about september 11th. we all paused to remember yesterday. you have a really unique

perspective today. you have many guests who were there, front row, 20 years ago. can you share one that stood out to you or any anecdote? >> well, i think what was almost uniform in the answers we had ten different folks, but i think about the last final words we heard from jeh johnson, former homeland security secretary under obama and condoleeza rice, both national security adviser and secretary of state under president bush and they both ended with -- i asked, two questions i wanted everybody to answer, which is what did we get right after 9/11 and what did we get wrong? they both pointed to our current divisions. jeh johnson said i don't know if another 9/11 happened if we could muster that unity without tearing each other apart. and condoleeza rice in other own ways echoed that, that her biggest worry our political divisions will get in the way of our ability to deal with existential threats. that seems to be a uniform

concern. we may have different ways of how to figure this out, but look, it may be, and this is sad to say, america's natural setting is polarization and unfortunately takes existential threats to get us to unify, sadly, apparently covid is not one of them. >> former president bush really did touch on that in his speech yesterday. >> yes, he did. >> it would be worth watching "meet the press" and then revisiting that speech from yesterday. chuck todd, as always, thanks for your insight. we look forward to seeing you at 8:00 this morning. we hope you do join chuck for "meet the press." in addition to those mentioned, he'll also have democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia take a look back on 9/11 and as he mentioned, look at what we've done right and what we've gotten wrong in responding as a nation. we hope you stick right here and then tune in to "meet the press" at 8:00 a.m. after this news cast. we're going to take a turn and talk about salesforce, taking a stand against a new

texas abortion law. the bay area business says it will help employees leave texas if they're worried about the new law that severely restricts abortion in the state. ceo marc benioff said in a tweet to employees that company will help workers relocate because it's, quote, their choice. the texas law bans most abortions after six weeks. as people argue many women know -- don't know whether they're pregnant yet. the united states crossed the 41 million covid case milestone late last night according to a new nbc news tally. after a slow and steady decline in the spring, cases have started to increase over the summer. 16 states and territories have seen a 25%s increase in the number of covid cases in just the last two weeks. as of last night, there were more than 662,000 coronavirus related deaths. back here locally more drama surrounding the sinking and

leaning millennium tower. san francisco building inspectors are trying to halt crews from resuming their work to fix it. they sent homeowners a letter requesting they wait until the city has a chance to figure out what went wrong with the first attempt before making a second attempt to fix the luxury tower. crews are trying to drive steel support towers down to bedrock. contractors stopped the work several weeks ago when they realized the tower had sunk another inch. it's leaning 22 inches at the top. a veteran engineer told us the so-called fix is just a mend. >> should never have begun this attempted fix and the recent events have served to indicate that they don't have a full understanding of what they're doing and it might well be time to terminate it. >> contractors, meanwhile, say

they've come up with a safer way to finish the millennium tower stabilization project. we will continue to follow progress on that. happening today, the vta is bringing more light rail trains back into service for commuters in the south bay. the blue line will completely reopen today. it runs north to south right through san jose. the green line meanwhile is the last remaining route where riders are waiting for all stops to reopen. service has been shut down or limited since the mass shooting at the vta yard earlier this year. one man is now in handcuffs for arson after he allegedly started a small fire in the north bay. witnesses saw 43-year-old jaycee ludwicki start a fire in a field behind the bay village shopping center. when officers arrived he was surrounded by several people who say they saw him light something on fire and drop it on the ground before trying to fan the flames. police say they found a lighter

on him who admitted to intentionally lighting the fire. fire crews quickly contained the flames. new video of a fire that shut down lanes along i-5 in southern california. the route fire started yesterday afternoon and quickly grew to nearly 400 acres shutting down the 5 in both directions near ka stayic. two firefighters were taken to the hospital with burn injuries. firefighters were making good progress battling the flames from the ground and skies. some lanes are still closed. the fire stands at 0% containment. perfect time now to check in with meteorologist vianey arana for a look at our microclimate forecast. a little bit ago you were telling me dry conditions and there was something else. >> a warmup is on the way. >> a warmup. >> it didn't sound like a good combination. >> you know, you see how quickly that fire started and can spread because of all the dry brush that we have out there. we have a little bit of a break yesterday with the cooling, but

i do want to start you off with this gorgeous shot of lake tahoe using the alert wildfire camera network. look at that sunrise over greater tahoe. we're still waiting to see what's going to happen in the next several days with fire containment and all of that but that is a stunning sight and over the next couple days we're going to see a couple changes here locally. let's take a look at walnut creek right now. 58 degrees. we're going to see a couple high clouds roll through. high pressure is going to start to dominate. around the coastline, look at this, the marine layer in san francisco right now, you can see the fog. it's about 56 degrees. we are going to remain for the most part seasonable today for the afternoon but going to bump up the temperatures in the interior valleys. 58 in san jose. in addition to the high clouds you might notice a little bit of hazy conditions out there, a little bit closer aloft. that means higher up in the surface. not as low down below. expecting good to moderate air

quality at times. 24 hour treasure change. not much in the way of temperature change yet but we're going to see a bigger difference in the week ahead. as far as your relative humidity we are going to be drying out. we're okay. 64%. 90% relative humidity. once that high pressure starts to take over, that dry air mass is going to lower some of the humidity and that's when we start to see concerns for elevated fire danger. your forecast, highs in san jose, 82, milpitas 80 and take look at the east bay, 73 for oakland, 90s in walnut creek, 92, 89 in danville, pleasanton 91, redwood city 81. heading to san francisco expect to be in the upper 60s. a light breeze for the west at about 16 miles per hour. and up through the north bay clearlake 87, santa rosa 87, novato through napa in the mid 80s. let's talk about the near surface smoke because we do have a little bit of a haze up top, but look at for the most part

heading into monday, some of that smoke clears out. still seeing some of the poor air quality concerns further up north right near the fires that are still actively burning and then we might get some of the mixing down heading into the week ahead. long range outlook right now a closer look at what we're expecting, high pressure dominates, warm up and looking out ahead into next saturday we may get a system that returns to our north that brings a change in temperatures and i wish i could say a lot of rain, but right now it's still pretty much far off to the north. enjoy today, another fantastic day to enjoy the outdoors for sure. kira. >> thanks. it is 7:22 right now. we want to offer a special thank you to everyone who showed up for our bay area proud blood drive yesterday. more than 100 people came to donate on the day of service for september 11th. this is the fifth year they have organized the event. stanford blood center tells us there's a critical short annual right now. the worrisome issue it only has

a three-day supply of 0 negative, universal donor type used to stock ambulances. yesterday 111 unuts of blood was collected. each unit has the potential to help three people. we want to thank everyone who participated. at 7:23, much more ahead on "today in the bay," coming up the wait is almost over. the 49ers kick off the season in detroit. what challengers do the niners face against the lions in week one. anthony flores is next with sports.

good morning, everyone. i'm anthony flores. the best team in baseball is the hottest team on the major league diamond. running their win streak to six in a row in chicago, top two with two on, brandon belt on a power trip. that's a three-run homer, part of a five-run inning for the giants. then in the fifth, they're up 9-3. tommy at the plate hits a

three-run homer caps a six-run inning for san francisco. the giants hammer the cubs 15-4. at the coliseum the a's were cruising against the rangers until the top of the eighth inning with two outs. jonna hymn crushes a homer. the rangers scored five runs in the inning. texas rallies to beat oakland 8-6. all right. it is officially game day for the 49ers. they will kick off the season later today in detroit. there are a lot of mysteries surrounding this lions team. a new head coach, a new staff, and they also have a new quarterback in marin native jared goff who was traded from the rams to the lions in the offseason. as for the niners they have high expectations. many football experts believe this team is built to make a super bowl run. >> feels like it's been a long time coming. preseason it's great to get your feet wet but, you know, there's nothing like regular season, especially having fans back. >> all you're hoping is you prepare the best you can and everyone can't wait for kickoff

because you want to shut off the mind and go. >> join nbc sports bay area for 49ers pregame live this morning at 9:00. newly retired joe staley joins the team as they get you ready for today's big game. stanford on the road at the l.a. coliseum to take on usc. just before the half, tanner mcghee fires a strike to the back of the end zone to bryson treymain. nice catch for the touchdown. the cardinal upset the number 14 trojans 42-28. on the pitch the quakes in texas to take on fc dallas. san jose out fast, six minutes into the match as they score on the penalty kick. the quakes took a lead into the livermore at halftime, dallas ties it in the second half. the match ends in a 1-1 draw. the quakes unbeaten in seven straight matches on the road. that's a look at your morning sports. i'm anthony flores for "today in the bay." >> thanks. it is 7:27. we do have much more ahead on "today in the bay."

coming up, the countdown to the recall election on tuesday. the final pushes from all candidates to get you to vote in their favor. powerful tributes across the bay area and the country as we remember local victims of 9/11 20 years later.

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50s. a cool start to our sunday. and we're even in the upper 60s down through portions of the south bay. so what are we expecting this afternoon? well we're going to be seeing lovely conditions when it comes to the sunshine, but still going to see some of that cloud cover through the first half of the morning in san francisco. take a look at what happens during the second half. we get more sunshine peeking through. dublin 57, but one of our warmer spots for this afternoon, upper 80s by the time you hit the lunch hour, expecting to see 90s in today's forecast. high pressure is going to roll in. we're also going to see a change into the week and go into more details in just a few minutes. kira. >> all right. we'll see you then. thanks so much. the recall election is the day after tomorrow. governor newsom will be in southern california today continuing his campaign to get californians to vote against the recall. newsom was in oakland yesterday at a vote no event organized by the seiu. parts of his speech focused on

diversity and unity. snoo >> californians live in the most diverse state in the world's most diverse democracy and that's a point of pride. that's a point of privilege that we celebrate our diversity. we don't tolerate our diversity. we celebrate all those interesting differences, but we unite. >> tomorrow president biden will join newsom in long beach for the campaign's final rally against the recall. recent polls show newsom keeping his job by a fairly wide margin. republican frontrunner larry elder, meantime will continue his campaign in southern california. gop candidate for governor kevin fokker dropped off his ballot. he's among the top four challenging governor newsom for his seat and faulconer is urging everyone to get out and vote. >> make sure your vote is counted, make sure you're stepping up and really as i said making your voice heard. >> he will be campaigning in

l.a. tomorrow and then back to san diego for election day tuesday. if you have questions about the recall we have answers on a section devoted to the recall at nbcbayarea.com. if you want to drop off your ballot somewhere, if you would rather vote in person, we have all the answers just click on newsom recall at the very top of our home page in the trending bar. there were many events across the bay area yesterday to remember the victims and the heros of september 11th. on this 20th anniversary of the deadliest attack on u.s. soil, a memorial in hayward focused on the nearly 3,000 victims and how 9/11 has impacted all of us. here's "today in the bay's" marianne favro. >> reporter: tonight's candlelight ceremony was about remembering the victims of 9/11, giving people a chance to express their feelings. here, one person wrote "god bless all the victims, thanks to the flight 93 passengers for taking action." a moment of silence in hayward

as a community heals together. don reed served in the army for 37 years. following the attack on 9/11, he served if ca wait kuwait and afghanistan. he has a message for younger generations. >> the hard lessons we gained will carry forward as well. carry forward the joy, we carry forward the wisdom. >> reporter: as people wrote their thoughts and feelings on a banner, amber and her 3-year-old daughter added homemade decorations. >> i basically have been explaining to her as we were making decorations this morning that we lost so much that day, so many brave people. it was just a huge tragedy for our country. >> reporter: these siblings were born after 9/11 but say after learning of the tragedy and the actions of first responders, they both now hope to become firefighters. >> they didn't run away. they kept going. it's selfless. >> wanda green. >> reporter: at the flight 93

memorial in union city today, tiffany jackson remembered her aunt wanda green, a flight attendant on the highjacked plane. >> i think it just taught us again to appreciate each moment we have with each other and love each other. she was an incredible, loving person. very nurturing. and so that's how -- that's what it reminds me to be. >> reporter: reuniting to remember the pain from the past and promise of the future. marianne favro, nbc bay area news. in los gatos, a powerful ceremony at the flame of liberty memorial. it pays tribute to the two los gatos high school graduates who were on flight 93 and fought the highjackers before crashing in shanksville, pennsylvania. the high jackers intended to crash the plane into the capitol building in d.c., but the two men's heroics along with

others on board saved countless lives on the ground. >> it's about honoring what happened 20 years ago in our town here, we had two members from flight 93, two heros that got a group together and stormed the cockpit, todd beamer and mark bingham, los gatos high school graduates. >> the flame of liberty memorial was dedicated in 2019. president biden attended commemoration events at all three 9/11 memorial sites. here in shanksville, pennsylvania, he spent time with the families of the victims on flight 93. that flight, you might know, was bound for san francisco from new jersey. the president praised their bravery for fighting back against the terrorists. >> all of you on that plane, knowing two terrorists in the cockpit, how many would say i have a good idea, let's go up and rush that cabin. even though you knew that probably they were going to do something and lose anyway, but one thing to say i know i should

step up and another thing to do it. that's genuine heroism. >> among the many 9/11 tributes yesterday, a retired flight attendant went the extra mile to honor the flight crews of all four planes highjacked. paul veneto made it to ground zero yesterday after walking hundreds of miles from boston. the entire time he pushed an airline beverage cart. he worked the same united airlines route as the flight that hit the south tower, but he was off work that day. many of his friends were working. yesterday he arrived and posted a picture captioned journey's end. money raised from his 220 mile walk will be donated to support 9/11 crew member families. yesterday was not just a day of reflection but action. september 11th is a national day

of service. californians lieutenant governor helped pack meals for those in need in san francisco. he joined hundreds of volunteers for a charity drive organized by 9/11 day. it's a national nonprofit group. the meal packs go to the san francisco marin food bank as 9/11 national day of service. if you are of a certain age you remember exactly where you were as you watched the events unfold, but almost a third of americans aren't old enough to remember. garvin thomas shares thoughts on what that means for all of us moving forward. >> reporter: it's no secret why this september 11th we're paying more attention than we did last year. or, frankly, will next. we are drawn to a round number like 20. but there is something else happening at this moment, something that makes two decades

worth noting. 9/11 is transitioning from recent history to just plain history. >> i think it's kind of a shock for those of us who remember this, to think that oh, no, we need to begin to his storize 9/11 for people who don't have that memory. >> reporter: nancy is a professor of history at santa clara university. she remembers when she first started seeing students too young to remember that day. but here's the thing, they're not all that young anymore. >> it's not just like oh, it's sort of startling there are people who don't remember this. pretty soon, you know, the major players in american society are going to be this bulk of the population that doesn't have a firsthand visceral reaction to that. >> reporter: that matters moving forward because in order to teach the lessons of 9/11 to following generations, we need to be able to articulate what those lessons are from heroism and war to security and

surveillance. the past 20 years have given us plenty of material to work with and work is what we all should do. not just the historians. it might be a good idea on this anniversary to take time and truly think about what the events of 9/11 have meant to you and your country and be open to sharing it because there are only going to be more and more people who need to hear it. garvin thomas, nbc bay area news. still to come on "today in the bay," at 7:40 the u.s. capitol police investigation into the january 6th attacks is complete. coming up at 7:45, the findings and why some officers are facing disciplinary actions.

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good morning. it is 7:44. i hope you enjoyed your saturday if you get a chance to go out

and about you're going to want to do that with today's fantastic weather. 58 degrees, waking up to sunshine but also some cloud cover out there. we've got high clouds inland and take a look at the fog in san francisco. this is a live camera right now. it's about 56 degrees and we are expecting another warm day in inland areas yet again. the sunshine about 58 degrees. wind speeds are calm and the current temperatures really just as you head out the door not too cold, not too hot, in the 50s and 60s overall. what can we expect for this afternoon? let's take a tour of the bay area. 86 in los gatos, 80 in san jose, east san jose 87 and we do still have a couple 90s through morgan hill and portions of concord, antioch, livermore, pleasanton, the interior still in the 90s for this afternoon. oakland meanwhile, 73 degrees. hayward 66. around the peninsula san mateo 74 degrees.

redwood city 81. in through san francisco in the upper 60s. a little bit of a breeze right now at about 15 miles per hour. overall take a look at your north bay temperatures. clearlake 87 degrees and wind gusts not expected to be a windy day but we could see a little bit of a breeze start to pick up through the afternoon between 3:00 and 4:00. especially for some of the interior areas. look at livermore, about 18, 20 miles per hour possibly in through the afternoon. and then sort of calms down heading into the overnight hours. what can we expect when it comes to the air quality? overall good to moderate. we might see some of the smoke aloft which pretty much means higher up, but, of course, still dealing with some of the poor air quality through portions of where the fires are actively burning. we could see the smoke start to mix in later tomorrow afternoon into the evening hours because of high pressure that's building in. it could trap some of the smoke at a surface level. long range outlook there is a system on saturday just to our north that could bring the

possibility of some late showers to the far north returning to next weekend. we're going to pay close attention to that and bring a bit of a cooling factor. a closer look. we have high pressure dominates monday into tuesday and thens the temperatures start to go back down into wednesday and thursday. we'll go from 90s in the forecast, back down to seasonable 80s through the interior valleys. enjoy your weekend. back to you. >> all right. thanks so much. it is 7:45. we'll be right back. your eyes. beautiful on the outside, but if you have diabetes, there can be some not-so-pretty stuff going on, on the inside. it's true, if you have diabetes, you know high blood sugar is the root of the problem. but that excess sugar can cause the blood vessels to be seriously damaged. and when that happens, this could happen,

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the u.s. capitol police announced their internal investigation related to the attack on january 6th is complete. they're recommending that six officers receive disciplinary action for their actions during the attack. the names of the officers have been withheld, but we've learned that in three cases officers behaved in a manner unbecoming of a capitol police officer. one case is for failure to comply with directives, another

case is for improper remarks and the final case for improper dissemination of information. here in california election day to decide whether to recall governor gavin newsom is tuesday. the states report 6 million ballots have been returned and 16 million remain outstanding. many questions remain about the process and the possible outcomes. we bring in nbc bay area political analyst larry gerston to provide answers for us. hi, larry, good morning to you. oh, i notice you have a new background there. looks very nice. >> thank you. >> is there any way to estimate how many of the remaining 16 million ballots are likely to be returned? >> that's a great question, kira. we give a range. let's say anywhere between about 4 million and 8 million, right in there, the lower the number the better for republicans, the higher the number the better for democrats. democrats traditionally do not

turn out well in special elections which this is. we'll have to see to the extent which governor newsom and his team has motivated them. >> you say democrats are not as likely to return their ballots but early reports point to overwhelming numbers of democratic voters so far, so what does that mean? >> couple of things. no, they're not -- usually is likely and that's why the governor has been working hard to say this is an important election you have to get out. that enthusiasm factor we talked about at the beginning looks like it may have been reduced. the other factor, kira, yes, democrats so far have voted heavily, but we don't know where they came from and where they're going. now let me say, first of all, we know that a number of them have come from the bay area, much more so than southern california. that tilts the outcome somewhat early. we also don't know to what extent democrats, while many of them voted no, how many voted yes on the recall. we've got some general ideas about who is doing what, but

there's a lot of votes out there and we don't know where they're going to come from or go and those of us who have sort of wrapped up this election already think about it again. >> some proponents of the recall have warned if they lose it will be because of a rigged election. we've heard this before. what are the chances of that happening? >> kira, this is replay of 2020 where we saw so many state elections reviewed, checked, reviewed again, audited, no widespread fraud. in california we're so careful about this. probably more so than almost every other state. you have to sign your name on the ballot, you know that in the back of the envelope when you send it in. the county lets you know they received your vote. the votes are counted. people are watching and observers. it's just about impossible, statewide, because every county does its own counting before they turn in the results to the state. so the idea that there's going

to be a rigged election, it may sound nice, it may sound appealing, especially if you're on the losing side, there just isn't data to confirm it. it's as simple as that. >> always with great insight there. i can hardly believe i'm going to say in a week from now, maybe we'll be talking about the actual outcome of this after this long. so it will be interesting to see you a week from today. as always, thanks to you. at 7:51, up next a quick look at the top stories we're following including a big name coming to california in support of governor gavin newsom, as all candidates make their final push ahead of tuesday. closer look at what to expect heading into your workweek. we're going to see a bit of a change, a warmup and cool down. full forecast coming up.

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here's a kwuk look at the top stories we're following including the recall election is the day after tomorrow. governor newsom will be in southern california today continuing his quest to get californians to vote against his recall. he was in oakland yesterday at a vote no event organized by the seiu. newsom touched on the importance of unity. >> californians live in the most diverse state in the world's most diverse democracy and that's a point of pride, that's a point of privilege that we celebrate our diversity. we don't tolerate our diversity.

we celebrate all those interesting differences, but we unite. >> tomorrow president biden will join newsom in long beach for the final push of the recall. recent polls show newsom keeping his job by a fairly wide margin, but we don't know how things will turn out tuesday. republican frontrunner larry elder is continuing his campaigning today in southern california. and another gop candidate for governor, kevin faulconer dropped off his ballot in san diego yesterday. he's the former mayor of san diego and is among the top four republicans challenging governor newsom. he's urging every californian to make their voice known. >> make sure your voice is counted and you're stepping up and making your voice heard. >> faulconer will be campaigning in l.a. tomorrow and will return to san diego for election day. if you have any questions about the recall, we have a section devoted to it at

nbcbayarea.com at the very top there in our trending bar. just click on newsom recall. happening today, the vta is bringing more light rail trains back into service in the south bay. the blue line will be reopened as of today. the green line is the last remaining route where riders are waiting for all stops to reopen. service has been shut down or limited since the mass shooting at its vta yard earlier this year. and on a much lighter note, we want to extend a big thank you to the dozens of people who showed up for the bay area proud blood drive yesterday. more than 100 of you showed up for the national day of service to donate blood in san jose. this is the fifth year our garvin thomas has organized the drive. stanford blood center tells us there is a critical shortage of all blood types right now. covid is a reason for that. most worrisome is it only has a three-day supply of 0 negative, that's the universal donor type

used to stock ambulances. 111 units of blood was collected yesterday and each unit has the potential to helps us help three people. let's check in with vianey. >> just in case you missed it earlier i want to give you one more view of how beautiful the sunrise is over greater lake tahoe. using the alert wildfire camera network, they're still fighting the fires and it's going to be a tough couple days when it comes to the heat, but it's going to be a beautiful day today. we are expecting to see hazy skies at times with some smoke aloft, but overall good to moderate air quality according to the air quality management district. temperatures will be in the 90s so hot in concord, antioch, hayward, but around the coastline in the mid and upper 60s. south bay expect to see 80s on the map and get ready because it's going to get warmer heading into the start of the workweek ahead. monday and tuesday, temperatures bump back up into the 90s.

kira, have a lovely day, everyone. >> vianey v a lovely day to you too. thanks to all of you for making us a part of your morning. no 5:00 or 6:00 news because sunday night football is back here on nbc. chicago bears at the l.a. rams. then we'll have news tonight at 9:00 and 11. have a great day. every single day, we're all getting a little bit better. we're better cooks... better neighbors... hi. i've got this until you get back. better parents... and better friends. no! no! that's why comcast works around the clock constantly improving america's largest gig-speed broadband network. and just doubled the capacity here. how do things look on your end? -perfect! because we're building a better network every single day.

i may not be as pretty. i'm not a cable tv personality or an entertainer like larry. i'm the businessman, the only cpa running for gov ernor. california is a mismanaged mess. taxes, cost of living, water, wildfires, homelessness. these aren't political issues; they're readily fixable management issues. career politicians? celebrities? i've solved problems all my life. let's fix this great state!

this sunday president biden's vaccine mandate plan. >> this is not about freedom or personal choice. >> with cases rising. >> folks, our hospital situation has never been more dire in my lifetime than it is right now. >> the president announces sweeping mandates to get americans vaccinated. >> we're going to protect vaccinated workers from unvaccinated co-workers. >> calling out politicians and others for resisting vaccines. >> we've been patience. our patience is wearing thing and your refusal has cost all of