right now at 4:30, shaken and shocked. a couple nearly escaped gunfire on the east bay freeway. the moment it was caught on camera and what they want you to know. breaking news from overseas. uk prime minister boris johnson plans to step down today. the anticipated announcement we expect any moment.

thanks so much for joining us on this thursday morning. i am kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. we are working on the commute and keeping the phone down. here is a look at the forecast and what music will we play for the forecast today? >> it is another foggy day and the song is on repeat, playing over and over again. rolling across san francisco once again with temperatures into the upper 50s. cool air to start the morning and we start to see the sun peeking out into the late morning. the high reaching up to 66 degrees with a high of 71 in oakland with upper 70s in livermore. at fairfield heading up to 85 degrees. we will still have warm air for some of the inland valleys but it will get even hotter for

some of the inland areas heading into the weekend. what is going on with the commute? >> the commute first off is waking up. opposite eastbound 80 and it looks like everything getting away from the bridge at speed. that will probably be on the shoulder by the time you get there, anywhere in the east bay. carteret county smooth drive. british prime minister boris johnson reportedly preparing to resign according to two senior government officials. let's take a listen to what he is saying now. >> in europe, the past six exit from lockdown and in the last few months leading the west in standing up to the putin aggression in ukraine. let me say now to the people of ukraine, that i know that we in

the uk will continue to back your fight for freedom for as long as it takes. at the same time, in this country, we have been pushing toward a vast program of investment, infrastructure and skills, and technology. the biggest in a century. it is the genius, talent and enthusiasm, imagination evenly distributed throughout the population. opportunity is not. that is why we must keep the leveling up and keep unleashing the potential in every part of the united kingdom. if we can do that in this country, we will be the most prosperous in europe. in the last few days i tried to persuade my colleagues that it would be eccentric to change governments when we are delivering so much, and when we have such a vast mandate, and we we are early handed behind the points in the polls. this is even after months of relentless sledging but the

economic scene is so difficult domestically and internationally. i regret to not be successful in those arguments and of course it is painful. >> this is the resignation speech of boris johnson, prime minister of the uk. this was expected after a wave of resignations came from his office. bello conservative party members losing faith with him of the last 36 hours or perhaps even longer than that. we know that boris johnson agreed to resign. that is him touting his successes during his tenure. we will continue to follow this for you throughout the morning. it is 4:34. we bring you back close to home with a very close call story that could be haunting this bay area couple forever. the seven minute drive from their home turned into a nightmare for this couple. >> they were driving on 580. they have dashcams.

the bullet cut through the windshield. the pieces of glass hit the face of the woman. the dashcam was rolling the whole time. we spoke with a couple still trying to process what happened . this is cheryl hurd. >> reporter: it was supposed to be a normal drive on eastbound 580 when suddenly this happened. >> honey, are you okay? they just shot through our window. >> reporter: all caught on the dashcam inside of their car. >> 10 seconds onto the freeway where the first vehicle's passenger got outside of his window and fired back at the other vehicle. the bullet had entered roughly around here. >> reporter: derek mason explaining to us exactly what happened when the bullet nearly missed that head of his fiancie when driving from oakland to pleasanton. at grand avenue they saw two

cars driving erratically around the before the shooting. tino quickly realizing it was a close call. >> i broke down at least a minute after that time because i saw the bullet hole in the windshield and how it kind of went past me. >> reporter: that was three weeks ago but she cannot bring herself to look at the video. >> just knowing that my friends and family are out here. we did not do anything wrong to deserve this. >> reporter: we reached out to the chp and they say they are investigating the shooting. >> you hear horror stories. we thought we aborted one by not looking but 15 seconds later we got involved. >> reporter: this experience reminds them of multiple tragedies were adults and a toddler were killed on the bay area freeways. this time they were lucky. >> it's really sad and it can happen to anybody. we have no power in it at all.

>> reporter: cheryl hurd, today in the bay. fire crews making significant progress on this fire, and some evacuation orders have been lifted and amador county and calaveras county. burning 4100 acres and containment jumping to 40% at last check. the amador county sheriff said the fire started along the river where people were celebrating the fourth of july and said that the location suggest it could've been sparked by fireworks or perhaps a barbecue. covid case rates in hospitalizations in the bay area are on the rise amid the growing helmet on how much good the current vaccines are doing for us. the path forward is getting a bit murky. we are looking for clarity from the local health experts. today we are tracking the latest developments. >> reporter: san mateo joined the list and now every county in the bay area back in the cdc

high risk category for covid-19 community levels. this map shows the areas of the country in the category. local health leaders forecasted rates dropping by now a few weeks ago. they would have according to the epidemiologist had the new variants not arrived on the scene. >> if everything hold steady in dealing with the same variants, i think we could see some drop off maybe later this month or early next month. but it will not drop back down to zero. it will come down a little bit before we have to figure out what will happen in the fall. >> reporter: current vaccines are less affected against the covid variants, and we asked if those available should wait to the fall to get the shot. essentially the answer is no. here is what the san francisco public health department tells us when changes are high we can expect an increase in hospitalizations like we are currently seeing. national and state data shows that while vaccines may not

fully prevent against infection, they continued to offer significant infection or protection against severe illness. health experts say there's no need for alarm. >> we have seen us they will volume of patients in and out of hospitals. not necessarily for covid but with covid. they could be in for another procedure and then test positive during routine testing. >> wall concerning not reaching the level of hospitalizations like we have seen in other surges. >> reporter: dr. rutherford says when it comes to dealing with an increase in cases, what you need to know you probably already know. >> you have the tools to prevent transmission like masks and aborting those sorts of situations. those things coupled with vaccines is about as good as it will get. >> reporter: terry mcsweeney, today in the bay. a big payday for american

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good thursday morning. right now at 4:42, let live look outside at san jose with our clouds rolling by to

start the morning. we know how goes, it just clears out as we go through the rest of the day. temperatures in the low 60s and heading for the mid-70s this afternoon. a really nice day and we have look at that in the forecast, coming up. 880 is the name or number of the freeway here through oakland. you know that locally and we also need to check in. >> reporter: wall street set open higher after the s&p 500 hosted the third straight day of gains. this follows the release of the federal reserve meeting last month. they signaled the fed continued tough stance against inflation. another big interest rate hike would be needed at the next meeting later this month. we have the data on jobless claims or number of americans filing for unemployment as well as the trade deficit. american airlines will give pilots triple play to work

flights mistakenly dropped to due to the computer glitch. the pilot union said the error allowed pilots to drop thousands of future trips from their schedule leaving over 12,000 flights in july without a captain, first officer or both. american airlines said they were adding most of the trips back and that it would not impact passengers' flights. a similar thing happening 2017 allowing pilots to take vacation during the december holidays. apple working on a smart watch geared toward extreme sports. stronger metal instead of an aluminum case and includes a larger battery than the standard apple watches. this will let athletes track the work out for the longer period of time. extreme apple watch is expected to be unveiled later this year along with two other models. do you guys track your fitness levels in your sleep? >> not in my sleep. in the sleep it just sits there.

>> my body is always like don't you know if i didn't get enough sleep? i think you kind of know. >> or it's disappointing when you wake up and think you had a good night sleep and then i have a fitbit and it tells me my sleep score is 60 or 70, which is not good. >> i think the apple watch is better for the workout. i use it during my workouts and i am killing it lately. just a saying. >> i can tell. i better get myself together. >> all right, i will let you go and you take the screen. all right, guys. >> is she saying i have a big head? >> all of that, all right. it is 4:45 for you this morning. we have warning before you go swimming at the beach this summer. harmful algae could be lurking in the water. ahead today kari hall will ahead today kari hall will break down why they are

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good morning. taking a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, looking nice and easy for you this morning. how is the rest of the area shaping up? mike inouye is watching it and what do you got for us? >> let's take it to the map .

we have an earlier crash and you can see the green sensors. in the north bay i reported a crash eastbound 80 away from the bridge up toward solano. the exit off-ramp could be affected by the crash. the off-ramp reopened by the affected crash but they are still activity in the chp report. it sounds like everything is off the shoulder that we will track that to let you know if there is a problem. the closure at highway 84 with that winding section where they do the overnight maintenance. that will be clear by 5:00 a.m. down to the south bay at north 101 we have this section with the arrow showing the early drive slowing about 5:40. you have an hour to get through that area. we start out with cloudy skies again this morning as we take a live look outside at san jose. we are waking up to clouds and we will see it linger through about 7:00 to 8:00.

we will see mostly sunny skies for the rest of the day as our temperatures ahead for the upper 70s once again. a really nice day for an outdoor hike or whatever you have to do outside. we are going to see nice, mild temperatures for today. only reaching about 75 degrees downtown with dublin heading to 75, fairfield warming up to 85 degrees today. we are looking at hotter temperatures and in some of the inland valleys where fairfield tomorrow will reach 92 degrees. 87 in morgan hill and 89 in siena rose up. you can see temperatures going up but the coastal area still nice and mild with oakland reaching nice and mild 75 saturday compared to upper 70s in dublin. and napa over the next 10 days really heating up sunday into monday. after that we see it coming back down to seasonable temperatures but still pretty

warm through much of next week. in the term temperatures warming up heading into the low 80s today. mid-80s as well for tomorrow and saturday before going into the rest of the weekend where we will see highs reaching into the 90s for san francisco. expect steady temperatures with upper 60s over the next few days. we will have more clouds and fog. turning to today's climate in crisis, people looking for places to cool off as those temperatures warm up. also just enjoy the summer but there could be something lurking in the water making it dangerous to swim in the local water and base. these algae blooms not only smell disgusting that can make you or your pets sick if you come into contact with it. toxins can become airborne and cause respiratory problems. that is as well as the artificial fertilizers, and will wait, causing an excess of

nutrients in the water causing algae to grow. hotter temperatures make a more favorable environment for these blooms to become toxic. dry change may more make waterways off-limits into the future. >> we have this input into the system. we have climate in which the extreme events, the heat waves, the large big storms that flash the nutrients into the water are getting worse. so it is a combination of two kinds of things compounding each other that make a natural phenomenon worse all across the planet. >> so before you go for a dip we have provided resources. check out the water quality before you go on the beach or go for swim. look for this story on our climate in crisis page at

nbcbayarea.com. it is 4:52 for you this morning. the father of a young man accused in the july 4th shooting rampage speaks out for the first time. the plea said that robert crimo jr., the father of the young man sponsored the application for his son to shoot in the rampage. even though authorities previously labeled his son as a clear and present danger, he had no reason to believe it would ever come to this. he believed that his son only planned to use his guns at the firing range. a couple sitting near the husband and wife killed in that rampage are talking about bravely trying to shield their three-year-old daughter as those bullets flew. >> it's horrible to think about had you suffered the same fate. >> obviously i don't want to.but way more important to me that she lived. >> the couple that died left behind a young boy that good

samaritans found wandering alone during the chaos. see the full interview later this morning on the today show. the battle continues around the historic people's parking in berkeley. the grassroots group is holding a rally speaking out against the uc berkeley plan to build over 1000 student housing units on the property. green space advocates say that the park history surrounding free speech needs to be preserved. the california state appeals court granted the stay order to temporary delay the university plan to build housing. there's land set aside for open space to honor the peoples park . despite the court ordered they plan on breaking ground this summer said the university . >> helping ukrainian refugees in the bay area. next on in the bay, acts of kindness and one woman shows kindness overseas. how her neighbors are

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medicine and clothing in poland and over the border in ukraine. last night she wanted to thank her neighbors that helped her raise money. she held a discussion and shared photos in a slideshow. that is very nice. we have the fallout from the illegal fireworks. contra costa fire responded to dozens of fires the explosives over the fourth of july weekend. next year in the bay area why they say there is a glimmer of hope moving forward. as we take a live look outside of san rafael we are waking up the clouds. we will see fog with us through 8:00 but clearing out with temperatures remaining nice and mild with breezy wind's. we will look at all the microclimates coming up. microclimates coming up.

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