our goal this time around with the artemis program are really to establish a consistent human presence on the moon. >> right now at 4:30, counting down to an historic space launch. we have a live look coming up at the kennedy space center. artemis 1 rocket is still scheduled to lift off this morning into space. right now the question is when. ahead a closer look at getting back to the moon. and bay area parents the cost to raise a child is climbing. we're crunching the numbers to help families make it in the bay

and the simple steps you can take. bracing for a big warmup this week. meteorologist kari hall tracking what you can expect, including an air quality advisory. this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. >> and a good morning to you on this monday. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. we're going to check in with mike in just a little bit, see how his weekend was, and the morning commute, but let's check in with kari right now, with a look at our week. >> it starts off nice and mild for much of the bay area, but there will be a hazy sky. we'll see throughout much of the bay area especially in the north bay as we get some more wildfire smoke coming in, we're going to be monitoring that as we take a look at temperatures for today, headed up for 68 degrees in san francisco, 84 in novato and hayward headed for 77 degrees. livermore reaching 89 and san jose as well as fremont up to about 80 degrees. as we go into the day tomorrow, just another degree or two warmer in a few spots, that will

be the trend as we head through the week with the temperatures heating up and this weekend labor day weekend is looking really hot, so we'll talk more about that coming up. mike, you were looking for a traffic alert on highway 4. >> i am. i had a good weekend but these folks did not have a good start to the monday, a couple cars involved in a crash, only the fast lane open for eastbound highway 4. chp declared there were five lanes available that may include an exit for san marco boulevard. only one is open. you don't see a lot of slowing because there's not a lot of traffic. a lot of activity, one vehicle may have two people still stuck inside the door, maybe wedged. that's my guess, i'll track that, crash 580 headed toward the maze but not as serious as on highway 4. back to you. a live look at cape canaveral's kennedy space center ahead of a moment in history, 50 years in the making. right now the question is when will that moment take place? nasa's artemis 1 was originally

set to blast off about an hour from now but the launch is experiencing delays. >> whether or not that launch happens today as planned, it's still unclear, but when it happens, it will be nasa's first unmanned test flight for its next generation spacecraft. nbc bay area's "today in the bay's" chris pollone reports that test flight will set the stage for the first woman and first person of color to set foot on the moon. >> reporter: the artemis sls rocket is a monster, 322 feet tall and 15% more powerful than the rocket last sent americans to the moon 50 years ago. for astronauts, putting astronauts back on the moon's surface is goal one. >> we'll have landers on the moon, rovers on the moon and eventually a base camp on the moon. >> reporter: today's first step a test flight sending the orion cruise capsule into orbit around the moon. nasa scientists will gather data on what the spacecraft and astronaut also experience on future flights. >> we are pushing the vehicle to

its limits, really stressing it to get ready for crew. >> reporter: if successful, humans could be on a lunar orbit flight within two years, then a moon landing in 2025 or '26. it promises to be a future of firsts. >> it's a future where nasa will land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon. >> reporter: captain victor glover among several nasa astronauts hoping to be chosen. >> i wanted to walk on and work on the surface of the moon. >> reporter: for members of the artemis program today, the key emotion is pride, pride in their country and pride in the nation's ability to accomplish big things. >> it's a country that is strong because people come to gather here and do amazing things and it's a country that can reach for the stars that, can land on the moon and it can aspire to go to mars. >> reporter: the next era of american space exploration now here with artemis 1. chris pollone, nbc news, port canaveral, florida. >> nbc news will provide a special report when the historic

launch gets under way. the "today" show's craig melvin and tom costello will provide special coverage from kennedy space center and cape canaveral. due to delays, we're tracking when the blastoff will take place. when it does, we'll carry it live on nbc bay area. this morning, some are calling the tentative new deal to hike cal fire salaries long overdue. the new contract came into place late last week and includes a series of raises over the next year, shorter shifts and a monthly stipend for health insurance costs. cal fire crews are historically some of the lowest paid in the state, something the union has been pushing for, for years. union leaders say the idea is to get pay on par with that of other fire agencies as well as improving staffing shortages and reducing some of the job's most draining demands. >> it is the commitment from the administration to start reducing the work hours cal fire fighters

they work a 72-hour shift, the longest in the country. >> firefighters and state lawmakers must approve the deal which will increase annual state spending by $126 million by 2024. the time is running out if you get free covid tests from the gft. you have until this friday to order up to eight free tests that the post office will deliver to your home. the test site says congress hasn't provided additional funding for the program. the at-home covid test program launched in january. the white house says as soon as this fall, it will stop buying vaccine treatments and tests. if you're already expecting or looking to start your family, you may be in for a rude awakening when it comes to costs of raising a child especially if you're trying to make it in the bay. across the u.s., parents are spending an average of $286,000 per child this is from birth until the age of 17. local financial professional sam

gaeda from define financial planning joins us now. sam, i want to thank you so much for joining us, and let's talk about it. it seems parents are raising their kids in the same way. why are we seeing such a rise in cost of raising the children? >> i think it's not so much, you know, we expect costs to rise over time. i think what's the most concerning about raising a child today is the pace at which costs are rising. according to a recent study, we're seeing about 3% increase in prices over the inflation rate, meaning if long-term inflation is 3%, that means it's costing us 6% increase in child care costs over time and that's a little concerning. >> it's interesting when you see the numbers. you have to think about okay, in the bay area, it actually costs this much. so what are we seeing a lot of those parents spend most of the money on when it comes to raising the child? >> yeah, three major categories, housing, food and child care are the big ones. housing is just expensive.

we have to put a roof over our kids' heads and over time, those costs are increasing. they're increasing more today than ever. personally, i just looked up food, for example, snacks and baby food, two things that are on my mind because i have a 7-month-old daughter and a 3-year-old daughter, those are up 16% over the 12-month period. we're seeing drastic increases in food costs and child care. this is the big topic, at least every birthday party i go to for my kids, what are we paying for child care? i just did my personal numbers here, and just one year increase in child care is up about 11% in the 12-month period. we're seeing major increases and that's the thing. what we're seeing is major increases in child-specific items that are increasing much faster than the broad base inflation numbers.

>> you can watch that entire interview, we talked about it a lot more, streaming at nbc bay area's app and talked about the increasing costs of college. he actually shared some tips for parents to say just download our app and find that story under the must see play list. no matter how you look at it, it costs more. >> i have to stay here and keep working to pay for college. 4:39. testing the waters. next on "today in the bay," the new names apple's reportedly trademarking as the company prepares to introduce its first augmented reality headset. plus $3 movie? yeah, the new deal that you can take advantage of this weekend, and how long it will last. stick around. we'll tell you about that and much more this morning on "today in the bay."

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good monday morning to you. it is 4:42. headed out the delta into antioch, temperatures in the low 60s, our typical start to the day, a little bit of a breeze into a clear sky. headed into the afternoon it's sunny and hazy, too. i'm watching out for the air quality. we'll talk about that in the forecast coming up. >> that's right, kari. antioch is fine commute direction highway 4. oakland another crash 580, but looking at 880. did i give you enough numbers for this morning? tough to wake up with a lot of numbers. for more numbers let's check in

with silvana. >> good morning, i'm silvana henao from cnbc. wall street is set to open lower, the markets falling sharply following a speech by federal reserve chairman jerome powell that extinguish hopes it would change its course of hiking interest rates any time soon. the dow dropping more than 1,000 points, its worst day since may. the s&p 500 and nasdaq suffering their worst days since june, the declines erasing the markets gains for august. in focus this week for investors data on home prices, consumer confidence, manufacturing, job openings and jobless claims, topped off by the monthly jobs report on friday. apple is applying for several reality trademark names as it gets set to introduce its first augmented reality headset. bloomberg reports companies linked to apple applied for names such as reality one, reality pro and reality processor.

apple's next product event is september 7th where it's expected to unveil the latest iphones and watches. the headset will most likely be announced next spring. tickets at hundreds of movie theaters will cost us $3 this saturday in celebration of national cinema day. the $3 price applies across all tickets, formats and showtimes including imax and 3-d, a growing list of 3,000 liters including amc, regal and cinemark are taking part in the promotion. labor day weekend is typically a slow time for movie theaters due to a lack of new releases. guys, back to you. >> you're a moviegoer. >> i'm ready to go. maybe i'll try it out. thanks, silvana. >> thanks, silvana. there is a way to watch our newscast. finden in nbc bay area's new schedule on your roku play list. select live tv tile on your home

screen, scroll down to channel 133 and now you can watch "nbc bay area news" any time, anywhere. 4:44 right now. more problems for san francisco's sinking and leaning millennium tower. the new scaled-down plan to fix the luxury tower and the reason many believe the fix could come up short. we'll be radioing back.

a very good monday morning to you. taking a live look outside,

beautiful look at san francisco, early this monday morning, starting out your work week, 4:47. so no doubt it's cool out there this morning. >> see all the lights. >> it's a nice stop to the weekend, not long enough. here we go to the work week, kari. >> it's starting out with a mostly clear sky across much of the bay area. there will be some patches of fog but looking hazy at times. we're going to see more wildfire smoke coming in, farther from the north it's starting to drift into the bay area, and that's going to have an impact on our air quality today, moderate at times, and let me show you our hour-by-hour near surface smoke model where we see the blues and even the green indicates some heavier amounts of smoke and the darker the color, the more unhealthy it is. we're starting to see it drifting into parts of the north bay especially by this afternoon, but covering much of the bay area, so once again, you do want to limit your time out there as we are going to see not

only the milder temperatures, but this is also being kind of mixed in with some of the low clouds and fog that we'll see. going into tomorrow morning, it does look like it starts to clear up a little bit with a slight shift in the wind direction. what's happening here is the smoke is coming straight down the coast being trapped in that marine layer and that inversion, and it's also once again just having a hard time mixing out for us for today. as far as temperatures, it's going to feel nice all thanks to the deeper layer of fog and the marine layer that we do have, as our temperatures head for the upper 60s in san francisco. oakland, san mateo reaching 75 and 85 in dublin. high temperature in san jose reaching 80 degrees. now tomorrow, those temperatures come up another degree or two for santa rosa, reaching 83 degrees and 92 in fairfield and then towards wednesday, it really starts to heat up in fairfield but much of the rest of the bay area still feeling some milder weather. headed toward the weekend, it's going to be really hot, as we

start to see this intense area of high pressure really building in, causing some hotter temperatures here. let me show you brentwood over the next ten days. today it's low 90s, but this weekend could be hitting 110 degrees. so yes, it's going to be brutal going into labor day, which we sometimes do see those really big spikes in temperatures this time of year, and we're getting ready for going from mid 80s inland to upper 90s and once again, it will be hotter for some of the interior valleys. san francisco will also be warming up as well but in the near term, enjoy the cooler temperatures. mike, you're hearing about a traffic break in oakland? >> kari, we were hearing but it looks like maybe from the update from chp, everything should have just cleared. i was watching for slower sensors west 580 at macarthur. the traffic break and the lanes in the debris should be cleared from the earlier crash, maybe it caused the earlier crash so just that note coming from 580 up the

warren freeway watch for that. the rest of the drive throughout contra costa county looks great, including highway 4 eastbound, that crash that alert that's cleared, everything is cleared and no word on the injuries but so far, nothing major was reported, that's good. your commute's okay through that area and for the south bay, including south county, no delays. we haven't started with that build out of san martin. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. the sinking of the millennium tower is one of the most expensive mistakes in san francisco and they're still trying to fix it. a new building permit was issued. nbc investigative investigator jackson van derbeken reports on the luxury tower. >> reporter: as you could see, construction crews behind me are digging on this side of the northwest side of the building. they've already installed 18 piles to bedrock and the city now says that's enough. those 18 piles go down to bedrock, to anchor the high-rise

to something solid and immovable. engineers believe that should finally stop the millennium tower from sinking and tilting and reverse some of the lean but each time crews started drilling and digging to install each of the piles, it caused the building to lean and sink even more, so fix officials eventually scrapped the original plan to install 52 support piles and submitted a new one that relies on just the 18 already in the ground. the plan is now to extend the foundation and acatch one corner of the building to some of those 18 piles, but that requires even more digging. as you can see, crews are busy digging 25 feet down on the northwest side of the building. >> the load transfer from the existing foundation to the new perimeter piles is very complex. >> reporter: veteran geotechnical engineer bob pike said by design, the piles are not supposed to be rigid, but more like adjustable cushion,

and he worries that, with only 18, the piles won't function as well as if there were 52. >> you don't stop continuing settlement, and so that's a basic flaw in the design. >> reporter: now that the city approved a plan, the work done at the corner of the tilting tower should be done by the end of this year, and six engineers stand by their assertion that the 18 support piles are enough to stop the sinking. jackson van derbeken, "nbc bay area news." >> you know, jackson has been covering this story from day one and continues to break news skon constantly. the fire that destroyed that san jose home depot store is due back in court. dylan j. cruz gochi faces charges of grand petty and grand theft as well as arson. prosecutors say that he set that

fire at the store on blossom hill road back in april, this is when it was full of customers and workers. in addition to the panic the fire caused an estimated damage well into the millions of dollars. if convicted, he could spend 14 years in prison. beware of travel woes. next on "today in the bay," the reason airline experts are warning to you get prepared for this upcoming labor day weekend. what you need to keep in mind as you head out. but first, happening now, pg&e is getting ready to conduct aerial fire risk surveys in the tri-valley area. a helicopter group will gather that information for a new mapping system of high-risk power lines using lidar to collect the data. the team will survey an aa the team will survey an aa reno

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good morning, it is 4:56, a live look at sfo and air travel not the only thing that took off this summer. air travel complaints also took off as well. the department of transportation says customer complaints rose nearly 300% in june, this is compared to before the pandemic. you may remember back in june, airlines experienced a lot of staffing struggles combined with weather issues across parts of the nation. some of the issues continue. one insider believes with labor day on the horizon, you may want to brace for more industry turbulence. >> we're not out of the woods. there's always going to be the possibility of flight disruptions, but i think airlines have improved significantly from where they were earlier in the summer. >> ahead on the "today" show, the best and worst air travel report cards this summer, and what to expect going forward. that's at 7:00 for you this

morning, after us here onhistor pattern. an exciting new chapter in space exploration ready to unfold, provided everything on the ground falls into place. just ahead, a live report from kennedy space center updating the status of this morning's planned artemis 1 rocket launch to circle the moon.

right now at 5:00, still

hoping for an historic liftoff. we're tracking nasa's planned artemis 1 launch this morning. here's a live look at the launch pad, ahead in a live report a closer look at the significance of this trip and what it means for the future of space travel. >> you need to start thinking about putting money away for your children at the earliest possible time. >> like before you have them, funding for their future. tips parents with young children need to keep in mind to make it in the bay. this is "today in the bay," streaming live on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and online. a very good monday morning to you. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. all right, let's get you started with that day on this monday, kicking things off. we want to get a look at the forecast for you. meteorologist kari hall tracking what we can expect and kari, i looked ahead at that forecast and how is today shaping up for us? >> it looks nicer compared to what we've had recently as our