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and take a a live look outside. the bay area using into the weekend. we will track how your forecast will shape up. this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. here we go. what day is it? it's thursday. i was thinking wednesday but i was thinking, it's not wednesday. it's thursday. good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm kris sanchez. we will check in with mike in a bit but look who is here. >> someone messed with my alarm clock. >> you want weekend weather we have it for you. let's take a look outside. low clouds and misty skies. san francisco has drizzle at times which mike will be watching. 50s outside of the morning and as we approach lunch time. numbers in the 60s and 70s and inland today, not too bad.

80s across the north bay. the warmest place in the upper 80s around fairfield and numbers closer to san jose close to 80. time for a first check of your thursday morning commute. and let's get a check of wednesday nights closure and it's still going on. niles canyon and 84. moved over further west. we are looking at the same blockade and the same reroute until 5:00 in the morning pick not a major issue. in appear in san jose enters santa clara. we will get more detail from chp in the next few minutes. watching for issues that rob talked about. some drizzle. no problems or complications reported. that's another one we are watching. a hit for many trying to make it in the bay. interest rates are expected to head higher meaning more cost to cover debt or homebuyers, car buyers, credit card users and more. this comes as critical data shows later this morning but

some argue it may be the latest sign of a recession. >> reporter: while the bay area job market is strong and unemployment is low, national fears of a recession may ramp up in the morning if the gdp is on the decline. we spoke with the former secretary of labor and uc, berkeley professor. >> at the current rate we are going i'm afraid there could be a 50/50 if not worse chance of a recession. >> reporter: any points to the fed raising interest rates another three quarters of a point pick the most aggressive series of rate hikes since the early 90s as the fed tries to catch up with runaway inflation. the goal is to bring inflation from 9% to roughly 2%. those price hikes continue hurting both family and small- business budgets. >> if consumers pull in and do less buying, that contributes to a recession and procession means fewer jobs come at lower wages, and everyone suffers. that's what i worry about.

six months from now that is my biggest worry. >> reporter: credit card interest rates will likely climb higher along with bank rates nearly doubling in the past year. >> as the fed raises rates there is a likelihood mortgage rates continue to increase. and what we are seeing is number one it's making it harder for people to qualify and afford houses if they don't have a home. >> we will focus on getting inflation back down. >> reporter: the fed chairman said that while consumer spending and production are slowing, unemployment remains near 50 year lows and that suggest the u.s. is not currently in a recession. >> 2.7 million people hired in the first half of the year. it doesn't make sense the economy would be in recession with this happening. >> reporter: this graphic from the new york times shows the interest rate hikes and drops by the federal reserve since 1998. the latest string of rate hikes

is the sharpest rise we've seen in a while and shows that steep interest rate increases have been right before the recession's in 2001 and 2008. ian cull , today in the bay. the owner of a san francisco jazz club is faulting the city's fire and police departments for making a bad situation worse this week. video shows thieves breaking into the black cat on eddy street in the tenderloin tuesday morning. he said police and fire crews responded but taped a plastic shade over a broken window and left. he said more thieves broke into the club stealing items over the course of several hours. we reached out to the city for comment but have not heard back. moving you forward and what may be a mask to wait reinstating the mask mandate. b.a.r.t. and the requirement two weeks ago. it goes back into effect and if it does go into effect it would last through october 1st requiring riders to wear a mask

and all paid areas of b.a.r.t. stations and trains. more shots are on the way. 786,000 monkeypox vaccine doses are said to be released and today we know where they are going. >> this comes after state and local leaders put pressure on federal government to ramp up production and distribution. >> reporter: this is a line of people waiting for the first dose of the monkeypox vaccine. this is become a regular scene every wednesday this month at steamworks baths in berkeley. >> i came a week ago and there was a huge line so i could not make it. this time i came earlier. >> reporter: people began lining up early at this pop up vaccine clinic in berkeley. there are people in line from san francisco, marin, and san jose state this is the only place to come to get their shots. the line wrapped around the block. >> trying to get a vaccine for the past 2 1/2 or three weeks. tried at multiple centers and everyone is out so here i am.

>> reporter: this clinic is one of only a few that does not have any county residency requirement among those in line is adrian shanker, the executive director of the marin county lgbtq center. he's not happy with the way the california department of public health is distributing the shot. >> marin county is seven minutes from san francisco and has received 150 total doses since the beginning of the outbreak the same allocation that very rural counties have received. >> reporter: the ceo of the san francisco aids foundation is voicing frustration saying the california department of public health is moving too slowly in distributing new doses it got from the federal government last week. >> we have heard that california has a little more than 10,000 doses that could be distributed throughout the state so california public health distributes across the state with the exception of los angeles who receives i direct allocation. >> reporter: the california department of public health confirms it received 10,299

monkeypox opposes last thursday and it's deciding where it will distribute that patch of doses based on population comic unity risk and case accounts. sergio quintana, today in the bay . stretched thin in the face of decline in revenues. coming up, one silicon county giant warned staffers the workload may soon increase . and a higher wondering if and a higher wondering if this is the key component

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and good thursday morning to you. a live look at dublin. clear skies. climbing into the mid 80s this afternoon. looking at palo alto. highway 101 very light and calm. i am tracking an incident in san jose. a couple of roadway hazards reported on 101 i would review the information we get from chp. right now let's get more from contessa. good morning. i'm contessa brewer from cnbc. wall street will open lower this morning. dow futures down slightly more than a 10th of a percent but the s&p down a quarter and the nasdaq futures off by more than half a percent. stocks rallied yesterday after the federal reserve hiked interest rates. fed chair jerome powell said he does not

think the u.s. is in a recession and they will be appointment that said starts to slow the pace of rate hikes to their impact. the dow jumped 400 points. the s&p added 2.5% and the nasdaq closed up 4%. today we are looking for jobless claims, the first rate on second- quarter gdp, which may show the economy barely grew this spring and some experts say it may have contracted. and it's the busiest day of earnings season with 50 companies in the s&p reporting results. we got them from comcast, the parent of nbc universal reporting that the first time ever it is not added broadband customers. we also get reports from mark, pfizer, apple and amazon. meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram reported the first revan decline in its history. results are dragged down by a drop in ad spending as the economy slows and competition from tiktok heats up. ceo mark zuckerberg said meta is slowing the pace of

investments and hiring and expects to get more done with fewer resources. and apple has hired a former executive from lamborghini to help lead the design team on its long rumored apple car project. bloomberg reports that while at lamborghini this leader oversaw vehicle dynamics and worked on models such as the hurricane. some form of apple's car project has been in the works for years under the name, project titan. it's said to be a fully electric and self driving vehicle. since there are so many early adopters of apple products, you can bet that when we finally get a chance to buy one, they will be everywhere. >> no doubt. >> thank you . one bay area transit agency is going electric. >> lowering greenhouse gas emissions and approving air quality, and relieving traffic congestion. >> next on today in e th

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rails. the peninsula route is caltrain in the first set of electric trains are in the bay area and the fleet is starting to pass the first of many test we need to pass before they are ready for service. i spoke with dan lieberman from caltrain to find out more about the project. to make our electric trains that went through its first clear it said from santa clara. the train was outfitted with foam rubber padding to simulate the dynamic envelope of the trains ensuring the maximum clearance envelope was reached on the corridor. clearance testing will continue throughout other sections of the court or through august. after this the next test we will run will be when the trains are operating under their own power for the first time by connecting to the overhead canzoneri system. we will run all the new electric train through an array of tests on the acceleration braking, controlling communication protocols until we are certain they are ready

to be put into service. >> when with the trains officially start running for the system? >> they will be going into service in fall of 2024. >> that's cool. 2024. something to look forward to. what are the top benefits these trains will bring to us? >> electrified train service will improve the customer experience greatly by increasing the number of trained modern running the service and adding a safety element. electric trains can accelerate and de-celebrate quickly than diesel trains and can allow to move more efficiently and conduct more service. electric a patient will help us meet ambitious regional and state climate action goal. lowering greenhouse gas emissions, improving air quality come and relieving traffic congestion. >> how much did these cost? >> the train sets are approximately $29 million each and we should be starting with 19. the current order is for 19. >> are there any other major differences that our riders can expect? will it be jarring to them?

>> from what i've seen, it's going to be an across-the-board improvement. >> and we would all welcome improvement. i spoke to dan about much more than you saw here. to watch the full interview, download the nbc bay area streaming app on roku, amazon fire tv or apple tv. lots of ways to find it under the must-see playlist and in a few more minutes i will have a more extensive look at the morning commute. as you can see around san francisco, you may see a bit of a drizzle. we have low clouds and misty skies. 54 degrees and we also see some low clouds in san jose. 60 to start and after the clouds clear, like the last couple of days, more hazy skies. air quality advisory for wildfire smoke through today as more smoke from the oak fire and maricopa county drifts west

for the bay area the truly unhealthy air will likely stay closer to the fire as we have that ongoing onshore breeze that's brought in those low clouds should prevent the smoke from getting too widespread. we have hazy skies today. nothing in the orange or red or purple. again, some haze out there. high temperatures climbing into the mid 80s inland. upper 80s or 90 and parts of solano county. highs closer to 80 in downtown san jose. in the 60s in san francisco and oakland. weather will get more interesting for tomorrow and the start of the weekend. also watching the east. not just for wildfire smoke but we could see monsoonal moisture make a come back late friday into saturday coming in from the south and east. we could see some sprinkles early saturday morning but we may see a better chance for brief showers on monday. right there you can see monday morning a chance as those continued to drift away from the bay area. the seven-day forecast does not

show much change temperature whiles but stay tuned as we may have showers early monday morning. san francisco temperatures in the mid 60s throughout and valley temperatures looking nice. the numbers in the mid to upper 80s. breezy with a slight chance for showers as we approach monday . turning to the climate in crisis. microplastics are one of the biggest factors as we tried to combat and reduce the amount of trash in our landfills and waterways. this morning meteorologist vianey arana shows us one change we can implement today to help. >> there's a good chance you might have one of these, are may be multiple. i do. i keep one in my gym bag and one at home and maybe one at work. but what happens when you lose them or it's time to replace them? can you recycle these? here's the problem. most of us may have never thought about recycling a

hairbrush but is it even possible? it depends on the materials they are made of and that's the tough part. many times they are a mix of things like plastic, boar bristle's and glue. that can't be sorted and often it's not accepted at the recycling centers which means it's tossed into the landfill which can take thousands of years to break apart leaving behind harmful microplastics. it's time for your climate hack. reading the list of materials about a product of made of is important. for example these bamboo brushes or combs are great because they are made from natural materials. bamboo is biodegradable and compostable which means if you lose one of these and it's in the landfill, it will break apart making it less harmful to the planet. so what's the payoff? microplastic pollution is a growing problem. there is threatens our changing climate and our oceans and coral reefs. according to the epa.gov, coral reefs are diminishing around

the world and their existence is critical for marine life and remain at risk from damaging human activities making the switch to biodegradable can lessen the impacts of plastic. >> thank you. from our climate action come visit us online at nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate in crisis tab. back for more. next on today in the bay, dave chapelle's bold move after a string of sold-out bay area shows. the big announcement from the venue where he is performing . and happening now. any rent control measure is heading to the november ballot to help richmond tenants struggling to make it. leaders approved it this week and would cap the amount landlords can hi yearly rent ke

welcome back. after receiving backlash, dave chapelle is getting a fifth show in the bay area. the luther burbank center in santa rosa is extending his stay as local lgbtq community has been criticizing chapelle sankey promotes hateful rhetoric and endangers the lives of the community center released a statement calling the issue complex and sang, quote, it goes back to the question of where does censorship begin and censorship and here chapelle will now be performing through the weekend . a twist for wnba star brittney griner as she awaits sentencing and russia. nbc news is learning the white house at dangling a possible prisoner swap to secure her release picture recently pleaded guilty to cannabis charges and could face 10 years in prison.

sources say it's possible she an american businessman paul whelen would be exchanged for a russian arms dealer now serving a lengthy sentence here. paul whelen has been jailed since 2018 on spying charges and his brother tells the today show his family is hopeful. >> have never heard the u.s. government actually talk about an offer publicly that they have made an offer to make a concession to a nation state who was holding an american hostage so it's quite an extraordinary day. >> andrea mitchell has the developments ahead on the today show at 7:00 right after today in the bay 4:57 and staying prepared for wildfires. coming up we will talk about the weight leaders in one county are helping residents stay prepared and we are waking up to low clouds. san jose at 60 degrees with highs approaching 80. more on the wildfire smoke and air quality impacts. and in oakland we are looking at traffic at the

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right now and 5:00. a family vacation ends in tragedy. new details on the crash that killed four people and injured several others in the north bay and the possible contributing factor according to one police chief . trying to get a vaccine for the past almost 2 1/2 or three weeks.

tried it multiple centers and everyone is out of vaccines so here i am. >> more doses on the way with a plan to distribute hundreds of thousands of monkeypox vaccines. i had in a live report, u.s. economic growth takes center stage, perhaps the lack thereof. apical report set to be released at this hour likely to generate debate come and perhaps new action from the white house. this is today in the bay streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online . a very good thursday morning to you. to taper starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we will get a look at the commute and of moment but first let's get a look at the forecast. rob mayeda in for us. >> the weather is not too bad. low clouds to start things off and 60 in san jose. one changes the extension of the wildfiresm