kid cudi has not addressed the incident but in a statement it said our friends and everyone involved needs to look out for each other. sure the love and be respectful to everyone. we love you, cudi. strike a live look this morning and sfo . united is dropping service to sonoma county. united will also permanently stop service between santa rosa and denver, which at first suspended when the pandemic began in 2020. right now at 6:00, fighting intense flames nearly yosemite national park and the local

firefighters now attacking the oak fire . the january 6 hearings are done for now. the investigation might take another turn at the wife of one supreme court justice is under the microscope. we will tell you what the chances are she might have to testify. the new local push to get monkeypox vaccines to those most rollerball and why this will not be another pandemic on the same scale as covid-19. this is "today in the bay" streaming . good monday morning to you. thank you so much for allowing us to be a part of your morning. i am marcus washington. >> and i am kris sanchez. we are getting to a lot this morning. we are going to start with these conditions that are overwhelming firefighters who are working on the oak fire that is burning near yosemite

national park. >> this morning we have team coverage. meteorologist vianey arana is looking at air quality concerns and we would like to start with bob redell . >> reporter: good morning. we know of at least three fire departments who have sent firefighters to the oak fire in mariposa county the fire right now is 0% contained and the governor is declaring a state of emergency because of the oak fire . five are on the scene from the fremont fire department. they headed up early saturday morning. >> this is in the early stages of the fire. it is pretty active. they are most likely right in

with the fire extinguishing it or following behind as it passes because it is hot for the firefighters to be in their. >> fremont is sending a four- wheel drive engine. alameda county has sent 21 firefighters. sonoma county has also sent a team. the fire department say that they have backfilled those positions so those services back home will not be impacted. this is from the sanibel department of public safety. they are not able to send out a crew to the oak fire . they posted, quote, because of current staffing shortages, we are not able to assist. most of sent to the oak fire are expected to spend two weeks before coming home. the

oak fire is expected to impact the air quality in the bay area starting today. we will send it over to meteorologist vianey arana . >> thank you so much, bob. there is an advisory in place because of the drifting smoke of the oak fire. in mariposa county you can see it is going to move west and we expect moderate air quality. a lot of this looks like it might remain aloft and not as far down as the surface. near this area, conditions are favorable in terms of the fire. it is going to be really dry the temperatures are expected to remain extremely hot we are talking 90s through the overnight hours. humidity is less than 20%. we will talk about fire conditions coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you so much, vianey.

we are tracking the oak fire closely and it is the top story of our website and when we are not on the air you can go to www.nbcbayarea.com for the latest updates. taking a look at capitol hill, the house committee is investigating the capitol siege. at this point there is not more public hearings scheduled, but this could change. today in the bay's chris malone is live . >> reporter: good morning to you . the committee is in contact with the attorney for virginia thomas, the wife of justice clarence thomas. if she doesn't speak voluntarily, they will issue a subpoena. >> it is public hearings over for now but the committee investigating the capitol riot is open .

>> so many more witnesses have come forward. >> reporter: one witness is conservative activist virginia thomas. >> we certainly hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily. the committee is fully prepared to contemplate a subpoena if she does not. >> reporter: thomas has come under scrutiny for messages sent to mark meadows, questioning the election results. committee members know this would be controversial but insisted it might . >> if they have information and tried to overturn an election, they are not excluded from examination. >> they also want to know what happened to text messages. there is a criminal investigation of the way to figure out why these messages were deleted.

>> it is troubling and we will get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: the thursday hearing focused on the interaction of president trump as supporters overran the capitol expect they are coming after me because i'm standing up for you. >> reporter: he again repeated the lie that the election was rigged and stolen from him . leaders said they haven't decided yet whether to make criminal referrals to the justice department. i am chris pollone . >> chris pollone in washington. thank you so much, chris. the first monkeypox cases involving children in the united states. san francisco leads the way with 200 cases, that there is cases in every county.

blayne alexander is outside the cdc in atlanta this morning with the effort to curb the spread. >> reporter: this is a rare step by the world health organization. the last time they made this declaration was in response to the covid-19 virus . this is a different type of virus and it is not a respiratory virus but transmitted through direct contact. experts say as of right now, when you look at the number of cases, they arising across the united states. the number has now nearly doubled just shy of 3000 cases. >> this will not spread as covid-19 to, but it could integrate itself into infections that we will have to deal with for some time to come.

>> reporter: this is primarily a virus found in men in the lgbtq community but this is something that is spreading to anyone. over the weekend, two children were diagnosed with confirmed cases of monkeypox . as for the vaccine, the biting and administration plans to roll out more in coming weeks. experts say those exposed or at higher risk should make it a priority to get the vaccine. the san francisco general is opening its monkeypox vaccine clinic. this is video of the long lines . the federal government is providing the hospital with 2100 vaccines. they will remain open until the new supply runs out.

redwood city leaders debate a development plan that would likely end up including new housing that they want to build a large office park on bloom crest street. it would have to include new affordable housing and also deeding 64 existing units for low income families. they said they need more units to offset the additional workers that would come for the jobs. council members tonight will hold a session. let's take a live look outside in san francisco near the bay bridge as we get started. fog is making its presence known this morning. meteorologist vianey arana is tracking what we can expect today . >> it will take longer to burn

off along the coast. the next thing we have to worry about is sunshine that is also expected to be hazy because of the fire at yosemite national park. the daytime highs will be similar to yesterday. it is a little bit cooler in some spots. for the most part, we are talking to upper 60s today . upper 80s will remain in place through tomorrow. now we will look at gas prices with mike inoye. >> we are starting with good gas prices . it is $4.99 in union city which is in the east bay and in the north bay at vallejo it is $5.19 and larkspur $5.09 . we are looking

at slowing out of the altamont pass and also vasco road 25 minutes from marsh creek. it is a little early for this amount of slowing at the bay bridge toll plaza. we will talk more about this coming up. >> thank you so much, mike. how about some news you can use for inflation. coming up on "today in the bay," what you can do to escape high prices and save the most money on household items. a many americans want washington to do something about inflation, but it is going to be painful. the dow jones is rising 100 points on the open. are you ready to spice up your life? the reunion for a popular

it is the 50s and a lot of fog in the area that we will

get some chlorine with temperatures in the upper 70s at walnut creek. the full forecast is coming up. i'm focusing on the bay bridge where there is traffic from treasure island into san francisco. there was a vehicle moving its way out toward the harrison street exit. we have more coming up. good morning. it is a busy week ahead with apple and microsoft reporting profits this weekend much better profits than you might expect . renovate serious story about gamestop. they have turned to selling nfts . one of the nfts they were featuring over the weekend was a variation of the following man image from 9/11.

it was a photograph of a man who jumped from the north tower and it is one of the most memorable and awful photographs from that day. gamestop did not respond to our questions about why it thought it was appropriate to sell on its website. over the weekend disney started showing "r" rated movies on its disney plus subscription service and if your kids use disney plus, there is ways to set up controls. elon musk denies a report had a personal relationship with the wife of a google founder that caused her divorce. the journals that are caused him to sever his business ties with elon musk and he said we

are friends and we were at a party together last night and i have only seen nicole twice in three years, both times with many people around. the fed has a meeting that starts tomorrow. the fed is looking at the inflation numbers that are running hotter than expected. some wonder if a full point might be in order for you will hear of this will affect what you pay on a credit card or mortgage rate. the one to concentrate on is the overall effect on the economy. it is your job that you want to make sure is secure and that your customers are still paying . that is where it will hit you. >> so as long as we have a job,

we can just try to spend less money. >> that would be a good idea. the cost of household items is piling up, but there's ways. inflation is hitting prices across the board. certain ways to inflation proof household items, including waiting for sales other grocery store . >> when you can take advantage of sales you know you will use for products. >> we were just talking about this this weekend. find sales . looking at household items that have remained steady in the past year and this is coming up right here on nbc bay area right after "today in the bay". this is trending for you right now. i remember this in

high school with the spice girls and we have a treat for you this morning. >> one member of the band performing her own song at karaoke. take a look. >> i'm surprised that she is the one doing it. >> remembers all of the word >> that is the song "stop" by the spice girls and she did it at karaoke night. we know that the audience was in heaven. her husband david beckham posted this clip over the weekend . >> maybe it is at their house. they are rich they probably have a set up. >> she has been the one a

little more resistant. >> that is pretty bold in general to have a song called "stop" because you do not want them to yell that out what you are seeing unit . >> that is what our forecasters say to us sometimes. we are talking about air quality. it is monday. san jose is where you can see it is looking a little cloudy even through the use inland areas. the fog is keeping some of the smoke out of the area. as far as temperatures go, we are starting out in the 50s. this is not any changes when it comes to the temperatures. as far as the wildfire smoke advisory, we will see the return of hazy skies starting this afternoon in mariposa

county. right now it does look like a lot of the smoke in yosemite national park will stay high above. it is good to be mindful if you start to see the hazy skies. as far as winds go, it is going to be dry and breezy. we are talking about elevated fire concerns. there is also some cooling with temperatures expected to remain in the 80s. as far as your tuesday forecast goes tomorrow, we are dealing with southwest monsoon moisture for the cra into early tomorrow morning. if

your post it out, temperatures will be in the 80s. there is better movement and the bay bridge with the flashing lights on the slow roller making its way to orange instead of red. rather than that, it is a typical pattern and not any major issues. back to you. coming up on "today in the bay", nbc bay area response .

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feeling the heat as homes are in danger from the wildfire burning near yosemite national park. meteorologist vianey arana is tracking how soon this could impact the bay area air quality. a father gunned down in the north bank. the shocking chain of events that led to the gunfire. a historic trip. pope francis's visit in north america and the latest plan.

this is "today in the bay". we are streaming live on apple tv and online. thank you so much for joining us on this monday. i am kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> and i am marcus washington. we want to start with the firefighters who were looking to gain control of the oak fire for any near yosemite national park. there is a lot of dry brush. >> the bigger the flames, the better chances the smoke will impact air quality. meteorologist vianey arana is here now and vianey come you can see how much of an impact it had. >> the smoke is based on where the wind is blowing. within the next couple of hours, we will start to see the hazy skies. it looks like a lot

of this might stay into the upper area but with the weather conditions they are still really dry with humidity less than 20% and temperatures expected to climb into the 90s. we're not really expecting any relief when it comes to the heat in the area. i will have a closer look at how we are doing in a few minutes but first we have to look at the roads with mike inoye . >> the headlights are on. this might be some haze as well drifting through the area. so far we have a steady flow of traffic at the bay bridge as well as the approach.

the speeds continue to improve. they are the best they will be at this point in the morning. there is nothing major going on but look at 280 weather is slowing. >> thank you so much, mike. the search is still on for the shooter who killed a father of three in the north bay. this marin county on cole drive. the neighborhood stranger to this this year. ginger conejero saab is live. >> reporter: if the public has information, please contact the marin sheriff's office . this is the second homicide that is happened to this community and

it hits close to home. the neighbors are frightened and are demanding more to be done to keep them safe. yesterday's victim was 42-year- old michael rogers. nbc bay area has learned he was walking his wife to the car to take her to work when he was shot sunday morning. you can see the victim's mother is devastated upon learning the news. she told nbc bay area the victims wife is also grazed by a bullet and said there was at least three suspects. one of them ran right across the home on cedar drive. this has not been confirmed. neighbors fear this will not be the last victim to gun violence in their community. >> i saw a woman on the ground crawling. that is all that i saw. this is not good. >> this is ridiculous. the kids

that have to go through this, everybody. >> reporter: deputies confirmed there was a total of three victims. deputies have confirmed the other victims have suffered non-life- threatening injuries and are expected to survive. the investigation will continue throughout the day. ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area. >> thank you so much, ginger. a group of students were stuck overseas and are scheduled to return home today. the group could not be revoked

until next month. some of those parents booked a separate flight home for the children. pope francis is in canada this morning to offer an apology for abuses carried out at indigenous schools. this comes amid speculation about his future at the vatican . today in the bay's jay gray is with the pope with more. >> reporter: a traditional welcome as the pope arrives in canada . there was protest for many decades and he will apologize for accusations of genocide by catholic missionaries. >> and for all indigenous people throughout the world who were colonized and to have

somebody come and express their sincere apology is quite meaningful. >> reporter: he made the journey after canceling a trip in july. confined to a wheelchair, pope francis has missed seve step down. the pope insists , god is not asking me to resign. the vatican does it knowledge the public appearances will be limited. jay gray, nbc news, edmonton. relief is finally coming americans sweltering in record heat. a huge chunk of the

northeast spent the weekend they gained in triple-digit temperatures. parts of the pacific northwest are under heat warning. >> meteorologist vianey arana is here this morning. >> it is still early but at least we will not see triple digit heat today. a lot of these warnings do remain in effect. as far as the heat wave goes, compared to ours and then you look at areas like boston and new york city, it is already in date is with the temperatures climbing at times and then we have some triple

digit through texas and our daytime high will be in the upper 70s. it is a little bit of a break from the past weekend. i am watching a couple issues with of university. there is a little more volume of traffic with reports of a disabled vehicle near our camera . we do have a crash that happened a few minutes ago. we do have a couple minutes lag . we are tracking data as well. everything else on the side of the bay moves very smoothly. the oakland a's play tonight. the gates opened a couple hours before hand. you might see some slowing passing by. as you are getting away from the bay bridge, this right lane

is still closed. they cannot fix this over the gilman street over cross but the right lane is still closed for a while. >> thank you so much, mike. the san francisco new school board is facing calls for a recently appointed member to step down. she gave us a response this morning. the president is feeling better and we will give you the latest. let's take you to new york city for a look at the big board. a cocktail you do not want to miss. yes as gouda as gold . >> we will survey taste of this coming up for you. this is what coming up for you. this is what i saw on tv. when i make decisions

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right now in san jose it is 57 degrees. the low clouds will clear out for the afternoon and temperatures bumping up into the 70s and the 80s for inland areas . we will talk about your

air quality coming up. this is a look at the san mateo bridge were it is a smooth drive to the peninsula. we are still tracking incidents in palo alto we will watch any updates. >> thank you so much, mike. and developments and a new twist for a san francisco school board member. the naacp is calling for her resignation in response to comments made by this appointee ann hsu and in answering the questionnaire, she talked about the experience of marginalized students answer the challenges they face included lack of family support and parental encouragement and later apologized but leaders in san francisco's naacp voted to demand her resignation and set her apology cannot undo the damage done. ann hsu sent a statement. i have heard valuable feedback from black indigenous and people of color families and will be privatizing their voices

in my work through listening sessions and community outreach and she goes on to say am committed to doing better and to be held accountable just as i will hold sfusd for improving outcomes for all students. the white house that president biden is feeling better and better and just has a sore throat at this point. scott mcgrew, he is going to continue to isolate. >> reporter: this is what doctors recommend . the president will meet with members of law enforcement even though his diagnosis a lot of the meetings in washington were virtual. the white house physician sent a letter that said president biden has had his third full day of paxlovid and continues to tolerate the treatment well and is drinking a lot of water and uses an inhaler as needed . no shortness of breath.

in washington today former vice president mike pence speak at the heritage foundation. it might be a hint about running for president in 2024. tomorrow former president trump makes his first appearance in washington since leaving the white house at this same event. the secret service has been able to find text messages that said were to be lost. it is not the subject of a criminal investigation and over the weekend republican liz cheney said virginia thomas would be asked to testify under oath about what she did on those days. she was involved in the stop the steal effort and is the wife of clarence thomas. justice thomas is the only

person on the supreme court to vote to block the records . >> is your committee planning on talking to virginia thomas even though her lawyer has expressed reluctance to cooperate? >> the committee is engaged. we hope that she will agree to come in voluntarily. the committee is fully prepared to subpoena. i hope it doesn't get to that. >> reporter: the commission has some extra weight behind it this morning. on friday the jury convicted steve bannon of contempt for refusing to testify to congress and will be sentenced in october. we love the discussion on social media. on facebook we can do that

@scottmcgrewtv. a new set of shark sightings cannot come at a worse time . it led to closures over the weekend along new york long island and cape cod. there was new attacks and several since last month. one florida shark expert explains the simple reason more sharks are coming. >> they mistake the people for the food that they are after. it is really just the consequence. >> you can see the show coming up on the "today" show . if you need a new summer cocktail, you're in luck or maybe not. will be the cheese is out with an infusion called veltini . it

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fan. i would try it. i don't know if i would buy it . >> i had a cocktail the other day and it was so sad because we do not go out that often. let's talk about the weather. it is going to be really nice to enjoy the outdoors. we are seeing this fog around the coastline and through the interior. look at san francisco . temperatures are in the 50s right now in san jose and not any big changes in those temperatures. i do want to talk about the air quality advisory because of the drifting smoke from the oak fire

near yosemite national park. it is going to move a lot of this is smoke west and the biggest impact is going to depend upon where you are. this shows the visible smoke high above with the biggest impact to the north bay in through the sierra. take a look at how this shapes those heading into tuesday afternoon. a lot of that is going to stay aloft. it will be okay as the surface, but we do see some of this impact through the tahoe area heading into the next couple of days. the conditions are not expected to improve. these temperatures show a

shower chance and it will stay pretty much used. for the most part, we will start to warm up into next weekend. a couple things here. we have seen no complications southbound at the oregon expressway and there is break tapping right on schedule. we do have a crash quickly moved to the shoulder. the speed sensors are starting to improve. this is the stretch in your commute projection. >> thank you so much, mike. a new program the

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welcome back. you are watching "today in the bay". it is a look at your top stories , including the new wildfires burning you yosemite national park . >> it is so hard to watch. today in the bay's bob redell is live. >> reporter: there is no

numbers that we are getting this morning. we know of at least three bay area fire departments were sent to portland to the oak fire in mariposa county. here is the latest numbers. the acres burned is almost 17,000 acres. there is no containment at 10%. the governor is declaring a state of emergency and there is 2500 on the scene, including five from the fremont fire department which headed up early saturday morning. alameda county is and 21 firefighters. cinema counties sent to team. they say they have backfilled those positions so services will not be impacted at home.

bob redell, "today in the bay". >> thank you so much, bob. temperatures might be mild , but brutal heat is embodied in cities coast to coast. there will be a report about the heat wave coming up on the today show. authorities are looking for the shooter who killed a father of three yesterday and it happened in marin city. michael rogers was walking to his car with his wife when he was shot. two others were injured and further expected to survive. the city this reported the first two monkeypox cases involving children . they have declared the outbreak a global health emergency. bay area numbers on your screen. san francisco has the highest

total of 200 cases. san francisco general will reopen its clinic after shutting down wednesday because they run on a vaccine. the clinic will reopen at 8:00 this morning. the of 2500 new vaccines. it is time to get a look at your forecast. >> it'll be nice, but we are concerned about the air quality because we have an active fire burning in yosemite national park. you might have noticed drizzle around the coastline. temperatures will be in the upper 80s and we will keep the 80s until about wednesday and thursday. we are looking at 580, which is moving better and continues to improve traveling west over toward the dublin interchange. it has disrupted traffic so much that there is a slower drive. things are improving. it should be back to normal in the next five minutes. >> thank you so much. that is what is happening

"today in the bay". we are back with you at 7.25 for reports. >> join us at 11:00 and have a great monday and a good weekend. good morning. sizzling. get out. a dangerous wildfire forcing thousands to evacuate. >> this is horrible. >> the race to control the flames and the new heat emergencies declared after another weekend of record shattering highs from coast to coast. >> trying to chill in the sneet that's hard. >> when will it break? the forecast just ahead. on the mend -- how president biden is doing five days after his positive covid test.