thank you for joining us i am marcus washington. >> temperatures in some places are a little bit lower but there are growing concerns about lightning strikes. this is video from last night

just south of us in hollister. firefighters across the region are on high alert. lightning and southern california turd deadly yesterday. a woman and two dogs were killed and it happened here the riverbed in pico rivera south of los angeles. we are carefully tracking the conditions. gary, still dry conditions out there in the lightning possibility shaking things up for us. >> when you have such dry vegetation a lightning strike can smolder for a couple of days and then can start to ignite into a new wildfire. so we have that concern and we have to watch even past the lightning threat over the next few days we are seeing thunderstorms south of the i-5 corridor just south of that area and we've seen some lightning over the sierra foothills moving into the central valley in the last hour there were 19 lightning strikes

moisture streaming into the bay area. if you are stepping out the door in santa rosa temperatures low 60s but it feels muggy and we start out with high humidity and gradually the air dries out and we will see a hot day here in santa rosa 84 degrees at 1:00. we will look at our microclimates and talk about the weekend forecast coming up in just a minute. developing you right now. san francisco police want to talk to the man you see right here on your screen. this is the man who is a person of interest in the deadly shooting on the muni train. sadly, one person died. sierra, what are police saying about this? >> good morning, merck's. >> : police are saying be on the lookout for the individual. we will put those pictures up for you again. can a person of interest involving the other muni train shooting. according to this book person

around 10:00 the agent heard the shot at the train where police were at the station and they encountered two victims. one person killed by a bullet in the other believed to be a bystander suffering from non- life-threatening injuries and that shooter ran off the train. pride was taking place across the city and police do not believe this is a hate crime but rather an isolated incident. >> i want to share with the community that this incident does not appear to have any connection to target any communities. >> here is that picture of the person of interest. anyone with information is urged to contact police. as for the victim we are learning the name of the 27- year-old and the second victim,

a 70-year-old man was treated for non-life-threatening injuries. be on the lookout for the individuals featured in those photos released by san francisco police. we are live. sierra johnson. >> the man had a mask and he might be wearing that and that bag. if you see somebody with that. sierra, thank you. >> a breaking story on our app yesterday morning. stay informed by downloading the mbc area map it is free and available in your app store. get my breaking stories and customize your weather alerts january smith committee begins its fifth hearing in a matter of hours and today lawmakers are going to focus on how former president trump pressured the justice department to declare election fraud. >> christopher long live in washington and chris, this is the last hearing scheduled for this month, right?

>> yes. that is right, marcus and chris. good morning to you. the committee is expected to focus on looking at former president trump's threat to oust jeffrey rosen as a search for someone willing to investigate his bogus claims of election fraud. reformer justice department officials including rosen are expected to testify before the committee but after today the committee will postpone hearings until next month. he says the committee continues to receive additional evidence relative to the investigation and needs time to come through the new findings he said they received hours of additional video of former president trump from documentary to maker alex holder plus the committee and talks to her of jamie thomas wife of clarence thomas, justice. the next hearing will be held in july. >> chris malone in washington and thank you.

>> our special coverage of today's january 6th hearing begins at noon and watch it live right here on nbc bay area. still possible that jurors will begin to deliberate on the second and command at theranos. the basic charge is similar to those brought against theranos under elizabeth holmes. she was convicted by jurors in february. the defense team continued their closing argument in the prosecution wrapped up their side. nbca has been in the courtroom throughout the case. foul on twitter for closing arguments and jury deliberation. one of the largest e- cigarettes in the nation might get snuffed out. they are ordering jewel to remove their vaping products. so far it has not been officially confirmed but it comes after a two-year review

of data provided by the company. they came under scrutiny after they tried to hook young people with their fruity and sweet flavors. a major push to ban menthol cigarettes. the health agency taking public comments until july 5th and it shows menthol cigarettes are specifically targeted to black and communities of color. we spoke with an expert at the nation's largest health philanthropy about the number of lives lost every year because of smoking. >> menthol cigarettes are bad here in california and many other states. the fda band would stop sales everywhere. all right, let's take a live look at san francisco. look at that nice blanket of fog. it highlights the pride flag growing there in the distance. things are looking more cool

and comfortable and what about the rest of the folks around the bay area? >> there will be a wide range in temperature as a result of the fog rolling over san francisco and it will keep it nice and comfortable there. highs this afternoon mid 70s and you compare that to what you will feel across the bay in oakland reaching 82 and 92 in gosling and 92 in san jose and 98 in fairfield while santa rosa reaches 90 degrees today. it's hot for the valleys but the comfortable weather continues for those coastal areas in the breezy wind picking up. not much of a difference on saturday but lower humidity and for some spots it will feel more comfortable. otherwise, temperatures are well above normal. well above normal even for this time of year. we will have a look at that lightning. we are looking at where we can find slightly lower gas prices. that's right.

the goal is to at least find spots under $6. let's take a look in san jose. you can fill up her $5.97 a gallon at the excel gas on north first street. in concord the prices at the arco on monument boulevard is for $5.99 a gallon and in fairfield at the bond fire station on walters road, prices are at $5.89 per gallon. i know it is pricey but some spots you can pick through. let's take a look at how your traffic is doing. i have a couple of sore spots. the good news is there is no major accidents to report. we've got flowing into the tri- valley. it stays slow from 205 to the 580 stretch into the altamont pass. this is just building a

commute. an accident and overnight construction doesn't help either. also seeing slowness due to overnight construction. you can see it there. look at drive times coming up in just a few minutes. the summer vacation rush is in full effect. if you been to the airport you know it is crowded. and as we look this morning we have some steps to keep in mind if you are headed on a trip somewhere so you can avoid spending too much money just ahead. . one for the money, two for the show. the king of rock 'n' roll reborn on the solar screen. we will pre-be with hitting screens today. stick around. much

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happy thursday to you. it is 6:13 a.m. as you head out on the east bay we are preparing for a mild but muggy morning with mid 60s now and it will be a hot day but at least the humidity will be dropping and we get more sunshine. we have a wide range in temperatures with fog rolling into the coast and a look at all of our microclimates coming

up. it is during a slowdown from westbound toward the bridge and that's because the metering lights have been turned on so you want to head out now. no accidents on the bridge or the dunbar bridge and we will talk more about this coming up. wall street looks poised for a bit of a rally as we look at the future suggesting a jump at the open. the market started off in green yesterday but reversed course later in the day after federal reserve chairman said higher interest rates could lead to a recession. meanwhile, corporate america grappling with another round of layoffs. master class, offering celebrity taught classes is cutting its workforce by 20% citing the worsening economic department. j.p. morgan cutting jobs in its mortgage position and about half being shifted to other departments rising interest rates and slowing refinancing

and homebuying demand struck and soaring travel rates are giving airlines across the country. >> let's look live at sfo where the last few weeks travelers were stranded because of flight delays and staffing related cancellations for travel experts predict more destruction and chaos to come and they recommend waiting and holding off on your next trip until later this summer which will see some trouble in maybe some money. >> you do want to travel the summer tried to travel the last two weeks of august you will save $120 on airfare and up to $100 on the weekend hotel stay. later in the summer there will be lower prices but use a price monitoring tool so you can have live updates of what prices look like in the desk nation you want to go to. >> see the full interview including more tips on beating story travel costs on the today

show coming up at 7:00. right. trending this morning. i'm all shook up. are you shook up? >> yes. so, elvis, debut movie. let's take a look. it is so funny. we've seen so many movies depicting elvis' life. this one is a biopic that officially opens in pictures tomorrow in the bay area theaters will show the film tonight. the oscar-winning director will give or take and which stars, tom hanks in this one and you won't recognize him. he is playing colonel tom parker in the movie already getting some generally positive reviews of their. i've seen those clips and i am very interested. >> or is it you saying that the

movie is about elvis have been better than the movies elvis was in? >> i did not say that. >> okay. yeah. so i mean but you know, the movies are always really good. people are still fascinated with this man passed away more than 40 years ago. there you go. he is the king of rock 'n' roll. that's what they say. a soundtrack saturday morning in our house for lunch and pine- sol and elvis and singing. very nostalgic or totally. this is nostalgic. growing up in kentucky with the storms we've had moving close to the bay area in this community we are feeling. this morning it's a muggy start and we have seen some lightning strikes visible last night in the south county because of how close it was and we have a

lightning strike and picked up on i-5. more lightning in the sierra foothills moving toward the central valley were in the last hour we've seen 12 lightning strikes and there has been rain as well while the humidity stretches into the bay area. you can see the clouds giving us a beautiful sunrise as we wake up and head out in san jose and another hot day. the humidity will decrease. even though we are in the upper 80s and low 90s today it won't feel as hot as it has the past few days and this is well above normal as we head toward 96 degrees in livermore. 95 concord. santa rosa reaching 90 degrees and take a look at san francisco cooling down and in the mid-70s thanks to the fog rolling in. the fog keeps it cool over the weekend while the valley is dealing with sweltering heat reaching into the mid-90s and there's not much of a change on

saturday. outdoor activities are mostly warm in the valleys were comfortable for the interbay and coastline. here is what is going on. we have the monsoon which is the remnants of a tropical system that moves into the desert southwest. when you have high pressure in the perfect position it moves the moisture into the bay area in the shows water vapor imagery. where the screen is humid and moist verdis brown it is dry her gradually that what air and humidity is moving out as we go into today. that's why the sky is clearing and it will feel much more comfortable. unfortunately there is nothing that will help us cool off. we will continue to see highs in the low 90s through the weekend of san francisco has that saving grace of the fog keeping it in the low 70s there and it will be perfect for the pride celebrations this weekend. any problems now for the

commute? it's been pretty smooth. it has but it's building into contra costa county. if this is part of your morning commute you want to head out now. from pittsburgh to walnut creek you are looking at 32 minutes. meanwhile to walnut creek about 20 minutes but if you look at the color change thereto real- time they are showing slowing. southbound succeeded to walnut creek and doing okay and within 10 minutes and a quick look now and your overall view of the bay area we have some slowing into santa cruz and highway 17 pretty normal especially around 620 and we still have the slowing coming in from tracy along the altamont pass, along 580 you can see the red and the yellow through there. we don't have any main accidents to tell you about in the bridges are doing good and we have a little bit of slowing from westbound 80 to the bay

bridge toll plaza and that's because the metering lights were turned on. we will have more coming up in a few minutes. okay. we rented a car and returned it and now it's reported missing. our response team helps one viewer who settled the claim that he was responsible for a stolen vehicle he had given back strike as we had to break a shout out. we are going to miss teara johnson smile and spirit and provided a lot of needed information for bay area for the last two years and we appreciate that hard work. she's moving back home and has accepted a job as an anchor in her home state. if you want to wish sarah good luck find her on

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if you worth county on writing part and zach klein you can count on a 15 minute delay at least. singletrack service will continue to allow crews time to repair the damaged track that triggered this week's partial derailment. we are getting a look at dashcam video from this incident. look at the left-hand side of your screen.

the smoke in the cloud appears to be the moment the train derailed. the cloud pops up and the train appears to come off the tracks. park says extreme heat was a factor. it is not clear when full service will resume. the hertz rental car company now offering a settlement for some customers who mistakenly ended up in handcuffs or had their rental cars repossessed our consumer team, first shadow this story back in april. a sunnyvale man complained even though they had the contract or return the rental car hertz reported the car stolen. some suit and will one east coast attorney says that more than 200 people got caught up in this and hurts is now offering to settle with 40 of them. in a statement, hertz said this is the first set of offers and is not exhaustive. we are moving to all the claims to injure each unique situation is reviewed and considered on its individual merits.

hertz not enclosing the amount of the settlement hour for and has not explained why a reported those cars stolen in the first place. >> that would be mortifying. a woman inspired a lot of us to organize home iton netflix she learned of herbreas she is going on one on one with the today show, vinegar three, hoping her story will save lives. >> you save your own life by knowing your own body and trusting yourself and not letting it go. >> correct. >> i would have been in a different place right now. i did not know it would be cancer. i have no how serious my cancer would be in. >> here the full interview coming up at 7:00 here in the bay. we are following a summer

survivor of a shark attack just south of the bay area. >> we will tell you about the anniversary that takes a much greater meaning and we hear from the couple that rushed to that rescue. a decision later today that could poibly overtussrn wanna help kids get their homework done? well, an internet connection's a good start. but kids also need computers. and sometimes the hardest thing aboufinding a place to . so why not hook community centers up with wifi? for kids like us, and all the amazing things we're gonna learn. through project up, comcast is committing $1 billion dollars so millions more students can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities.

6:30 a.m. lightning strikes lighting up the night sky. tracking the potential fire risk and how long these conditions will last. there are four or five levels of attacks on abortion rights if the protections of roe are listed. avoiding the supreme court ruling that may overturn roe v. wade. we are talking about other efforts to limit reproductive rights even in states like california. streaming live for you on roku, amazon fire tv, apple tv and online. thanks so much for joining us on this thursday morning. i am kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> i and marcus washington. first we want to talk to meteorologist carrie hall about

some lightning begotten in this area. >> crazy weather and from gilroy you can see all this lightning and the thunder storms nearby. a lot of it just do that south of our area lighting it up just because the skies were clear away from the thunderstorms and you can see it from a really far distance and we have seen those lightning strikes continue through the overnight hours with activity over i-5 just south of los panos and we seem activity over the sierra foothills and moving into the central valley. unless our 12 lightning strikes in that activity winding down but the humidity is still stretching into the bay area and we see the fog rolling in from the coast across the golden gate bridge in such a beautiful start to our morning but that will create a wide range of temperatures with coastal areas getting a cooldown with highs in the mid 70s and we are still in the mid to upper 90s for the inland

valleys. it will feel better because the humidity will not be as high. in watching this as we head into the weekend. we will talk about those events coming up in a few minutes. for the morning commute it seems like it's been fairly smooth. >> it really has, kari. aside from some slow spots, we do have delays around westbound 580 if you look at this map you can see driving to the altamont pass and i did check to see if there were accidents or anything like that. it could be billed about the morning commute and overnight construction causing the delays and we see some slowing a long north vasco road, along that stretch. you want to head out now. bridge drive times overalls looking good. i did notice some slowing a long westbound 580. remember i talked about that stretch. heading to the richmond bridge and it did go up to nine

minutes the lights are turned on at the bay bridge toll plaza and if you are traveling westbound 80 toward the bay bridge get ready for a 12 minute commute to their your peninsula drive times looking good from south on 1012 venice avenue to sfo and about 11 minutes is bay drive times now and a little bit of slowing a long westbound 82 highway four and the bay bridge about 20 minutes and more, northbound 80 both directions noticing a boost in traffic. you can notice a change in their. 20 minutes. westbound 580, 282 the bay bridge about 15 minutes. 6:33 a.m. and as early as today the u.s. supreme court could release its long-awaited ruling in the future of roe v. wade. the draft opinion by political suggested legalized abortion was in jeopardy nationwide. >> today, bob even in states like here in california reproductive rights are facing

an uncertain future with the back good morning to you marcus and chris it is estimated without those protections stemming from roe v. wade at the women in the u.s. could lose of right to an abortion and it could be immediate. planned parenthood here in california tell us they've already seen an increase in women who are coming from out of state or an abortion here in california because of last september's law in texas that limits that states right to an abortion. we know how the u.s. supreme court is leaning because the majority of justices are conservative and because of that leaked draft opinion and justice samuel alito indicates the court will strike down the president as it dates back nearly 50 years. roe v. wade detected the right to choose by protecting women from government restriction. if and when it is overturn a political state professor said it would be on a woman's right to choose coming from several

different directions. >> what we have been hearing most about is the things that have trigger bands that they have passed over the last 40 years that site in the event that roe v. wade is reversed our state is going to make abortion illegal and that goes into effect immediately. >> in addition to the trigger laws, some have been passed since 1973, some states have laws still on the groups criminalizing abortion and those could become operational again. congress could take action and even states like california which support abortion access could be subject to federal law people opposed to abortion rights believe abortion takes the life of an unborn child and therefore murder the u.s. supreme court did add four more day in which it could release opinions in this opinion does not come out today, it could come out tomorrow and later today vice president kamala harris meeting with state

attorney general to discuss how to better protect a woman's access to abortion. reporting live, bob ravel. >> bob, thank you. 6:35 a.m. and there is no let up in soaring gas prices for people trying to make it in the bay. some hope that congress will approve president biden's gas tax holiday which would save about $0.18 per gallon for the next three months, $0.24 a gallon for diesel. in the meantime california averaging $6.36 per gallon and 36 more than a month ago. patrick dehaan says even the prices are going up vehicle traffic remains steady. >> pointing to americans hitting the road and increasing numbers. it is not surprising given the fact that live four is just a couple weeks away and weather is warming up and americans have an insatiable appetite to

get out. we checked with aaa and they predict a record 42 million americans will hit the road for the fourth of july holiday. beaches in pacific grove near monterey will be closed through saturday. this is in the wake of a shark attack that seriously injured swimmer there. new surveillance video showing people trying to assist the victim. friends identify as the rumor. they say he is awake and talking but no update on his condition the attack happened sunday morning near the waters near monterey bay aquarium. one husband and wife just happened to be celebrating their anniversary and they were among their first reaching out to the victim trying to get him to safety about 150 yards offshore. >> he was hemorrhaging a lot of blood. it was all around. i tried to pull him onto my board and i could see he had a

deep laceration in his left arm. spray they say the victim was bitten in his torso and liked. fortunately there was a doctor and nurse in short they were able to assist him until first responders arrived. it is not clear what kind of shark was involved. experts believe it may be a great white which often swims closer to the store sure this time of year. a live look from san jose as the sun comes up over the hillside. our photojournalist did say they saw some lightning in the distance this morning as well. it looks peaceful. jerry hall is tracking that and it has been a little while though. >> it was nice to see the beautiful sunrise that we get from the tropical moisture. as we head into the weekend humidity is dropping with a lot of events happening this

weekend where we can enjoy the sunshine. san francisco is a great place to cool up with pride festivities going on upper 60s tomorrow, 65 saturday and 70 degrees sunday where the parade begins at 10:30 a.m. and we have some fog but it will clear up and be a really nice day. if you are in the inland area is hot and the alameda county fair going on in pleasanton. if you can get there early in the day or late in the evening the middle of the afternoon is dangerous to be out there for several hours. highs in the low 90s and for the seer south lake tahoe highs in the upper 70s. just watching out for a chance of an isolated thunderstorms on saturday. sunday in the low 80s for highs. it will be warm in sonoma valley. reaching into the upper 80s hitting 90 degrees on sunday. those mornings will be nice and cool starting out at 60 degrees. how is the commute going now? 6:39 a.m.

and pretty normal for it to build around this hour and into parts of the south, i don't have any big accidents to tell you about 880 in both directions you can see the yellow and the orange slowing through that stretch. of course, westbound 582 tracy we have been monitoring that and that has managed to be one of our slowest spots this morning. let's see how the south bay temperature is doing as well. i want to check on northbound 101 and i was noticing a buildup from highway 85 about 22 minutes. northbound 85 from highway 10120 minutes and meanwhile into the tri- valley the road to 680 and about 15 minutes. thank you. cases growing in california. coming up. what you can do to protect you and your family. here is a report no one

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happy thursday to you. it is 6:43 a.m. a little bit of a breeze and we are starting out muggy conditions. a little more sunshine and we will continue to see the sunshine today from 60 degrees to the mid 80s by this afternoon and we have some lower humidity coming in.

still warm afternoon and we will take a look at the range in temperatures and a look ahead to the weekend coming up. a live look right now at the san mateo bridge. look at that. it is moving along bumper-to- bumper there and i do have some slow spots to tell you about. stick around and i will be back in just a few minutes. new details in the fallout from the recent texas school shooting. the school's police chief accused of dropping the ball that they is now on administrative leave. the leader of the state department of safety heaps new criticism on chief arrondando saying the police were too slow confronting the gunmen. 21 people died that day, 19 students and two teachers. they are waiting to wrap up before making any permanent personnel decisions. happening today the world health organization meeting to talk about monkeypox.

i sat down with ussf infectious disease after to talk about the concerns. and we began talking about the likelihood of the w.h.o. declaring talks a public health emergency. >> what has been happening now is we have been seeing more and more cases and many of these cases do not have known contact. that means it is in the community and not being diagnosed. if you look in the uk they are diagnosing may be five times as many cases as the u.s. it reminds me of where we are in the covid pandemic when we were just seeing the tip of the iceberg. we have a pcr test and it's really trying to be deployed now. it's a little bit talk because i think it is hard to recognize

these lesions and to get access to a test in a timely fashion. >> a lot of people this summer are going to be traveling and going to amusement parks and you will be around a lot of people. what can we do to protect ourselves? >> you know, i think on the big scheme of things, monkeypox is going to be a great threat to the general population at this moment. in terms of monkeypox you know, not being around someone who is ill and if you see a suspicious rash tried to get it evaluated and if you are being contacted as a contact with somebody with monkeypox, don't panic. there are vaccines and medicines we can use nobody has really died. this is not the same scheme as covid. >> dr. peter john has a lot to say. go to nbc area.com and we have

more in the monkeypox situation. now to news that no one wants to hear. three area features listed among the most polluted anywhere on the west coast. the environmental group just released its annual top 10 each bomber list. three peninsula beaches, the contract park, lake shore park and marlins park. all have been on the list before experts say because they are all enclosed it diminishes the water circulation there. not good news. >> it is a sad day here in the bay area right here on today in the bay. sierra johnson's last j. >> we are happy, very happy for her she gets to go home and before she leaves we want to take a quick trip down memory lane. >> i can't even believe how big these pumpkins get. i can barely keep them alive.

this is really cool and i know we are in the midst of the pandemic. a portion of the activities especially the flyover taking place behind me and you can see them working on the packing and setting up strengths in the table for the events moving park here and particularly calistoga as well as continuing to fight. we have more experience and a great checkout and beautiful and it's nice to get around. good morning once again i think i have the best live shot of the morning. it's that smile and it is such an infectious smile and her personality matches that. sierra, we will miss you. we really are. >> it is a gift to go home you

get to be reporting and anchoring in the town where your cousins and friends are and it is so cool. >> so excited. this has been such an awesome experience everyone was so kind and helpful. i had just fallen in love with the weather and the people. i am just so happy to have even spent any time here. >> you never stop wearing your coat living in san francisco so you will have them ready to go in ohio. >> nice codes too. you think about it and you did come at a time during the pandemic where we did not get together as much as we all wanted to especially when you first got here and i think we have all been able to have good moments here and there and i will say it has been a pleasure to work alongside you and know you been working on the anchor desk from time to time and your smile is infectious whenever i

see it. it really does make me happy never change that and who you are and i cannot wait to see all the things you will do. >> you have the best smile. one day we did go to lunch. >> honestly the delay busted out. send us pictures of that one. >> it was fun. thank you so much, cierra. you smile the whole time. and you, cierra. we will miss you. >> you maybe next me i will have to drive to ohio to seek sierra. let's see what's going on in oakland as you wake up and head out. it is a busy start to our thursday morning and we are

tracking shower and thunderstorm activity we've seen across the region to give up that humidity. we had the clouds moving in and lightning strikes being seen from the south county is still some activity over the sierra this morning moving across the central valley and the said humidity is what we are feeling and it will be hot day. thankfully the humidity is dropping of he hit 96 degrees in sam martin today and 92 dublin. low 90s in the northbay but san francisco thanks to the fog moving in highs reaching into the 70s, low 70s tomorrow there and you can see the wide range in temperatures continue but the monsoon moisture will be moving out. gradually the humidity is decreasing. still upper 80s and low 90s and well above these temperatures and really nice in san francisco. this is the place to be without the pride celebrations going on. how is it looking for the

commute? >> is getting busy. i will have to text to make sure i can see everything. we won't miss cierra. our drive times are slowing down. westbound 580 from gremlin road, 26 minutes. about 15 minutes here and meanwhile your east bay drive times now it is trying to get busy along the westbound 80 stretch from highway more to the bay bridge. about 24 minutes in those lines and then offer quite some time. westbound 580 from 238 to the bay bridge for 17 minutes northbound 880 to 238 to the bay bridge and looking at 60 minutes. your peninsula drive times doing okay so far. upon 101 from venice avenue to sfo. about 13:00 minutes and it's starting to get slow around

northbound one of fun to highway 85 and no major accident to report and hopefully it stays that way through the rest of your thursday morning and afternoon commute. >> thank you, vianey. marin county extending the pandemic eviction moratorium once again and it will end september 30th as opposed to the end of this month. the rule only impacts people living in unincorporated areas of the county, however. the moratorium was first put into effect in march of 2020. next a look at the top stories. we are tracking wild weather including lightning strikes a potential fire threat. a search for person of interest in the deadly shooti in a muning t

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by gunfire or that person is expected to survive and police say the gunman ran from the train at the castro station and they say it appeared to be an isolated incident and not a related crime. i want to share with the community that this incident does not appear to have any connection to pride events does not appear to target the lgbtq community. >> here is another look at the person of interest. anyone with information is urged to contact police. the january 6 committee hearing begins its fifth day in just a matter of hours. today they examine former push to get the justice department to declare election fraud after today the next committee hearing won't happen until july because committee members say they need time to look at recently obtained new evidence. our special coverage of today's january 6 hearing starts at noon our time and watch that

live right here on nbc bay area. nurses at the medical center today will conclude there today labor strike. so there are demanding changes to staffing and pay a new contract talks at a standstill. the hospital said the contract now on the table offers fair benefits including a 12% wage increase. of foul up now this morning at san francisco's lowell high school will return to performance-based admissions. last night the new school board voted to make the changes effective the foul up 2023. that is despite a recommendation from the superintendent to continue with the lottery based admissions fi switch to a lottery system two yempatures across some places in the bay area cooling down but there are growing

concerns about lightning strikes. this is from the south bay in gilroy. firefighters remain on high alert. meteorologist cary hall has been monitoring this. kari, these lightning strikes are scary given the dry brush we have across the state. >> it will take a few days to see the full impacts of the fire starts and we are still seeing lightning strikes to the east. humidity high in the bay area which into the low to mid 90s and not much of a cool down for the weekend much nicer in san francisco. as the fog returns we see that this morning and we will continue to see cooler weather there. vianey has a look at the commute. it's definitely a lost slower through the westbound 80 stretch. heading toward the bay bridge 18 minutes in the metering lights have been on for quite some time and you can expect that toll bridge backup and

about 13 minutes and westbound 84 toward the dunbar bridge about nine minutes and i want to say we will miss cierra for sure. we will be back with more live local news. >> join our newscast at 11 good morning president biden calls on congress to pass a national gas tax holida good morning, pump the brakes. president biden calls on congress to call a national tax gas holiday. but critics on both sides of the aisle lining up against the idea. >> the silly proposal that senior members of their own party have already shot down. >> this morning, the tough road ahead and what it means for any