hey, we're live from the scene with the first. look at that damage as the sun begins to rise. plus the impact that smoke is having on air quality. and a san jose state professor suspended this is after her involvement with students protesting the war in gaza. the accusations the university is making against her and honoring american fallen soldiers. the way the u.s. is remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice this memorial day, this is today in the bay good

morning. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington, and i'm kris sanchez. i'm here for laura garcia, who is off. first, we want to start with developing news. the oakland fire department is still on the scene of a large lumber yard fire just off 880. and you can see how massive those flames got last night. obviously a very different scene this morning. and that's where we find today in the bay's bob redell. and bob, do we have an update on what the cause is of this fire? there is a man who works at a gas station next door. the economy lumber that burned here on high street. marcus and kris. and he says recently he's seen a number of fires started in this area by unhoused people. but oakland fire department, they have cast doubt on that as being the cause for what this fire was yesterday. you could see the cause still under investigation. fire is contained, but the firefighters are still been pouring water on and off this morning onto the structure to make sure that nothing flares

back up. you can see it is smoldering. still, now that we're getting the sun up, this is what the fire looked like last night around 745. grew so big here at economy lumber that oakland fire had a call for a fourth alarm. at its height, at least 80 firefighters are working to put this out. and for a short time, rail service was shut down and nearby railroad tracks. we know service has since resumed. we just had a train go by within the past 5 to 10 minutes. the lumber yard sits near a gas station, as i mentioned. the man who operates it again, he says there have been fires in this area before they normally start along the railroad tracks near a homeless encampment, but again, the firefighters say they do not believe this started by the railroad tracks. they believe this fire started in the lumber yard itself. here's that man at the gas station. i was very afraid that can we get a lot of gasoline? got over 30,000 gallons of gas under the ground over here. we got a lot of people over here. of course, i was worried. as far as we know, no one was hurt in this fire.

firefighters they're all safe and sound. local roads in this area are shut down. this is also by 880, but it's having no impact on 880. so if you are driving today on this, this holiday morning, you might see some of the smoke smoldering from this. but again it's not going to have any impact on the greater morning commute. if there is one this memorial day reporting live here in oakland, bob redell today in the bay. all right. thank you so much, bob. well, one thing we can't see air quality sometimes is that going to have a big effect on our air quality. it's not a big impact and it's very localized what we're seeing. so as we take a look at some of our air quality maps that we are seeing, one little spot there, that we are seeing some moderate air quality around berkeley, orinda and el sobrante this morning. so just once again, a very localized area due to the wind direction and where we're also seeing that inversion layer kind of trapping some of that smoke and we can still once again, from our camera, see it smoldering there elsewhere across the bay area. we are expecting some pretty good air quality, and we're

going to go throughout the day with a stronger wind, which will hopefully help clear things out as well. our temperatures now in the mid 50s headed for the mid to upper 60s for the afternoon, and we're going to have another really nice, comfortable day all around the bay area. so we'll talk about a slight warm up in a few minutes. i wanted to get you out the door with a look at the commute, and it's been so light all around the bay area. any incidents that we've seen have not caused any major backups. our bridges are flowing well. whether you're taking the san mateo bridge or the bay bridge, richmond san rafael bridge is looking good and not seeing any major accidents slowing down the commute, so hopefully you'll be able to make it to work safely as well as quickly due to the lack of traffic out there. and i'll have another update in a few minutes. back to you. thank you so much, carrie. the search is now underway for survivors following a massive landslide in papua new guinea. thousands of people are now feared dead because more than 1100 homes were buried by that landslide, which leveled a remote village

in the northern part of the country. drone footage shows the extent of that damage. that slide hit about 370 miles northwest of the capital city. at least six other villages also impacted by that natural disaster. well, turning now to deadly moments overseas, palestinian officials say at least 40 people are dead after an airstrike hit the southern gaza city of rafah. israeli forces say that they conducted a military operation based on intelligence showing hamas was operating in that area. the un condemning israel's actions. now this all comes as israeli forces say hamas launched eight missiles from rafah yesterday. no one was killed or seriously hurt. hamas later claimed responsibility of that launch on social media. now israel's defense minister says efforts to return the hostages held by hamas are ongoing and new. at six, a san jose state professor says that she is now suspended in connection with recent

activities tied to pro-palestinian protests, saying he he killer he kill is a justice studies professor who also served as co-chair of the palestine arab and muslim caucus of the cal state teachers union. now, in a later letter posted to instagram, she says that the school suspended her over her recent support of protesters. the chronicle reports that she violated an article of collective bargaining agreement with cal state schools. that letter indicates that she directed students to violate harassment policies and disrupted academic learning. the school says that it does not respond to personnel matters. the union is now calling her reinstatement. we are nearing a potential verdict in the hush money trial of former president donald trump. closing arguments start tomorrow, but it comes after a very tough weekend on the campaign trail for the former president. mr. trump spoke at the libertarian

national convention, but the voters there seemed hesitant to show him any support. the libertarian party should nominate trump for president of the united states. whoa that's nice. only if you want to win. only if you want to win. maybe you don't want to win. maybe you don't want to win, during his speech, trump even committed to appointing a libertarian to his future cabinet. but that didn't seem to win over the crowd. given their reaction. it is 606 now, and a motorcyclist killed in a crash this weekend in half moon bay has been identified as the mayor's son. we got to know the mayor pretty well during the half moon bay mass shooting. this crash happened on highway one just before 6:00 on saturday night, the san mateo county sheriff's office says a pickup truck and a motorcycle were involved in that crash, and the coroner's office identified the victim as joaquin dominic

jimenez alvarado. he is the son of mayor joaquin jimenez and was riding the motorcycle. family shared this photo of the 28 year old, a volunteer firefighter in the area tried to save his life, but jimenez did die at the scene. in a statement, mayor jimenez spoke about the loss, saying, quote, this is a complete tragedy. my son was well respected and loved by family, friends and the community. he was respectful and never caused any trouble. he had a beautiful heart and was a giver. he grew up in half moon bay, loved writing stories and riding motorcycles. i am very proud of him. that was mayor joaquin jimenez. the sheriff's office says the investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing. well, now to a live look at the tomb of the unknown soldier. this is at arlington national cemetery. it serves as a site of reflection for the military service. president biden will lay a wreath there as part of the annual memorial day tradition. he then plans to deliver an address. today in the

bay ginger conejero saab. she's live in san francisco. this morning, ahead for us at 630, she's going to have a live report at what's happening across the bay area honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. well, as temperatures start to go up, the california governor's office of emergency services is sending out a warning about swift waters . rivers are going to be more dangerous this summer than previous years. people just have to be cautious and wear your life vests and come out here and have a good time and be safe, especially watch the little ones. you know, that's the important thing because it takes two seconds for one to disappear on you. now, officials remind everyone of other hidden dangers, including freezing waters, large rocks and tree branches that you can't see under the water. now, several u.s. states also working to clean up after severe weather swept through the weekend. at least 19 people are now dead after a series of storms and tornadoes hit parts of the south, and the great plains. this is new video of damage in arkansas. at least eight people

are among the dead following this brutal el storm system. tens of thousands of people remain without power in the state, and the governor signed an executive order authorizing a quarter million dollars in aid for state emergency officials. the storms are continuing to move east this morning. kerry, it is tough to see. we know that, you know, we expect some stormy weather during this part of the year, but that's a lot. this has been a lot this season. we've had storm after storm coming through one of the most active tornado seasons that we've seen in history. and we're still looking at a severe weather threat, as we are seeing now, those storms targeting parts of the south with a severe thunderstorm watch in effect for the atlanta area. and then we're also seeing some of those storms moving off towards the east, toward the mid-atlantic coast. so we'll be watching out for that for today as we get a look at the pacific northwest that is also had a lot of wet weather. there's a new storm system

that's going to be coming in and potentially more on the way, but we're also going to have warmer temperatures for the bay area as we wake up with a clear sky and as we go throughout the day in san jose, our temperatures will be in the low 50s at 7:00. at 9:00, it's 60 degrees and we'll see some mid 70s into the afternoon, eventually reaching a high of about 77 degrees 75. in san martin in livermore, 77 degrees and 78 in concord, with mid to upper 70s for the north bay. very cool weather near the coastline and in san francisco. but eventually we're going to warm up a little bit for the valleys and the coast. so we'll take a look at that. coming up in the microclimate forecast in a few minutes. all right. thank you very much, kerry. it is 611 this morning. and a splash of color coming to downtown san jose ahead for you this morning. the army of artists set to transform san pedro square to the way you can take part in making it happen. so the stock markets are closed today. but

the real estate markets aren't. there's an open house for a house where you could live there at home alone if you wanted to, plus making sure the day that will live in infamy is never forgotten. how an 11 year old is honoring the fallen on this memorial day. keep it right here.

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today. tesla with a rare gain on friday. meta this week will say goodbye to sheryl sandberg. she's been with the company for many years, since 2008. she says she'll concentrate on her new nonprofit, lean in. also, the name of her book, back in 2013, sandberg will step down on wednesday. a lot of people pointing out problems with google's new ai answers. like any ai, google's ai gathers knowledge from the internet. sometimes it's wrong. one response on the search page suggested using glue in your pizza sauce. this answer, which got a lot of play on social media, suggests you eat one rock a day. so that you get your minerals. now, if you are unclear about this, do not do that. do not eat rocks. a google spokesperson says the bad answers are rare and that the company has not been able to replicate some of the silly or just downright wrong responses people are posting online. also in ai news, elon musk has been

able to raise more than $6 billion more for his company x i . the company says its new funders include the saudis and new venture and venture firm andreessen horowitz. the home alone house in winnetka, illinois is once again for sale. everybody wondered what kevin's mother and father did to afford such a big house. it's not that expensive by california standards. the current owner bought it for about a million and a half, which is the going rate for a small ranch house in the bay area. they want to sell it for 5.25 million. it's five bedrooms, six baths. recently renovated indoor basketball court, movie theater as well. it's at 671 lincoln avenue. now. they actually did shoot some of the movie inside the house, which is rare. almost never does that happen, particularly the front staircase with the big paint can. so you can recreate that if you wanted to. now you would ask for neighborhood comps because you're like 5 million. seems a bit steep, right? okay

this is also in winnetka, not very far down the street on sheridan drive. it's 3 million. oh, so you are absolutely right. they're asking way too much for the home alone house at 5 million. why? i say that is because any chicagoan will say sheridan drive. that's on the lake. that house is backyard is lake michigan. oh, wow. so it is. and that's three it's 3 million. 3 million, which i get those zillow reports. and it's like, you know, a stunning you know, horse farm in kentucky, $1 million. i know you're like, wait a minute, i know i like that home alone house went sold for 1.5 million five bedrooms, basketball court here. you get one bathroom and two two bedrooms, if you're lucky. yeah yeah, depending on the neighborhood. right all right. thanks, scott. you bet. well, i want to give you a live look over at palisades tahoe resort this morning. beautiful, right? okay, so if you're hoping to get in your last run on the ski

resort this season, well, you're going to have to leave right now, and you're probably going to drop pretty quickly. but within the speed limit, of course, within the speed limit by. and i say that because today is the last day of skiing over at pisad, which is also the last holdout. that's because other sierra ski resorts close weeks to go. i mean, look at all the greens. but i would imagine if you want to go skiing, you would have probably already left. yeah. you know, better. all right. let's see. well happy skiing to those who are already there. all right a colorful makeover is coming to downtown san jose. this is super cool. there's going to be a giant mural painted in san pedro square, 12,000ft■!s of mural created by san jose native jimmy paints. the mural will span across a section of san pedro street, which is now only open to pedestrians. but the really cool part is that you can volunteer to help paint it. you can show up and be part of history. it could be done by next weekend. if enough people pitch in to help. that is cool. all right, 618 right now and

pearl harbor will forever be remembered as the attack that drove the u.s. into world war two. and one north carolina boy is on a mission to make sure that day that will live in infamy is never forgotten. 11 year old harrison johnson first learned about pearl harbor in third grade. he and his mom even visited the national memorial in hawaii, traveling from their home near raleigh. after visiting, he told his parents he wanted to raise money to support educational programs for the memorial, and he says he has a very specific target in mind. he said, do your mom and dad, hey, i want to raise $100,000. yes, sir. and what did they say? they initially asked me to go for a smaller amount, like $1,000, but i told them about the art of the possible. about you can do anything that you set your mind to, and they eventually agreed. harrison went door to door in his neighborhood, asking for money. he even held fundraisers at a local restaurant and a golf

club with his parents help, harrison eventually partnered with a group coordinating educational programs at the memorial. they helped to create a web page where people could donate, and two years after he started his mission, he just reached his goal. with the help of a $2,000 donation from a neighbor. how cool he is very convincing. yeah, he said, look, $1,000, $100,000. mom and dad, as a parent, you want to, like, manage expectations. like, well, he did it though. start with ten bucks. he said no, 100,000. that's my goal. and he hit it. awesome. congratulations to him. super cool. all right. we're honored honoring all of our military today. and we're also going to take some time to appreciate the weather as well. it's been pretty good to us. and we do have some nice conditions for those ceremonies going on today we're waking up to

sunshine as we are getting a live look outside in san jose, and we're going to have a day. with our temperatures spread out from the coast to the inland areas, thanks to some fog that we'll see lingering along the coastline and sunshine that we're getting in the inland valleys, the warming trend continues throughout the weekend. some of our warmer days will be on thursday and friday, so toward the end of the week, as we take a live look outside in dublin, i know people are going to be going shopping at the outlets in that area. it's going to be in the upper 50s at 11:00. it will be 66 degrees and a really nice day as our highs head for the low 70s and then cooling down very quickly after setting that high temperature of about 73 there it will be 69. in moraga and in napa today 78 degrees. while clear lake and ukiah will see some mid 80s. those will be the warmest spots. as we go through the rest of the forecast, we are going to see temperatures gradually warming up over the next few days, but we really won't start to feel

that warmth until about thursday or friday, so we're still enjoying some mild weather through at least midweek. and then as we take a look at our bigger view of all of the rain that's happening across the pacific northwest, none of that reaching us, and not even the cool weather up until the end of the weekend. we will see a system getting very close to us, and our temperatures continue to warm up to before we get to that point. so by thursday and friday, we're seeing some mid 80s and then some upper 70s and low 80s for the end of the weekend. and looking at san francisco, we'll be in the low to mid 60s throughout the next several days with upper 60s for thursday and friday. as you're heading out on the roads this morning, if you do have to make it through the east bay, you're commuting through the east bay. temperatures are not temperatures, but drive times are going to be pretty good there. we are seeing everything flowing at speed. here's a live look at fremont this morning. not a lot of cars out, and even

the san mateo bridge at this time. it is usually barely moving, but it's flowing pretty well. 65 is the speed limit. i think people are going that or maybe even a little bit more. no speeding this morning. too much. back to you. thank you. carrie. 622 right now, next year on today in the bay. the challenge you can take part in today while honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. and as we get closer to the paris olympics, we want to introduce you to some of our bay area athletes representing team usa. that includes lafayette native daniela moros. the 23 year old kiteboarder is the daughter o two windsurfers. she me her international competitive debut in formula kite wn she was just 14 yearold. she was the first member of us sailing to punch her ticket to paris. remember nbc bay area is your exclusive home for the paris olympics coverag begins july 26th. we'll bright backe

called rucking have a special way to honor fallen service members. so today it is called the murph challenge. it is a special workout named after a fallen navy seal lieutenant michael p murphy. he was killed in action in afghanistan 19

years ago. well, since that time, the workout honoring his sacrifice and service has become a popular event with athletes all over the world. rucking is a workout done with added weight using the principles of crossfit training. a former green beret whose current company endorses the training calls it the test of physical and mental endurance, honoring the sacrifice of service before you get to the barbecue and the beers and the and the family fun, you can you can honor all who have fallen. and that's the true kind of meaning of what memorial day is. and then you can get on to your your celebrations and, and wave your flags proudly. now if you are interested in this workout, here it goes. take a look here it is a workout that includes a one mile run. then you're going to do 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 squats, and then another mile run. and it's all done with wearing a weighted vest. i know kerri kris they're going to do

it. they they just want me to be there to actually keep track of that. they're doing everything right and make sure you all don't get hurt, which i, i accept that, but you can do that yourselves and maybe, check out tomorrow and see how they're doing after they do that. i was going to do it over ten days. over ten days. i do have a weighted vest. okay. because it's good for your bones. right. and my kids are like, our backpacks are heavier than that. all right, all right. we have a lot more news ahead for you at 630, including that lumber yard fire you might have smelled in the east bay. it's contained, but the smoke is lingering. we're tracking air quality concerns this morning as we get a first look at the damage. now

as crews work to put out the parts that are still smoldering. the images that i experience will endure for the rest of my life. helping people trapped in a war zone. hear from one bay area nurse who is sharing more about her time in gaza and new attacks leave more devastation overnight. paying tribute this memorial day, the events happening across the bay area are honoring the men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for us and our country. this is today in the

bay area. thanks so much for joining us on this monday morning. this memorial day, i'm kris sanchez, i'm in for laura garcia, and i'm marcus washington. i want to talk about that long night for firefighters over in the east bay. they are still at the scene of that large lumber yard fire now. started last night in oakland near interstate 880. so that's where bob redell is this morning. and bob, what are the conditions like now? as far as we know, the fire is out. but how about the smoke fires contained? good morning, chris and marcus. but it is still smoldering, as you can see here behind me. now that we're getting the sun up, which is why oakland fire is still out here. they have occasionally throughout the night, been pouring water onto the site where this fire started. you're looking at what remains of economy lumber here on high street, not far from 880. you might be able to see that smoke still wafting into the air. there this is what the fire looked like shortly after it started, around 745 last night. you can see the big flames as you can imagine, there was a

large amount of lumber inside which provided a lot of fuel for this fire. oakland fire escalated this firefight to a fourth alarm with at least 80 firefighters on the scene at one point. fortunately, no one was hurt and the fire was contained to this property. as i mentioned, a man who runs a gas station next door says he recently has seen a number of small fires set along the nearby railroad tracks. he believes set by unhoused people. but oakland fire tells us they don't think this fire originated there, that it started at the lumber yard itself. the exact cause still under investigation. there are railroad tracks right here. and for a brief moment yesterday, last night, rail service was shut down. but it has since resumed. we saw a train coming by here around 6:00 this morning reporting live here in oakland, bob redell. l today in the bay. so much going on there. i'm so glad no one was hurt. right. i mean, there was so much fuel for that fire. so let's head to carrie for a check of the air quality. this was wood that was burning. we have to assume some of it was treated with chemicals

because it's construction material, right? yeah. we've seen some of that air quality turning moderate and the wind direction carrying it closer to berkeley and orinda as well as el sobrante this morning. so that's where we're seeing one little spot where there is some moderate air quality this morning, and then we can still see a little bit of that smoke coming off as we get a look at this live view and our air quality outlook, which does show some improvement as we go throughout the day. looking good all around the bay area so this shouldn't have a major impact. and as you're heading out the door this morning, temperatures there in oakland are in the mid 50s and we will see temperatures in the mid to upper 60s for this afternoon. and we're going to have a wide range in temperatures from the coast to the inland valleys. as that fog lingers, half moon bay will be in the upper 50s while we'll see some areas in the 70s and even low 80s farther to the north. so i'll be tracking that with another update coming up in a few minutes. marcus and chris, thank you so much, carrie. at least 40 people are now

confirmed dead in the latest large scale israeli airstrike in gaza, in the city of rafah, the united nations already condemning the strike, which is which israel says it conducted based on intelligence showing hamas was operating in the area. and it comes in response to a new round of missiles launched by hamas militants, which hamas claimed responsibility for on social media. no one in that attack died. the carnage in gaza is hitting close to home for a bay area nurseshe is opening up about the devastation she witnessed firsthand during her recent humanitarian mission there. sandy adler is from fairfax, and in early april she returned from a two week stay in gaza, where she helped an international team trying to save injured people. she says she has done humanitarian missions in other parts of the world before, but by far this is the worst crisis, she has ever witnessed. not only are people living on a daily basis, hearing

bombs explode close to them, gunfire close to them from drones, limited capability in terms of self care in some of the camps, there's just one shower for several hundred people, minimal latrine issues, clean water. water is very expensive for them to buy. and she says her heart breaks every day for the innocent victims, so many of whom are children. she says she put her politics aside on this mission. she said she had no position on the conflict. she just wanted to help people. well, happening today here in the bay area and across the nation, americans remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country today in the bay ginger conejero saab live in san francisco. and ginger, the city actually started its memorial day commemorations a little early this year. that is correct. good morning marcus. and they will continue on throughout the morning and throughout the day here in san francisco and other

places across the bay area. one event in san francisco includes that in the presidio at the national cemetery there. that annual memorial day commemoration will begin at 1030 this morning. but as you mentioned, some of those memorial day events having began over the weekend, one in san francisco happened yesterday, and the uss san francisco memorial foundation put on its annual ceremony to remember the crew of that famous warship. 100 sailors and seven marines were killed during the historic world war two battle of guadalcanal. in 1942, hundreds came out sunday to pay their respects and listen to musical tributes. some who gathered were the descendants of those who gave their lives for our country. others paid tribute to the honor and sacrifice that memorial day is all about the one of the most storied ships of the naval history, decided to go into a combat situation that was simply suicide, and they did it because

they needed to save the lives of the marines on the beaches of guadalcanal. the story is of sacrifice, and this is the sort of story we want people to remember on the memorial day weekend. as we keep in mind those who did not return home from their time in service. now, other ceremonies and remembrance events are taking place this morning. here's just a couple of them, or several of them. if you're in marin, mill valley will hold its annual memorial day celebration and parade, starting things off with a that will be followed by a pre parade ceremonynd the parade itself to start at 1030 later this morning. over in alameda, the uss hornet will host members of the us navy with the wreath laying ceremony, a flyover over, as well as a book sale that is set to start at 11 now, al in the east bay, walnut creek will have music and a procession to the veterans memorial that also begins at 11 later this morning. now we've put a list of memorial

day events together for you. you can find that on nbcbayarea.com. all you need to do is just click at the link at the top of the home page to find one in your city, or one close to you. also today is a good day for veterans and military personnel to visit a california state park. admission is free today for memorial day. also, something to do out there, marcus, happy memorial day to you and to all those celebrating across the bay area. back to you. absolutely. and free for them. they deserve that and so much more. all right. thanks so much, ginger. it is 638 right now. and lee, we are taking a live look at lax this morning. the summer travel season is kicking into high gear and passengers now have a new concern to keep in mind measles. public health officials announced that over the weekend, someone who passed through lax tested positive for the infection last week. we know that individual was catching a connecting flight, so health leaders are now warning anyone

who was on a flight out of lax or through lax, or who came into contact with that passenger, to be aware and to just know about the symptoms and get yourself checked. if you think that you were exposed at 6.39, taking a live look out at sfo this morning, now here's a live look for us as americans set a new record at our airports this holiday weekend, tsa saying that they actually screened more than 2.9 million people at checkpoints nationwide on friday, the most in a single day . the previous record was set during last thanksgiving holiday weekend. tsa says that five of the top ten busiest travel days in its history have taken place. just this year alone. oh, my mother in law flew in from new york on friday, she said. it was packed and they had to divert the flight because there was a storm up here and a storm down

here. and you've been tracking all of that? yeah and those storms really have been very hard on the midwest parts of the southeast past few days, even few weeks. and there is another round coming through. so let's see if there is any delays out there. everything is looking good except for sfo as we're getting the low clouds. but across some of our major airports out east, things are looking great. but a closer look around the west coast. with san francisco now running on average about 25 minute delays. so we'll be checking in on that. that's the live view. as we can see, our typical may gray, those low clouds that marine layer that comes in keeps our temperatures cool. there and yes, definitely a chill in the air as our temperatures only make it into the upper 50s and low 60s in the city. and then across the bay will be in the upper 60s and low 70s hayward 71. and the farther you go inland, the warmer our temperatures will be. so we're going to see a definitely microclimates in full effect here. we'll check out a warming

trend for the end of the week coming up in a few minutes. marcus and chris all right thanks, gary. oh here's a look at our morning commute i'm doing this too right. all right. so we're going to have a smooth morning flow as we get a look at the san mateo bridge. we're also going to see things looking good all around the bay area. haven't seen any issues popping up. hopefully it stays that way. everyone is safe on this memorial day. back to you now. i mean, you can skip it because it's really quiet. so no news is good news. thank you very much. carrie. it is 641 right now and a dangerous shortage as we head into summer. up next, the new push to hire more lifeguards at america's pools and beaches. the president and vice president headed to arlington national cemetery this morning. plus, a look at the election ahead. also, what i love about sailing is that how dynamic it is and the fresh air, the sunshine and every day is different. that it is. look, we are 60 days away

from the paris olympics. we're going to introduce you to an east bay sailor who is among those going for gold in paris. keep it right here. as scott gets ready to take the waves. i'm on a boat. i don't want to work that ha

to allow the ukrainians to expand their use of american weapons. scott mcgrew. ukrainians want to be able to fire into russian territory,

which seems logical. that's where the russians are, right? so that makes all the sense. they're staging troops in russia . that's where their fuel and weapons dumps are. but the west says ukrainians can only use our targets, our weapons, rather to target invaders in ukraine. not across the border. meantime, the russians continue to hit civilian targets from russia. at least 16 people were injured after this bombing of an apartment building in kharkiv. it also housed a post office and a beauty salon. take a look at this. the ukrainian national police releasing this video of a russian strike on a big box hardware store, the equivalent of our home depot. the death toll still rising, but it's at least ten on. president biden has been reluctant to allow ukrainians to expand their use of weapons. the president meantime speaking to graduating cadets at the us military academy's graduation at west point thanks to the us armed forces, we're doing only america

can do as the indispensable nation, the world's only superpower, and the leading democracy in the world. never forget, america is the strongest when we lead not only by our example of our power, but by the power of our example. the president spent more than an hour returning salutes from each and every newly minted second lieutenant. former president trump was at the coca-cola 500 race in north carolina on sunday. his plane did an overflight before the race. he also met with the families of police officers that were hurt and killed in a recent raid in charlotte the day before trump attended the libertarian national convention in washington, dc. you may have heard about this. he was greeted by boos. but before we get to the boos, it's worth noting trump made history. never before has a presumed nominee from one party addressed the convention of a different party. the libertarian party should nominate trump for president of the united states. whoa that's

nice, that's nice. only if you want to win. only if you want to win. maybe you don't want to win. maybe you don't want to win. now, trump and biden need every vote they can get. they need to reach out to unlikely voters strategically, if trump picks up a few votes from the libertarians, it's worth the booze. the libertarians, by the way, did not nominate trump. he never even filed paperwork. they tapped chase oliver, who actually performed quite well in recent georgia senate races. president biden, vice president harris will be at arlington national cemetery a short time for now for the memorial day ceremonies. the president, of course, will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. kris. thank you, scott. well, memorial day, also known as the unofficial kickoff of summer. and as many people prepare to pack pools and hit the beach, there are concerns over a lack of lifeguards. states like new

york and michigan are shutting down beaches as a result of that shortage, according to the american lifeguard association. about a third of public pools were affected by the shortage last year. this prompted closures and reduced hours, and the organization says local communities really need to boost incentives and awareness about lifeguarding. and while lifeguards echo the sentiments, they also say they'd like higher wages to. what we're lacking here is a career path for working here for what they do. they should be paid more than some of the other jobs that usually high school kids or early college age kids get out. if you happen to swim someplace without a lifeguard, the lifeguard association says, be aware of the swimming strength of the people in your party. you should also consider putting someone on shore to keep an eye out. also don't go into the water if you are feeling too tired or if you got too much sun. all good advice there. all

right, so here we are now, 60 days until the greatest athletes in the world come together in paris for the summer olympics. yeah. so among them is a east bay sailor hoping to make waves. here's today in the bay's anthony flores. before he could walk, david liebenberg was on a boat. by six years old. he was sailing. he was born with a passion for sailing. his parents taught him to sail at the richmond yacht club. what i love about sailing is the how dynamic it is and the fresh air, the sunshine and every day is different. the 32 year old liebenberg was born in livermore, but now calls richmond home after coming up short twice before he realized his dream of making the olympic u.s. sailing team a few weeks ago at the world championships in france, he and his teammate qualified in the naka 17 class. it's hard to put it into words to actually qualify for the olympics. it's really special and i'm going to be able to, you know, tell my kids about it, hopefully tell my grandkids

about it. one day. and i'm really looking forward to the olympic experience. anaka 17 boat is a performance catamaran. his job is to make the boat go fast, the equivalent of 30mph. his teammate, sarah newberry moore is the skipper. she's in charge of guiding the boat. their goal is to make it to the podium. really proud to be able to represent richmond in the bay area in richmond. anthony flores, nbc bay area all right, so where will you be in 60 days? right here. hopefully watching the opening ceremonies with us here on nbc bay area. that is july 26th. got to work on that. that lean is my goodness, they work so hard. i mean, all the athletes work hard. but i'm like, if i'm on a boat, i want to relax. well, speaking of working hard, meteorologist kari hall is working hard for us today. you're doing weather and traffic double duty. yeah and it's memorial day, so the traffic is fairly easy. weather is pretty easy today, too. that's a good thing. yeah. there's not a whole lot

happening here. and we've had some really nice weather that continues into today. our memorial day forecast shows it will be cool near the coast and warm for our inland areas, with a gradual warming trend as we go through the middle of the week. the warmest days will hit us on thursday and friday, and that's mainly for the inland valleys. as we get started. right now we're feeling temperatures in the low to mid 50s. we are seeing some once again clouds near the coast, sunshine for the inland areas. san jose is nice and sunny, and in foster city we're seeing a few clouds, but our trend shows that we will see it clearing up by 9 to 10:00. the rest of the day is sunny and our temperatures will be warming up into the mid 60s, and we'll see low 60s for san francisco. but then as you make your way to the north bay, it will be in the mid to upper 70s, even mid 80s for clear lake and ukiah. and those will be the warmer spots compared to the mostly 70s that we'll see in the tri-valley parts of the south bay. morgan hill, up to 78 degrees and tomorrow is about the same as

today. maybe even a touch cooler as we get a stronger wind blowing in some of the cool ocean air and the dense fog that we'll see that will linger for the coastline by wednesday, we're seeing some of those numbers coming up from concord up to 82 to 86. in vacaville and in the north bay in the upper 70s to low 80s. overall, we're looking at a nice quiet weather pattern. it's been pretty busy though for the pacific northwest. they've had storm after storm moving through and there's another one that's going to be coming in for the middle to end of the week. this weekend could eventually push down some cooler air into the bay area, but still not expecting any rain chances. so we're looking at temperatures in the mid to upper 70s through the middle of the week. by friday we're up to 86 degrees and then coming down just slightly for saturday and sunday and san francisco, we can expect our numbers to remain in the 60s, just a little bit milder through the end of the week. i'll be watching all of

that for you, and i'll have another update coming up in a few minutes. all right. thank you. carrie. happening now. redwood city police are asking for your help as they are looking for a missing woman. if you have a moment to look at your screen, this is who she is. 82 year old carol haggerty. she was last seen on iris street around 7:00 last night. and they tell us they believe she suffers from dementia. police say she is five five and when she was last seen, she was wearing a dark blue jacket and black pants. if you can help us get her home, that would be great. you can call 911 if you see her. well, next last look at the top stories this morning, including that lumberyard fire. still smoldering firefighters this morning. still on the site. we're going to take you there with a live look at that scene. and an update on that investigation, plus a bay area college takes action. the conduct one professor says, just led to her sus

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in oakland. that's where a large fire has destroyed a lumber yard along 880. now, here is a live look of what's left of the economy. lumber on high street. that fire is contained, but there are some hot spots still there. smoldering firefighters are going to remain there at the scene just to make sure things are safe. now, this fire, it started around 745 last night. take a look at this. this is a large fire, a large amount of lumber inside that yard, which provided a lot of fuel for the flames. the fire at one point reaching four alarm status. no one was hurt and the cause of that fire is still unknown. moments ago, a battalion chief told our bob redell that crews are looking into the possibility that fire started at a nearby

encampment. a san jose state professor says she is now suspended in connection with recent activities tied to pro-palestinian activists, saying he had kill is a justice studies professor who also served as the co-chair of the palestine arab and muslim caucus of the cal state teachers union. in a letter posted to instagram, she says the school suspended her over her recent for protesters. the chronicle reports, however, that she violated an article of the collective bargaining agreement by endorsing her policies and disrupting academic learning. the school says it does not respond to questions about personnel matters happening today here in the bay area, and across the nation. americans remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. some memorial day events beginning over the weekend. later this morning, the national cemetery in presidio holds its annual commemoration. now we put together a full list of events happening across the bay area. you can head over to nbcbayarea.com and click on the link at the top of the home

page. as we remember those who sacrificed everything we do also want to celebrate the extra day that people have to relax and enjoy their family. yeah. and that and you know, we're kicking off summer here. usually temperatures are warmer, but we have had some chilly weather for this time of year. it will be a little bit milder for the next couple of days. and then continuing to warm up through the end of the week. all right. that looks more normal. the today show is just ahead. we are continuing today in the bay on roku and our other streaming platforms live at eight. the troubling answers from google's a.i. search engine. we're going to take you also inside the house from home alone. it's on sale. wreaking havoc on this holiday weekend. >> the threat not over yet. it's may 27th. this is "today." dozens of tornadoes tearing