right now at 5:00, the race for the white house ramps up. ahead this morning, a live report from washington, d.c., as republican presidential candidates stop in one key primary state. this, as mr. trump's legal problems loom over the race. also, dozens of east bay families without a home this morning. a fire tears through an apartment complex in san leandro. what investigators are revealing about a possible cause. plus --

>> the plans keep changing, by the minute it's changing. >> trouble in the air, from delays to cancellations. thousands of flights all over the country affected. the reason behind the travel nightmare ahead of the fourth of july holiday. this is "today in the bay." i can't believe it's going to be fourth of july next week. here we go. right now it's only wednesday morning, 5:00. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. we're going to get a check of the roads in just a minute. first, let's start with the wednesday forecast. the team is back together. >> yay! >> team assembled. >> we're going to be talking about the incoming heat over the next few days. today not too bad. we'll see temperatures coming up a few degrees. let's head to napa with a look at our morning trend. we are in the mid-50s right now, mostly cloudy and going to see clouds for the next few hours. but it will clear out a little more quickly than we've seen the past few days, so our

temperatures will warm up just a little more compared to yesterday, especially in the inland valleys with novato reaching 80 degrees and napa 79. still not too bad, 79 in martinez and fremont reaching 75 degrees, about the same in mountain view. tomorrow we'll see some of those numbers coming up, especially for our inland valleys and the south carolina, morgan hill hitting 90 degrees, 90 in concord, and mostly upper 80s for the inland east bay. mike, we heard about a fire in oakland. >> we located a crew just off the on-ramp. we saw the reflection in the building, the reflection is gone, the crew just cleared. good news, no major injuries and no major repercussions. bad news, i didn't have the thing i wanted to point out. 880 moves smoothly through this section. a minor crash as you're coming down westbound 80, no slowing.

i don't think there are any lanes blocked. we'll track that because it is an important route as people come off the carquinez bridge. a smooth flow around the berkeley curve. there's enough mist to build up from time to time and may be a factor on your windshield. historic reparations, it has been a headline topic in san francisco which has granted national interest for its list of recommendations, including cash payments for eligible black san franciscans. >> there was a report from the board of supervisors in the recent months, but does that mean anything? ginger conejero saab has more on where we are at this point. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, laura and marcus. at this point, what does this mean, what does it mean for african american groups who have been pushing for this? symbolically, yes. does it have any teeth? not just yet. the board of supervisors has

voiced support for reparations and voted unanimously for a draft resolution in march but that was nonbinding. back in april, mayor breed voiced her opposition to creating an office of reparations for city hall which would be in charge of developing policy proposals and programming and investment criteria. now, just a couple weeks ago on june 9th, san francisco's budget and appropriations committee held a special meeting where they also did not support the $50 million price tag of creating a new office of reparations. supervisor walton who has been spear heading efforts, a amended his request but it did not get support. groups like san francisco african american reparations committee is making a push today at the city's budget hearing. that hearing, a very important one, takes place at 9:30. a final report will be submitted to the mayor and the board of supervisors and the human rights commission in a couple days. the deadline for that is on june

30th. we'll be watching that hearing at 9:30 and giving updates online at nbcbayarea.com. in san francisco, ginger conejero saab, "today in the bay." >> ginger, thank you. a developing story this morning, dozens of families forced out of their homes after an apartment fire leaves them with no place to stay. that fire started just after 5:00 at an apartment complex on east 14th street in san leandro. firefighters think it started in a unit on the third floor. now, they were quickly able to put it out, however firefighters still are looking into what caused the fire. all 52 units are red tagged, leaving more than 160 people without a place to sleep tonight. >> just a shirt, no shoes. it's bad, it's bad. it's very uncomfortable. i don't know how it started, but i know it started in her house and right next door to me. by god's grace and mercy, my house was spared. >> firefighters say they do not

know when those families will be allowed back into the building. people were told to pack at least three days worth of clothing. shifting our focus to decision 2024. presidential candidates are ramping up campaigns this week. former donald trump's legal problems are hanging over the race. "today in the bay"'s brie jackson joins us live. the fallout over president trump's leaked audio recordings continues to make news. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. so in the leaked audio recordings you can hear former president trump apparently discussing a classified pentagon document. a spokesperson for the trump campaign insists that the audio recording proves that former president trump did nothing wrong. former president trump blasting the leaked audio recording of him discussing a classified document he kept after leaving office. >> what was said was absolutely

fine and perfect. we did nothing wrong. this is a whole hoax. >> reporter: in the recording obtained by nbc news, trump is heard talking about what appears to be a sensitive military document, even acknowledging he did not declassify it when he was president. >> it is highly confidential, secret. this is secret information. >> reporter: the former president was indicted on 37 criminal counts related to his handling of classified documents. he claims the federal case has done more to help, not hurt his 2024 presidential bid. >> this wasn't in the playbook, but because the public is really smart, my numbers went up. >> reporter: a recent nbc news poll shows mr. trump remains the front-runner among republican candidates, some of whom are working to separate themselves from his policies and legal issues. >> president trump was almost singularly focused on our trade relationship with china. he was right about our trade

abuses. it was and still is a critical issue. but trump did too little about the rest of the chinese threat. >> if this election is about biden's failures and our vision for the future, we are going to win. if it's about relitigating things that happened two, three years ago, we're going to lose. >> reporter: president biden is ramping up his re-election bid, holding multiple fundraisers this week. and today president biden will travel to chicago and highlight his economic vision for the future. >> so much to handle there. thanks so much, brie. 5:08 this morning. we want to take a live look at sfo where the busiest travel week of the summer is off to a very rough start. 1,700 flights canceled nationwide yesterday. this is from newark liberty airport where some people have

been waiting for more than five hours for baggage to arrive while others have been in the bay area since sunday night because of delays and cancellations. the weather problems started back east with thunderstorms, the faa also dealing with staffing shortages, especially at control towers. officials say 77% of airports across the country are understaffed. this comes as aaa is projecting the fourth of july holiday weekend could see more than 50 million people hitting the skies and roads. >> what people can expect on the roads, in the air or at the gas station, is a lot of company. we have never had a forecast like this one. it's an all-time record for us. >> before the peak of the travel season or this weekend, i should say, things are expected to improve, mainly because severe weather is expected to ease up. meteorologist kari hall joins us now. she's been tracking severe storms across the northeast. what's the system looking like this morning? >> we have a new system coming in and we are going to see more

showers and thunderstorms in different areas today. as we take a look at the national map and the high temperatures, it's also been extremely hot across the south and parts of the southwest, they're dealing with heat index values over 110 degrees. we're also seeing storms firing up and moving over toward spots like arkansas, as well as missouri, and then continuing to move off toward the east. so there may be some more travel issues today. as we go into the weekend, we're going to see changes in our weather and we're expecting some dangerous heat across the bay area. so we're issuing heat advisories for parts of the bay area, excessive heat watches for the central valley. and this weekend you want to make sure you're making plans to take it easy, reducing outdoor activities, drinking more water, as well as the increased risk of heat related illnesses will be coming in for the weekend. we're making sure that you're not leaving children in vehicles, as well as taking

those dogs out during the hottest hours of the day. we're going to talk more about that, how hot it gets across the bay area in a few minutes. mike has a look at your travel plans before you hit the road. >> you've got to fill up the tank and we're looking at the supply and demand. demand is coming up. we did find a good deal in vallejo, $4.06, costco on plaza drive. in alameda county, we have dublin with the best, $4.09 at exxon and circle k, amador valley boulevard. best price in the city of santa clara is platinum gas on washington street with $4.23. thanks for reporting that through gasbuddy.com. as we look at the issues, there's slowing northbound 680 from the dublin interchange toward san ramon, as well as north coming through sunol. no delays really out of the altamont pass and we're looking at the dublin area, there's a good volume of traffic. i see flashing lights at the

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happy wednesday to you. it is now 5:15. let's get you ready for the day in the east bay. we're taking a look at san leandro right now at 55 degrees, a light wind. it's going to be a mostly cloudy morning and temperatures slowly warming up. it's going to be overall a nice day. we're keeping the comfortable temperatures with high heat ahead. we're bracing for it and i'll have a look at some of those numbers coming up in a few minutes. we are looking toward san jose, 280 at 17 and 880, things are fine, flowing smoothly. we're going to be talking about what may be coming up over the

next hour, hour and a half further up the peninsula coming up. good morning. happy wednesday to you. president biden will speak about the economy today, the ceo of fifth third bank, the nation's tenth largest bank, says it will no longer lend money for commercial real estate. we may see more banks do this. the ceo of microsoft will be in court defending his company's attempts to buy the video game company activision. the commerce department is considering new restrictions on chips sent to china, particularly chips from santa clara's nvidia. they're used for artificial intelligence. nvidia's stock may suffer this morning. canada is adjusting its immigration rules to quickly and seamlessly accept h1b visas from america. engineers, all kinds of smart people, if they lose their jobs

because of a layoff, their ability to stay in america vanishes. they have to pull their kids out of school, sell the house. it's a problem. it's a drain on the american economy. i've interviewed any number of immigrants who were here on h1b or student visas who created companies or contributed major scientific advancements who have to leave. canada did something similar during the global financial crisis of 2009. people were forced to leave america, but they could move to canada, so long as they could support themselves while they looked for new canadian jobs. speaking of jobs, there are layoffs to tell you about. the journal says robin hood will cut 7%. new relic and alumina have warned the state they'll head workers. a popular twitter account that tells you about conditions on the road to tahoe will go dark. twitter has cracked down on bots, automated accounts. laura, you tipped me off to this. >> i used that a lot.

>> i contacted the guy who makes it and he was too shy to go on camera. but he said twitter leadership is free to attempt to monetize the platform any way they see fit, but i think the work that people like me did for free made twitter a slightly more valuable property overall. to be clear, he can pay twitter to create this automated account that tells you whether you need chains, but he's just a guy. why does he have to pay? so he said enough of that, we'll shut down. >> call him back and tell him he'll be missed. >> i will do that. >> thanks, scott. >> you bet. >> give him my number. not like that. >> i've got you. trending this morning, a popular video game headed to the big screen. >> what do they want? >> they want to make her like them.

>> it shows what it would be like if those characters at chuck e cheese came to life and it follows a security guard who realizes they're out to get him. yes. and he has to find a way to survive. can you believe that? scary. that movie is based off of a popular video game. you can actually watch it in theatres or on peacock on october 27th. nbcuniversal is the parent company of peacock, as well as us here at "today in the bay." >> just in time for halloween. >> my son and daughter both play that. my daughter got the headset, so they put it on and she plays this immersive version. the funnest thing is they have friends over and everybody sits around and watches one person play. they just get the bejesus scared out of them. it is a jump scare game. >> interesting. so you're tasked with watching it. >> got you covered.

the 27th. i'll come to work like -- [ laughter ] weather-wise out there, nothing scary about the weather. >> you know, it's been fair le cool across the bay area. today is another nice one and then we'll see temperatures heating up for the weekend. let's take a look live right now in walnut creek where we're starting out with clouds rolling by and eventually it's going to clear out, going to temperatures in the upper 50s at 8:00 and 64 degrees at 10:00. that's when the sky is all clear and we'll continue to see sunshine the rest of today. the seven-day forecast is coming up at the bottom of the screen. here is a look at our high temperatures, headed for 83 degrees in santa rosa and 71 today in hayward. so overall these temperatures are still pretty nice and we're feeling some comfortable air. but then tomorrow it does get a little bit more uncomfortable for the inland valleys, with concord reaching 90 degrees. also 90 in morgan hill.

san francisco is not going to see as much of a change, so we're still in the 60s here. as you make your way to spots like sonoma, napa valley, we're going to reach into the low 90s in time for the start of the weekend. you can probably tell at the bottom of the screen that saturday is going to be our hottest day and that's when high pressure is right over us. but it will continue to move on. the wind direction changes. by the fourth of july, our temperatures are already coming back down. take a look at fairfield and our temperatures that are going from low 80s to low 90s, to mid-90s on friday. then 99 degrees here on saturday, with some low 90s on sunday. look at the fourth of july. it's going to be only 82 degrees. so a lot of people as the temperatures heat up inland will be heading to the coastline. santa cruz is going to be so comfortable with low 70s and sunshine. great weekend for that as we enjoy this first full week of summer. we're also going to have a nice cooldown in time for the

holiday. mike, it seems like the commute so far has been pretty smooth. >> pretty calm, nothing unexpected as far as the speed sensors. we're going to zoom toward the contra costa county area. we're watching the hercules off-ramp, reports of an incident but no injuries and no slowing at the scene. just watch the activity. there may be something nearby. we're looking at a smooth drive down the berkeley curve. the eastshore freeway is at speed, so you're just at 15 minutes from highway 4 through the area you saw, the clear toll plaza, moving smoothly through the north bay as well, southbound 101 through san rafael at speed, down across the golden gate bridge. back to you. >> thank you so much. 5:22 right now. next on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> they give a $200 gift, then someone unexpected takes it all. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds with a nbc bay area responds with a gift card reminder for everyone

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welcome back. so nbc bay area responds to a south bay family whose present to a neighbor disappeared. >> they asked consumer investigator chris chmura's team to perform some magic to get it back. >> good morning. they did something sweet for a neighbor, they bought them a $200 vanilla gift card. this went sour.

you can use vanilla gift cards anywhere that takes credit cards, but when the neighbor swiped there's, guess how much of that 200 bucks was still on there? zero. the full balance was gone. vanilla wouldn't restore the missing money, so they contacted us. our team contacted vanilla. a rep responded and said our privacy restrictions prevent us from sharing specific details, but we can confirm that we are in contact with mrs. overton to address her concerns. within ten days vanilla made good and sent the overtons a $200 replacement card. we've done so many stories about gift card balances vanishing like sydney in the east bay. she recently faced a nearly identical hassle and we helped her out. often criminals are hacking into gift cards so we made a how-to video showing you how to protect your gift cards from crooks who can drain them. one key takeaway. don't let gift cards sit. use them asap.

you can watch that video and all of our videos on our website, streaming channels and youtube page. just look for the how-to playlist. >> thanks, chris. coming up next, the top stories we're following today, including the new funding to help restore bay area waterways. the wildlife in areas that will see some much-needed help because of it. >> reporter: fireworks go on sale in parts of the bay area today. i'm emma goss. i'll tell you where you can find safe fireworks in time forour y

right now at 5:30, keeping safety top of mind. ahead, a few places where fireworks are legal ahead of the fourth of july holiday. plus, battling gang violence. the action police in one north bay city are taking after seeing an uptick in crime. >>. a new health alert from the cdc. the reason officials are sounding the alarm about malaria and what you can do to stay protected. this is "today in the bay." and good morning to you on this wednesday. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. let's start with a look at the forecast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. another nice day ahead? >> yes, it's going to be a great day.

one last day for the inland valleys to have some mild temperatures before that heat starts to crank up. so let's get a look at palo alto this morning, starting out cloudy, temperatures now in the mid-50s. as we go into today, we'll see it clearing out and still in the 60s at about lunchtime, headed for about 76 degrees for palo alto today. in san jose, it's headed for 77 degrees, so this is about what's normal for this time of year, maybe even slightly cooler in some spots, with concord reaching 82 and 79 in napa. we're going to talk about that weekend heat and that fourth of july forecast within view as well. mike, emeryville is where we've seen some droplets on the lens. >> off the eastshore freeway, we're looking at westbound. welcome, good morning. we're looking at this camera where sometimes the lens did build up with droplets. they ran the wipers so it's clean right now. just a note, as kari has been

talking about, things aren't completely without humidity. that's great, we don't like it too dry. we're looking toward highway 37, a little build. there's also traffic building. highway 4, typical patterns over here for a wednesday. we're looking at an early build and then things should lighten up a little later in the morning as we are in the summer months and approaching next week's holiday. coming out of the altamont pass, a smooth drive. vasco road, light slowing toward dalton. in the south bay, where it says san jose, that's the first slowdown for north 101, right around oakland road. back to you. >> thanks, mike. fourth of july less than a week away, and today a few cities across the bay area fireworks go on sale. >> they can be used in a handful of areas but officials are warning about the dangers. emma goss is live at one of the locations where they're selling fireworks this morning. it looks like they're still closed, but i guess they're ready for customers to come on

in. >> reporter: yeah, it is still closed, but soon enough. i'm at one of 15 fireworks booths in the city of dublin, in just a few hours they'll be selling safe fireworks. this is outside the safeway on dublin boulevard. they're run by different local licensed nonprofits. this one is run by the dublin high athletic boosters. in the city of dublin fireworks are only allowed to be used between 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. on july 4th at single-family residences and these four parks that you're seeing on your screen. other bay area cities allow safe and sane fireworks, union city, gilroy, san bruno, pacifica, and cloverdale. police will be stepping up enforcement against illegal fireworks and the penalty for anyone caught selling or using illegal fireworks could include

jail time and no fireworks of any type, even the ones that are safe and sane, are allowed at multi-family housing units, undesignated city parks, parks, businesses and schools. and these safe and sane fireworks booths will be open and selling fireworks up until noon on wednesday, july 5th. i'm emma goss. "today in the bay." police are searching for a motive and suspects after finding two men dead in a crashed car. police have not released much information. they were pound at 8:30 monday night off of lawyer street in vallejo. >> medical transported them to a local area hospital where they were pronounced deceased from their injuries. right now this is an ongoing investigation, and as i get more, we'll provide you more.

>> police have not released the victims' identities yet. this morning the santa rosa community is uniting to address an uptick in gang violence. this all follows two recent back-to-back shootings. police say on june 16th a 15-year-old was killed on corby avenue and most recently another 15-year-old dead this past weekend on blacksmith way. last night the santa rosa police department met with community members to address what's happening and shared some advice on how to stop kids from joining gangs. >> this isn't just a santa rosa issue, this is across the bay area and across california. but what is clear to me, we have to come together as a community and work toward solutions and it's going to start with education, it's going to start with intervention, with prevention, and also enforcement is a part of it as well. >> several arrests have been made in both cases. most of the suspects are teenagers, as young as 14. it's unclear if the two shootings are connected.

there is an urgent new warning from the cdc about malaria. the tropical disease transmitted by mosquito bites is spreading in the u.s. because of local cases for the first time in 20 years. there's four cases in florida, one in texas. while there's no evidence to suggest they're related, what they do have in common is there's no link to travel abroad. the last time malaria was transmitted locally in the united states was in 2003. all five patients are recovering, but the cdc is warning doctors to be on the lookout for symptoms as millions of americans prepare to spend their summer days outside. >> we need physicians to understand that they should have some suspicion for malaria and it's not difficult to diagnose and it's not difficult to treat. the people that die are people that do not get treated in time. >> the cdc is urging people to

limit mosquito bites by covering up, using repellant, and drain standing water which serves as a breeding ground for mosquitos. taking a live look at oakland, happening today, more money is going to bay area waters and wetlands. $52 million will be given to restore the waters and wetlands and the environmental protection agency, along with representative barbara lee and the east bay regional park district will talk more about it at the arrowhead marsh in oakland. the money will support project for the environment and underserved communities. this is the latest round of money from the san francisco bay area water quality improvement. taking a peek outside, sun is coming up over the bay area. enjoy today if you like the cooler temperatures. kari is keeping track of it all. we've got the warm-up on the way by the end, right? >> we know when we start out with clouds it's going to help keep those temperatures from warming up too quickly. so let's get a look out there in

morgan hill, where our temperatures start out at 55 degrees. cool morning. but then it does clear up by 9:00 to 10:00, and then we start to see temperatures ramping up. a perfect 70 degrees at lunchtime, so you might want to have that outside today. dinner outdoors, may be a little warm with highs reaching 82. we'll see some low 80s in concord, as well as santa rosa. not much of a change for san francisco, in the mid-60s today. then tomorrow we are looking at some slightly warmer temperatures and definitely hotter for the tri-valley, reaching into the upper 80s and up to 94 in fairfield tomorrow. so we'll get a look ahead at when those temperatures peak, how hot it will be in your microclimate in just a few minutes. mike, you're taking more of a minute look at the day ahead. >> that's right, because the day right now is looking predictable, just mild slowing for the first burst. lighter traffic expected this morning, probably after 6:00 things should ease up.

the build looking standard. this will be unexpected. 6:30 in that area there will be traffic breaks. we're seeing chp entering notes about highway 84 near 280 where they're going to move a large drill to continue the repair work in this area, so large equipment may mean traffic breaks. right around 6:30. so far things are calm, but that is when things pick up on the peninsula. after work you'll see pregame traffic. 6:40 is when the game is. pregame is 90 minutes before the game. there will be a crowd at the parking lot. midmorning, about 9:00, we're looking at perhaps paving work around joaquin miller. just a restriction, no major problems. you will see crews moving around. the build at the bay bridge, they just activated the metering lights. back to you. >> thank you, mike. we all know planning a vacation can be tough for a lot of people. it can be easier with some new technology.

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good wednesday morning to you. the time is 5:42. as you're heading out in fremont, much of the east bay starting out with a cloudy morning and temperatures in the

mid-50s. the trend throughout the day is going to be very much like what we've gotten used to, a cool morning and mild afternoon. but things will change as we go into the next few days. hotter temperatures ahead. we'll take a look at that in the seven-day forecast coming up in a few minutes. and the bay bridge, they activated the metering lights, lighter traffic flowing around the approaches throughout the east bay. we're looking at the buildup toward the toll plaza because the metering lights slow you getting onto the span. we'll show you the backup on the maze coming up. 5:43 right now. the search continues for a man caught carving names into the roman coliseum. it's a viral video that's sparking international outrage. it all happened on friday. the video shows the man carving he and his woman's name into the 2,000-year-old monument. a tourist from southern california got the whole thing on video and posted it to reddit and youtube. italy's minister of culture tweeted saying it is a serious crime. the american who posted the

videos say he was shocked and turned his video over to italian police. >> i'm just flabbergasted. really, seriously? you're really doing this? he turns and gives me this smile that says, i have no shame at all. that was dumb founding as well. next thing i had to do, i found somebody to report him. >> more on the search to find the man in the video and the strict punishment awaiting him. 5:44 this morning. president biden will be in chicago today to talk up the economy. >> scott mcgrew joins us. the white house is calling it bidenomics. >> which was supposed to be an insult. the republicans came up with bidenomics as a way of criticizing the president, but we've heard the white house use the term several times yesterday talking about today's trip. indeed, we expect the president to use the term as well. that's because when you look at the raw numbers, the economy continues to steam along.

that recession we were promised has not shown up. more than 13 million jobs have been created during biden's term in office, though you have to take the pandemic into account. unemployment has remained low, wages are up. that message is not getting out, just 36% of americans think biden is doing a good job with the economy. a lot of that is probably inflation. at its worst point, prices were up more than 9% year-over-year. stimulus money put a lot of cash in the system. headline inflation is now around 3.6%. house speaker kevin mccarthy, meantime, redoubling his support for republican front-runner donald trump, a day after mccarthy seemed to waiver a bit in an interview with cnbc. >> could he win an election? >> yeah, he can. >> you think he can? >> the question is, is he the

strongest to win the election? i don't know that answer. but can anybody beat biden? yeah, anybody can beat biden. can biden beat other people? it's on any given day. >> mccarthy said trump would beat biden because trump is stronger, he said, today than he was in 2016. meantime, georgia's secretary of state brad raffensperger will be interviewed by federal investigators from special counsel jack smith's office. prosecutors are looking into donald trump's role in the january 6th attack. meantime, the state of georgia looking into trump's attempts to change the vote in georgia. there are audio recordings of that. a special criminal investigation also led by smith is looking into how trump handled government documents after he left government. those recorded on audio as well. here is nbc's lead justice reporter. >> reporter: pretty, i think, damning audio for him overall and it will be a major part of the prosecution's case going

forward. i think especially when jurors hear that and the various explanations, presuming it ever would get to that point, it's something that is going to be tough for a defense team to rebut. >> we'll hear more coming up on the "today" show. >> thank you very much, scott. new this morning, a message with serious star power for hollywood actors bracing for a possible work stoppage. hollywood actors earlier this month set a deadline of friday for a new sag-aftra contact. then they'll join the picket line. major stars have sent a letter to sag-aftra leadership telling union leaders not to settle for a deal falling short of union demands. leaders are still confident a new deal can be reached. turning to a live look at sfo this morning, where new for you, sfo makes the list for one of the worst airports in the u.s. this all comes from a new report

by a passenger advocate organization. it ranked the list of worst airports based on the highest percentage of flight disruptions. harry reed international airport in las vegas took the top spot with about 34% of flights disrupted. sfo took the fifth spot with 27% of the flights delayed or canceled. denver international comes in third, while honolulu is at four. planning a summer vacation certainly is a big task and for some it's the least favorite part of taking a vacation. but artificial intelligence can help. >> google has a few ai tools to help you out. google's chatbot can create an itinerary for your trip, suggestions of what to do. another helpful tool is called search generative and this is an experience which uses ai to expand on a regular google search. >> let's say you've planned your itinerary and you're going for a

weekend away in new orleans and you're trying to figure out which restaurant is best to go to. you can use it to compare two different restaurants and figure out, this one might be more family friendly, this one might be more seafood heavy. >> think about this. if you're traveling to another country, google lens can help as a pocket translator. all you have to do is click the camera icon on the google search bar and you can snap a picture of the menu in italian and it will figure out what you're ordering for lunch. >> my daughter is going to japan on exchange and my son does it regularly. he loves stuff from different countries like anime and they'll just whip it out. it says this. how do you know that? >> just last night i used that, it was google translate. i'm not sure if it was mandarin. i'm not sure of the language.

my friend took a picture of it. oh, this is what it says. you can actually just hover over it and it just switches. it was really cool. >> interesting. >> i'm going to make a fake one and you're going to read stuff that's not really there. >> here. you can see right there. it hovered and told me exactly what all of this was saying. >> great television. >> you can't see it. sorry. i was trying to figure out, what does this say? >> good to know. >> there you have it. >> use the tool. >> you learn a lot here on "today in the bay." you don't need the phone to find out what's going to happen with the weather because it's going to start to heat up for the inland areas the next few days. take a look at san rafael, our usual start with clouds and cool temperatures. it's a nice morning. temperatures right now at 54 degrees. and we will see what we've seen recently with temperatures starting to warm up as the sky clears by late morning into the afternoon. here is a look at our highs across the bay area.

novato headed for 80 degrees and 71 in oakland. still pretty nice today. we're going to reach up to 80 in livermore. let's take it to tomorrow. the seven-day forecast comes up at the bottom of the screen. you'll see what to expect over the next few days as you make weekend plans. tomorrow we're still cool along the coastline with 60s. you head down the peninsula, it's in the mid-70s. across the bay, in the mid to upper 70s. then getting hotter for the inland east bay as well as the south bay, with upper 80s and even low 90s. then that jumps to upper 90s for concord on friday, 98 degrees, about the same in fairfield. santa rosa reaching 92 degrees. and we're still fairly mild near the coastline and in san francisco. so here is what to expect as we go into the weekend, dangerous heat ramping up. we will have a heat advisory most likely in effect starting on friday, continuing through monday, and much hotter temperatures across the central valley. as this high pressure moves in, the good thing is that it will

keep on moving. so the spike in temperatures doesn't last long. we'll see that for the weekend. then cooling off in time for the fourth of july holiday. in livermore, take a look at what to expect. temperatures going from low 80s to 100 degrees on saturday. so that's the day you want to take it easy, go for a swim, try to stay in some air-conditioning. then we get back the natural air-conditioning just in time for the fourth of july holiday. only 80 degrees for the inland areas. mike, you've been watching the roads and something new popping up. >> new traffic. new cars, new friends at the bay bridge. but no major problems. now, we will have the typical focus points like the bay bridge showing the backup. overall we're looking at a lighter commute as we approach next week with the holiday, fourth of july. some folks stretch out their vacation. we have the backup from the toll plaza up to the metering lights and then a little slowing on the span, a little slowing through richmond. highway 37 around muir island,

from concord, no surprises. walnut creek, the interchange is moving smoothly. 680, no delays. 101, the build around oakland road and coming past the airport, we'll check out that pattern. just a little different. happening now, people are getting ready to see new affordable housing units open in napa. the ribbon-cutting ceremony for 20 new units starts at 11:30. caritas has worked to get the units open. it is a nonprofit dedicated to creating affordable housing. these units will be one and two-bedroom apartments on old sonoma road. one music fan taking things to a whole new level. forget throwing flowers on stage. trending this morning, the unusual offering that caught p!nk completely off guard. then at 6:00, dozens of families facing uncertainty this morning. we'll update the investigation into a fire at an apartment complex, leaving many people

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welcome back. we are checking out what is trending this morning. this is, i think, a bizarre story. outrageous behavior at a p!nk concert in london. look at the unusual gift she got from a fan. ♪♪ >> okay, so over the weekend a fan tossed a bag of ashes onto the stage. apparently the remains of that fan's mother. after a pause, p!nk told the crowd this was a first for her adding, quote, i'm impressed. there's no word on what became of the ashes after the concert, but we do know the fan was not arrested. >> maybe the mom was a big fan of p!nk. >> at the beginning of the clip, she said, this is your mom? wow. >> in a plastic bag.

>> yeah. >> mom always wanted to see p!nk. >> exactly. i want to meet her, but i don't want my kids throwing me on the stage like that. so a lot of you are probably thinking about breakfast. we're probably thinking about lunch because we've been up early. there is a new report saying that chick-fil-a is a top spot for making people happy. this is from a new study from customer satisfaction index. researchers based this on rankings of a few factors, including the accuracy of the food order, the variety of food and the quality. chick-fil-a took the number one spot for the ninth year in a row, followed by jimmy john's and in-in out, kfc, papa johns. taco bell and mcdonald's took the last two spots. >> is that surprising? >> it depends.

they're like the ogs of fast food. >> it makes kids happy sometimes. >> they didn't ask my son. that's his top dining spot. would you guys try this, maybe on your burger? so pepsi is stepping up the plate to a new cola-infused ketchup at four major league ballparks this independence day. there are none in the bay area. baseball fans at yankee stadium, minnesota, detroit and arizona can try the new ketchup on tuesday. pepsi is still offering a deal for the fourth of july, if you're buying hot dogs and pepsi for this weekend, head to their website so that you can get a rebate for more soda. >> that doesn't sound bad. >> that's not one of the weirder infusions. >> the deal is the other ballparks are not oracle park.

>> their food already is good. >> we've got high end. >> all those stories are trending on our website, nbcbayarea.com. right now at 6:00, the debate over reparations for african americans resumes in san francisco. city leaders are getting closer to taking a big first step in this plan. ahead for you in a live report, we're going to lay out some of the critical steps expected to be taken before the end of the week. dozens of east bay families without a home after a fire tears through an apartment complex. what investigators are revealing about a possible cause. and weather issues elsewhere creating havoc for sfo flyers. some travelers are now in a seemingly endless holding pattern. this is "today in the bay." this is wednesday morning for you. hump day is here. almost to friday. i like the sound of that,