listen, listen— i know they get easy access to all this football... but you know what you got? what, coach? a crumb bum attitude! now drop and give me twenty! twenty what? concerned after a violent attack at a high school locker room. the first statement from the district and the response from

others that may have made a difference on hold. a judge halts one of president biden's key immigration programs in response to a republican led lawsuit. the potential impact on families and those who believe they're on a path to citizenship. also debate drama. donald trump now suggesting he may back out of the upcoming debate with kamala harris. we're live in washington with the latest twist and shakeup in the race for president. this is today in the bay and good morning to you on this tuesday i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. a lot to get to this morning. first, mike inouye has been tracking some breaking news that's been happening overnight on the bay bridge. it happened about 2:00 in the morning. so it's been there for a while. let's take you to see the video. that was the low the lower deck getting out of san francisco. folks were leaving the bay bridge. chp vehicle apparently caught fire. still do not know what caused the fire. we do know there were no injuries reported. that's the good news. that cruiser burns out and it was blocking the

three. right lanes until 456. this morning. see the flashing lights? all the cruisers and tow trucks that were on scene. let's get a look now at the map system where we have the camera trained over at that same area. and look, there are some flares right here. but at 456 i saw a fleet of vehicles which must have included that flatbed tow truck clear from behind that stanchion there on the anchorage and head out toward treasure island. and so over the last few minutes, we've had a smooth flow of traffic now out of san francisco, very light backup, but it was there. it has cleared out of san francisco toward treasure island, yerba buena island, and the commute direction coming over from oakland. of course, still too early to show any backup there. in fact, highway 4 highway 37 the early commutes are great, including out of the altamont pass with a mild slowing carry. we all know that's going to happen on 580. and it's there. this morning. christian. yeah, we're starting out this morning nice and quiet, at least in my department we are seeing some warm weather, but we do have our cool morning start. our valleys are headed back to the mid to upper 90s today and tomorrow,

but we will have cooler temperatures coming in thursday and friday, leading into a very nice labor day weekend. here's a look at our highs for today. the hottest day of the week, reaching 94 degrees in napa, as well as martinez, about the same 90 in san jose and upper 90s in the south county. we'll look ahead to the rest of the week and our weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. all right, kerry, thank you. well, parents demanding answers. this is after what appears to be a targeted beating at one east bay high school. so far, the district is not confirming anything or commenting to nbc bay area. but witnesses say that five masked attackers beat up a freshman ats locker room after school last friday. the district telling parents in an email some of the attackers have now been identified. we actually spoke with one parent who says that this and other recent incidents are leaving them, fearing for their children's safety. these issues need to be addressed and whoever is assaulter needs to be punished. now, witnesses say

that a football coach and players were in the locker room and helped rescue that student before he was badly injured. they also say that the attackers jumped into a waiting car and then sped off before they could actually be questioned. dublin police are now investigating. new this morning, a federal judge in texas has blocked a new white house policy giving the spouses of u.s. citizens legal status without having to leave the country. the program is called keeping families together. and about half a million people are eligible. it went into effect last week. it allows the undocumented spouses of american citizens to stay in the country while they apply for green cards and work to gain citizenship themselves. the attorney generals for texas and 15 other states sued last week to block it, claiming the program directly violates the laws created by congress. the judge did rule. people may still apply, but their applications will not be processed until the stay is lifted. 504 turning now

to decision 2024. both presidential campaigns looking to gain some support from undecided voters. the republican vice presidential nominee, jd vance, will be in michigan today as a surrogates for kamala harris stump across wisconsin. today in the bay is alice barr joining us live from washington. and alice, there's a little more uncertainty surrounding aspects of the highly anticipated presidential debate. marcus and laura, we have already seen throughout this campaign how important those face to face showdowns are. so there's no surprise that there is a lot of focus on questions swirling over the debate, set to take place two weeks from today, is actually going to go ahead as a ton of weed today on the trail, former president trump's running mate, senator jd vance, set to speak on the economy and inflation in michigan, while vice president harris's husband campaigns in new york and senator elizabeth warren stumps for her in battleground wisconsin. but there's a roadblock in the flat out race

for the white house. all of a sudden, they want to make a change in the rules because she can't answer questions in the back and forth. over a september 10th debate between the two nominees, former president trump both objecting to and seeming to agree with a request from the harris campaign to leave microphones unmuted while the other candidate is speaking, a reversal from the last trump-biden debate doesn't matter to me. i'd rather have it probably on, but the agreement was that it would be the same as it was last time. we want that opportunity for the american people to see donald trump for who he is not censored, not muted, but the unfettered guy that he is going to be if he becomes president again, the former president saying he's still thinking about whether he'll even take part in the debate, accusing the host network abc news, of treating republicans unfairly. that, as he addressed a national guard conference in michigan, tying vice president harris to the chaotic u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan three years ago, 13

american service members were killed. mr. trump laying a wreath at arlington, calling it the most embarrassing moment in history. miss harris, writing on the anniversary. my prayers are with the families and their loved ones. my heart breaks for their pain and their loss, and former president trump is set to keep ramping up his campaign travel. he has appearances yet this week scheduled in pennsylvania and wisconsin. vice president harris is kicking off a bus tour across georgia tomorrow. that will be her first time back on the campaign trail since the convention. in the interim, sources tell nbc news she's been through at least one mock debate. lauren marcus still a long road until election day. alice barr in washington. alice. thank you. for the first time in eight years, the city of las vegas has a hotel implosion on its calendar. and this one is meant to eventually welcome the oakland a's. bally's confirms the tropicana hotel will be imploded in the early morning hours on october 9th, marking

the end of an era for the hotel that opened in 1957. this is also where the new baseball stadium will be located, with construction on track to start next april. for now, the a's plan to play the next three seasons in sacramento before making the move. all of this is underway despite public financing for the ballpark not yet being finalized. now to a live look at the state capitol. this is where today, state school superintendent tony thurman is hosting a hearing on smartphones, social media and youth wellness. now, thurman wants to consider new ways to keep children safe and healthy in the digital world, and the hearing will also build on legislation enacted back in 2020. this was allowing districts to restrict student cell phone usage while at school. now, some of those speakers are expected to share their own personal insight. it all gets underway at 830 this morning. a heat wave complicating back to school plans, the midwest and ohio valley could see some of the

hottest weather they've had all year. the heat alerts stretch across nearly two dozen states. officials say 63 philadelphia schools without adequate air conditioning will dismiss early today, and tomorrow. same goes for schools in michigan. officials there say while nearly all buildings have air conditioning, rising temperatures could be a strain on the schools cooling systems. it's a struggle with how warm it is, especially our 2 or 3 story buildings, to be able to keep up when it's this hot and this humid, it's just difficult for those systems to keep our kids cool enough to be able to focus on their learning, let alone if they have school sports as well. they're having a big problem with that. yeah. and there's a lot of research on this recently, too, with climate central, it's a group of meteorologists and researchers who are seeing that we are seeing a back to school cooling demand that is really rising due to climate change and the extreme heat that we've seen across the country. and really,

the northern states are getting hit the hardest. seeing the very extreme temperatures, the high heat during an extended summertime and we're seeing that extending into the school year as well. that also includes the bay area, where in san jose we are now 43% seeing a higher demand for cooling and a lot of our schools don't have air conditioning. so that's something that needs to be put into the budget for the future. if we continue to see these trends that we are seeing with climate change and in a warmer climate. now let's get a look at our back to school forecast. as kids are now getting into week two and week three of school, now, a drop off time in brentwood, it will be nice and comfortable in the upper 60s, but look at your pickup time, temperature 97 degrees. it is going to be very hot today. and yes, air conditioners on full blast. we are going to see this as our hottest day of the week and even warmer in san francisco with some upper 70s for today.

with low to mid 90s in much of the north bay. we'll be tracking this. we'll talk about a cooler end of the week hopefully. mike, you're seeing numbers going down but i know holiday is coming up. yeah exactly. so we're watching for perhaps a little price climb toward the weekend. but right now holding pretty steady. we'll start in santa clara. their best is 385 at platinum gas on washington street in the north bay. it's vallejo with solano county's low. that's 397 at the safeway on lincoln road west. and in the east bay, we have oakland, alameda county's best is 399 at telagas on telegraph. clever telegraph avenue, a clever or not the prices will be there clearly stated on gasbuddy.com. hopefully you'll add some as well. let's get out to the roadways where we are looking at a pretty smooth drive overall. the lower deck of the bay bridge cleared from the earlier car fire. in fact, chp cruiser fire. we are looking at northbound 680. i believe they're just about clearing. the last stages seem to be over at burnell for the northbound 680 overnight work there. there may be crews slowing you down a bit, but the commute directions here

are fine. 580 out of the altamont pass miles slowing typical and vasco road shows a little bit longer. a couple of minutes longer than we often see. so i'm going to track that closely. back to you. good to know. thanks, mike. all right. he's tracking the roads. what about the seas for whale watchers these days? it is a feast for the eyes. more whales are being spotted along the bay area coastline. still ahead on today in the bay. the unique conditions experts believe are drawing them closer to shore. and in business news, more major corporations getting rid of their d e i programs. we'll take a closer look. plus because maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me. and 15 years after the split that rocked rock n roll. an oasis in the desert. yeah. for oasis fans, the details that just came public, that reunion tour coming up. we're going to tell you all about it and much more. you're

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at dublin. that starts out with some mid 60s and clouds, but it will be clearing out a hazy sunshine and hotter temperatures today with highs in the mid 90s. we'll see that for several hours. we are going to have a few more hot days before we

finally get some relief and time for our holiday, so we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. right here, though, it's looking like a tuesday where folks sometimes leave work a little bit earlier. saw a good amount of traffic here in san jose. no slowing on the sensors for this portion of 101, but it's typically where we see the first signs of that anyway. we'll track the south bay closely and i'll give you a look at. contra costa county coming up. well good morning. very happy tuesday to you. the dow hit new records on monday in anticipation of all those rate cuts. markets having their best string of wins all year. just wait until tomorrow nvidia reports profits tomorrow. expectations are high nvidia has become a household name. and in silicon valley it's made a lot of households very happy. lows meantime dropping much of its d e i program, according to the washington post dies diversity, equity and inclusion lows, for instance, will no longer let its employees have employee resource groups like latina women or

veterans, that kind of thing, and will no longer participate in pride celebrations as a company. apple says it will hold its traditional fall product announcement september 9th. right now, you can buy the iphone 15. i'll give you one guess what they're going to announce. it rhymes with iphone 16. a report from the dallas federal reserve bank says sausage sales are up. i didn't know this. economists measure sales of sausage as a gauge of consumer spending. if sausage, a relatively cheap meat, goes up, the conclusion is the consumer is worried about the future space x expected to launch its polaris dawn mission this morning, but it delayed it until at least tomorrow due to a helium leak. the mission would have launched four astronauts into high orbit. here they are. that's billionaire jared isaacman on the left, closest to the capsule. there, he and spacex engineer sarah gillis are planning to conduct the first spacewalks ever by private

citizens in a privately funded mission, because the dragon capsule doesn't have an airlock. that means just opening the nose like a front door. so the two other astronauts on board definitely want to make sure their spacesuits are operating properly. as well. the other interesting part of the mission is the orbit. over the course of five days, polaris dawn will reach an apogee. that is the highest part of the orbit of more than 870 miles above earth. that's farther away than any spacecraft has been since apollo. and facebook's mark zuckerberg says he regrets bending to government pressure to take down certain posts users made about covid during the pandemic. he made those comments in a letter to a house committee. zuckerberg says he'll push back if it happens again. i believe the government pressure was wrong, he said. i regret we were not more outspoken about i. i feel strongly we should not compromise our content standards due to pressure from any administration in either direction. a reminder it would

be illegal for the government to tell facebook what to do, but strongly suggest is still in the legal gray area, and facebook agreed to it. interesting thank you. thanks. you bet. well, some changes are coming to next month's dreamforce conference in san francisco. we're now learning elton john has dropped out of performing. the music icon was slated to perform during the conference, which runs from september 17th through the 19th. the company announced he is no longer able to perform due to unforeseen circumstances. singer pink and rock band imagine dragons will instead perform the annual concert benefits ucsf benioff children's hospital in san francisco and oakland. we made people feel something that was indefinable. we will find a brighter day. a lot of fans believed it would never happen, including kari hall, but trending for you this morning. oasis is reuniting

after 15 years. brothers noel and liam gallagher have settled their differences and they are returning to the stage together, starting with shows in london and manchester next summer. the band posted a message and short video on their social media accounts, confirming that news and other tour dates. you might recall the siblings they split back in 2009, pursuing solo endeavors. the comeback rumors come just days before the 30th anniversary of oasis debut studio album. and i don't know her, but i'm sure mama gallagher is very happy. thanksgiving is going to be peaceful again, right? we'll see. well, they're from london, so i don't know if they're still. oh that's true. nevertheless they still celebrate christmas. there you go. all right. we have some nice weather as you're heading out this morning. feels nice and cool. it is also all clear for the view of the planets and the moon this morning. i don't know if you have a chance to see that, but it also looks a little

hazy as we're going out and going throughout the day. a bit more ozone as well as some of those pollutants out there, and we've had quite a few fires burning that still is bringing smoke into the bay area. as we take a look at our air quality, it will be moderate for us for today. might want to limit time outside if you are sensitive to unhealthy air quality, but we are going to see in some parts of the bay area those temperatures ramping back up. we're in the upper 90s today in gilroy and 89 in milpitas, and in for much of the east bay. we're in the upper 90s from antioch to walnut creek, pleasanton at 96 degrees, while oakland will be in the low 80s, a high of 73, and half moon bay, still nice and comfortable there, while redwood city will be in the upper 80s san francisco today, hitting the upper 70s downtown and for the north bay, our coastal area. still nice and mild. bodega bay at 73, but 93, in santa rosa and 99 in ukiah. so we are dealing

with some pretty intense heat all across the region, but we are in for some cooling just in time for our labor day weekend. this area of low pressure develops and moves closer. it reinforces our fog as well as the morning clouds as well as the sea breeze. so that's going to bring down those temperatures over the next several days. but we will still have at least three days of highs in the 90s, upper 80s on friday and then mid 80s for saturday and sunday may be the coolest day with a high of 82. and in san francisco we're going to see temperatures going from mid seconds to upper 60s for the weekend. mike even though it's tuesday, the commute seems pretty calm. it's pretty calm. but we did see what seems to be a little higher volume in some of our camera shots. so there you go. green is the dominant color, including northbound 680 coming out of sunol and in toward pleasanton. we had overnight closure there, road work going on now we don't see much going on here. there's your typical slowing for highway 37, but we'll zoom in over here. the sensors are just changing a

little more. there you go. concord bay point, pittsburg, and then the live camera we have on 680 right down about here, getting into walnut creek, the volume really starting to build up over the last few minutes. so we're just tracking that to see if there's any early slowing in contra costa county. back to you. thanks, mike. an increase in whale sightings head on today in the bay. the driving factor behind it all but first, it's time to help us clear the shelters. i want to introduce you to many four year old domestic shorthair mix. four month old. i'm sorry. and we're actually told that she is a little shy. but loves playing with the toys. she is available for adoption over at the animal community center in milpitas, and we have a full list of those pets up for adoption right now. you see that qr code there on your screen? point your phone to it. once that link pops up, click on that. it's going to take you to our website so you can learn more about adoptions as well as how you can donate to some of those shelters here in the bay area. now, if you don't have your phone handy, don't worry, j

are popping up in and around the bay area and over the past month, our cameras have captured the mammals in pacifica along the san mateo coast and in monterey bay. we actually spoke with ted chessman. he's a marine researcher based in santa cruz, and he says that last year between marin and monterey, researchers clocked in about 140

whales. and this year, get this that number so far is up more than 400. he says that there is a driving factor behind it all. there's more, more food in shor, right? the whales, these things, these animals can eat thousands of pounds a day. they can eat 10,000 pounds in a day. and so they're going to where the food is. and yes, there's more people out looking because of this news. right. but what's really special is that the whales are coming in closer to shore, just because in particular anchovies showing up in big numbers. yeah, that's why i moved here about just as much. right? jessamyn is also the co-founder of happy. well, it's a website used by researchers and citizen scientists to keep track of those whales around the world. i learned something today that kathy fafsa. all right. wow. a lot of yellow this morning. 527 right now. coming up next, the top stories we're following today, including tracking a warm up in your forecast. maybe that's why we're golden over here. meteorologist kari hall timing out. the high

temperatures expected. really across the bay area. plus more troubles for the san francisco unified school district. the planned protest over staffing and possible school closures happening in just a matter of hours. health concerns over kids who play sports on fake grass. the vote later today that could ban new artificial turf here in th

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getting out and standing in their doors to see what was happening. right now, at 530, a devastating crash on a bay area freeway. a wrong way driver kills two people. new information overnight on his questionable previous driving history. concern and doubt plaguing teachers and families in san francisco schools. the message they're sending today with the district facing tough decisions on possible closures. also a turf war in the south bay. we're live with the make or break vote that may ban a popular athletic surface, and the potential fallout for youth sports. this is today in the bay here we go. now, tuesday morning. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. let's get a look at that forecast for you this morning. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. and, kari, i had to pull out the air conditioner yesterday. oh, no. and we have to do that a few

times a year, and. yeah, august, september, october. really? at any point, you may have to get the air conditioning out. we're seeing natural air conditioning this morning at the golden gate bridge with the fog that starts out. it's misting and drizzling and right now we at least have a cool morning. you can open up the windows, let the house cool down, close the windows by about 8 to 9:00, because after that point we see those temperatures heating up. take a look at pleasant hill and what we're expecting for today. going from 66 degrees at 8:00 to 71 at 9:00. and then the rest of the day, those temperatures continue to heat up. we're headed for the 90s here. the hottest temperature will be 99 degrees in ukiah. 98 in fairfield and in gilroy. 98 degrees. most of us in the low 90s from the south bay to the peninsula and then san francisco in the upper 70s. we'll take a look ahead to some cooler weather, but, mike, you're starting with a look at the bay bridge. yeah, because some folks might have heard about a car fire on the lower deck. well, whether you heard

about it or not, it's all clear. it cleared just before 5:00 this morning. a chp cruiser caught fire. no one injured and now no problems. not even any flares. they all burnt out. that's great news. that was getting out of san francisco. getting into san francisco. a smooth, easy drive as well. saw the bump up in volume for a couple of minutes here. so we're watching the metering lights should be turned on a regular time. this is a tuesday. we are seeing a good amount of traffic out there. so highway 37 showed that slowing early on early in the 5:00 hour. highway 4 now showing a generous portion that's slower coming out of bay point, pittsburg, and in toward pleasant hill. six 8242. moving smoothly, though, through walnut creek and continuing down toward san ramon, the dublin interchange. 580. a little slowing. stanford, back to you. thanks mike. well, new overnight. at least one person is in critical condition. this is after a crash near san francisco city hall. now, police are saying that a motorcyclist and a bicyclist crashed at market and south venice streets just after midnight. an officer told our photographer there at the scene, multiple people were taken to the hospital as a

result. at last check, south venice remains closed due to this investigation. well, developing now. investigators still trying to piece together why a wrong-way driver triggered a head-on crash which killed a san jose woman and her young passenger. the tragedy led to hours long closure of northbound highway 85. chilling dash cam video captured the images of the white truck. the chp says slammed into a tesla shortly before 4 p.m. yesterday south of santa teresa boulevard. a 47 year old woman and her 14 year old passenger died in that tesla. authorities are not saying if the two were related. the pickup truck driver suffered major injuries. just a few cars behind the crash. some people in those cars, explained the chaos. i've seen accidents all my life in the bay area, this seemed to be different. it had a really not an eerie feeling. it does make me think how how life is so

fleeting and anything can happen at a blink of an eye. you just never know. chp says the pickup driver was a 39 year old florida man with a prior history of dui, cited earlier this year for driving without a license. they also say he was driving in the wrong direction for several miles prior to the crash. well, the search is on for a gunman in hayward. this is after a deadly shooting happened around 330 yesterday afternoon on santa clara street, just off of 880. our sky ranger was overhead. as you can see, as investigators searched for evidence. police tell us that a 36 year old man was killed. so far, no arrests have been made. happening today, san francisco teachers make an urgent call to the district. now struggling with possible school closures. they say more staffing is critical and some teachers are overwhelmed. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab is in our newsroom this morning and ginger, this all comes to a recent shakeup. there with leadership in san francisco.

that is correct. good morning, laura and marcus. school board president lainie motamedi has announced she is stepping down, citing personal health issues. now the newest member of the board of education, phil kim, was sworn in last friday. and this leadership change comes as parents and teachers will be out rallying this evening calling for the hiring of more teachers, counselors and other staff for the district. the united educators of san francisco say they strongly disagree with the delay of hires from the california department of education, and that starting the school year with over 100 classroom vacancies is unacceptable. now, i sat down with the superintendent of sfusd, doctor matt wayne, right before the school year kicked off. he says the district, although not where it wants to be, is trying to make progress. we are starting the year in a better place than we were last year with more positions filled. we think, you know, the salary increase that we gave to our educators really helped. and

then we've also been improving how we're staffing our schools and going through that process. and so we're we're pleased to be in a better place. and the teachers union and their supporters will make their demands loud and clear at tonight's school board meeting. it is calling for an emergency protest at 530. right before that meeting. all these transitions come as the district continues to face a huge announcement. the superintendent is expected to share his recommendations for school closures on september 18th, something the board will have to vote on likely in december. back to you guys. thank you. ginger well, a turf war is happening in santa clara county in a matter of hours. the board of supervisors, they will consider a ban on artificial turf impacting countless fields and parks. today in the bay's. bob redell joins us live from santa clara this morning. bob, public health department is weighing in on this. correct. good morning to you, laura and marcus, because there are health

concerns over the artificial turf fields like the one behind me here at santa clara county's youth soccer park, which is right next to levi's stadium. concerns that these fields could be harmful to people. so later today, we're talking about this afternoon, the santa clara county board of supervisors. they're going to vote on a new ordinance that would ban the installation of artificial turf on county owned properties and would require that existing turf be ripped out, if not properly maintained. the santa clara county medical association supports the ban because it says chemicals in the fake grass have been linked to cancer. another group called mothers out front silicon valley, says artificial turf poses a particular health risk to children who play sports on these fields. it causes more injuries, but what concerns me the most is the toxic chemical soup of chemicals that's in it. this ban would hurt the ability to produce more fields in the bay area, so fields like this, we pack in 7 to 8 teams a night

every hour. we're practicing on these fields. opponents of the ban, who won? you just heard from right there. say there aren't enough real grass fields in the county. and among the ones that do exist, many are lumpy and bumpy and hard to maintain. they also point out artificial turf has evolved with safer surfaces and eco friendly materials. the board of supervisors did ask the santa clara county public health department to weigh in. as you mentioned, the public health department acknowledges some health risks from artificial turf, but says conclusions are mixed and do not provide a strong argument for or against artificial turf. reporting live here in santa clara. bob redell today in the bay. interesting to look at. thanks, bob. our coverage continues this morning with meteorologist kari hall taking a closer look at why these turf bans started in the first place. yeah, we're going to link this to our climate in crisis because there is a lot to talk about now with them banning artificial turf in california.

it's all because of a new bill that governor newsom signed last week that gives cities the right to prohibit fake turf. and san mateo is one of the first to do so. this all comes from that major drought that we had a few years ago, and artificial turf was thought to be a water saving alternative to grass, but recent research has shown that fake grass is not greener on the other side. synthetic turf releases harmful chemicals and microplastics that are linked to developmental delays in children and even cancer. so here's some healthy alternatives that we need to use immediately in our yard or our lawns. visiting your local nursery. your plant nursery can give you some insight on some low maintenance, drought tolerant native plants to put in your lawn. look into bermuda grass or buffalo grass and yes, some of the ground cover cover you'll learn about at the nursery. have funny names like turkey tangle babies, tears and frog fruit. but native

plants are not only sustainable but also provide natural habitats for our ecosystem and can be 10 to 30 degrees cooler than turf in the sunlight. now you can mix the plants with rocks and pavers and get creative. find out more eco friendly tips and see how climate change is affecting the bay area on our climate in crisis page on nbcbayarea.com. and mike, you're looking at some slowing at the bay bridge slowing, but no turkey tangled frog fruit. frog fruit over here is just the bay bridge toll plaza. the volume building coming off the top of the screen. that's the overcrossing over 880 and joining in. that's the slowest. that's the secondary. a little terminal over there. so we'll watch for any activity, any problems. none reported. there's actually some slowing right there out of richmond as well. coming down toward golden gate field will follow that early start for the slowing on highway four continuing. of course, that's not going to let up an easy drive overall, though. give us a little bit of a look ahead as we're looking toward san francisco. the reminder that all

week we continue with twin peaks. the tunnel there has those upgrades going on. so there will be the reroutes for the muni line going through the tunnel. k, l, m and s lines are your alternates there. it's on the muni website, sfmta.com/projects. you find out more about the reroutes and it's still okay. between the embarcadero and the castro in the south bay, we have your typical build as well. predictable for north 101. starting to slow down and going on right now. that will ease up in about 15 minutes. and a note looking ahead tonight as well. shoreline amphitheater. listen to these guys santana and counting crows concert there at 7 p.m. so there will be more traffic past google, microsoft and linkedin on shoreline. back to you. well, since we're talking about music, the sweet sound of jazz is ready to take over the north bay. coming up on today in the bay. what a combination food, wine, and some of the world's best known jazz artists. details on the three day festival. you may want to soak in yourself this weekend in politics this morning, hundreds of gop staffers say they have no choice but to endorse kamala

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clear and as of now, temperatures are nice and mild.

we're at 64 degrees. we will eventually see a few clouds moving in and then clearing out for late morning. our afternoon is going to be hot as we head up to 90 degrees today. we'll get a look at some cooler temperatures and our extended microclimate forecast in a few minutes. and a look at the bay bridge. yeah, we've shifted with the backup instead of off the 880 overcrossing. whatever was going on, thank goodness has cleared up. that's great. in the middle lanes. now we're starting to see folks waiting visible on our camera here from time to time. there you go. that van is slowing just enough to pause for a second. that build is on for the east bay as well. new overnight. still no update from san diego police after a police cruiser was involved in a late night fiery crash. i want to show you some video from the scene. just a short time following the chain reaction. crash happened a little before midnight. right now, nbc is not confirming if a police officer was involved or possible casualties, but our sister station there says that it all started with calls of an officer down. police are expected to

deliver an update any time now. two decision 2024 hundreds of former republican staffers are getting behind kamala harris and scott mcgrew. we're talking about people who work for george bush, mitt romney, as well as john mccain. yeah. so all dyed in the wool republicans, right. good morning. all. republicans who ran for president. but the staffers say they have no choice but to endorse harris in an open letter, they acknowledged they don't even agree with harris on many things. but they say, quote, the alternative is simply untenable that four more years of trump would, quote, hurt everyone every day. people. here's the quote. there were heartfully calling on friends, colleagues, neighbors, and family members to take a brave stand once more. they say to vote for leaders that will strive for consensus, not chaos. and that will work to unite, not divide. former president trump spoke before a group of military reservists yesterday, marking

the third anniversary of the withdrawal from afghanistan, which is largely considered to be both a necessary step after more than 20 years of war. in fact, it was america's longest war ever, but also considered to be a disaster as well. 13 marines killed by a terrorist at abbey gate a chaotic withdrawal complete chaos during that withdrawal in just a matter of days. it is something we used that we said was a catastrophe. politically, trump is trying to pin some of the blame on his opponent, vice president harris. historians will say there's plenty of blame to go around. it was trump's administration that negotiated the withdrawal from the taliban at the doha records, setting the timeline, but ultimately, joe biden was commander in chief during withdrawal, and his harry truman said the buck stops there. trump for the second day, casting doubt on whether he'll show up for the september 10th presidential debate. the trump and harris camps had agreed on

that date. it will be on abc, they said. but now trump is not so sure. i think abc is really should be shut out. i'd much rather do it on nbc. i'd much rather do it on cbs. frankly, i think cbs is very unfair, but the best of the group, and certainly i do it on fox. i'd even do it on cnn. i thought cnn treated us very fairly the last time a bipartisan congressional committee investigating what went wrong during that trump rally in pennsylvania last july, when a gunman was able to access a close by building, take a shot at the former president here, they're touring the grounds of the butler farm show grounds. the task force, co-chaired by pennsylvania congressman mike kelly. he's from butler, and he was at the rally when the shooting took place. the most important thing is it recognizes we are us representatives, not democrats, not republicans, but both searching for the answers and reassuring the american people that we can work together and we can get the right answers. so this doesn't happen

again. in fact, former president trump will be back in pennsylvania this week. vice president harris will be in georgia. laura, on a bus tour following it at all. thank you very much. all right. how about a little football? today is cut down day in the nfl. meaning all teams have to pare their rosters to 53. but the niners still have two key players in limbo with the season opener 13 days away, the niners still have to figure out the future of star receiver brandon aiyuk. he still has one more year on his contract, but he's seeking a new deal or demanding to be traded. the niners are thought to have a deal in place to trade him, but everything is on hold. here's niners legend steve young on his radio show talking about the team's predicament. they can get mended. it's not like they're like broken relationships, but it's stretched. it's strained. and i think at the end of the day, brandon's now sitting in front of a contract that's probably 49ers have stretched as

much as they possibly can. they don't want to set the market. they don't want to do it. they don't think it's the time. the niners are also dealing with another key holdout, future hall of famer, hall of fame lineman, i should say trent williams. he is seeking more guaranteed money. the niners kick off the season at home against the jets. well, the sounds of black culture returning to the north bay this friday, the blue note jazz festival's black radio experience returns. so the labor day weekend event is going to bring together some of the biggest names in music. this is amid the backdrop of food, wine. over in napa. the event is going to be held over at the heritage hotel and resort. i spoke with robert glasper. if you don't know him, he is a five time grammy award winning musician and he's also going to be the artist in residence. and this is for the festival. and he says that, look, music fans can expect a spontaneous weekend of musical performances. these festivals. that's what happens in the moment. you know, last year i had george clinton, de la soul, i had george clinton, de la soul, anderson. paak and

chance the rapper, and the god mc rakim all on stage at one time, you know what i mean? in the moment, yeah. some of the big names playing this weekend include egot winner john legend, grammy winners jill scott, as well as andre 3000. andre 3000 is actually expected to perform nine times over the weekend in his own wine cave. tickets are still available if you're interested in going, you can visit the blue note jazz dot com slash black. dash radio dash festival. just go to our website. i think we'll have a link there. makes it a little bit easier. a couple more dashes in there, but that's cool. you mentioned the acoustics and wine cave and he's playing the flute. it's not like his old stuff. he's he's on this flute tour. oh that's right. yeah, i heard about that. okay, cool. well, next month marks 30 years since the beloved sitcom friends debuted. and this morning, you can actually own a little piece

of the show. no one told you that was gonna be this way. i knew you were going to clap to celebrate some of the costumes worn by the show's stars are going up for sale. it's part of the upcoming auction by julien's. it also includes props from the show and reproductions of instantly recognizable pieces like that central perk couch. the auction takes place both in la and online september 23rd. i can imagine a lot of folks are going to get on and bid on that stuff. can't believe it's been 30 years. that's what i was thinking. i was like, that makes you feel old right there. 30 years. i was just like one. yeah marcus omari catches it. yeah. back to reality. okay, here we go. all right. we'll grab some friends. time to get out the door and get this tuesday started. take a look at this

sunrise this morning as we take a live look over dublin. bright orange as we look toward the altamont pass, we can see all the cars heading out here on 580, and we're watching air quality. so if you can once again call a friend, maybe you can carpool. we're trying to reduce the amount of carbon emissions we're putting out there, as we are weather set uph pressure, just pushing everything back down. so we'll have a chance to mix out and we're going to see some moderate air quality today across the bay area. as far as our temperatures, we're headed for 92 in novato and 83 in oakland, 93 in dublin and 98 degrees in concord. today, san jose will be hitting 90 degrees with mid to upper 90s the farther south you go in the south county. now tomorrow we're looking at more of the same. it's still going to be pretty hot, only dropping a degree or two in some areas. and then on thursday we drop a few more degrees so you can see the trend here. there still will be some 90s, but there will be low 90s for the most part, and then

mid to upper 80s for much of the north bay on thursday. so looking ahead, our weather setup is producing high pressure and also hotter temperatures. but just in time for our holiday weekend, we are going to see this low developing that's going to reinforce the sea breeze and create more coastal fog and help cool our temperatures down across the bay area. let's take a look at livermore and the changes we will see. we're going from highs in the upper 90s today to low 90s on thursday, and then low 80s on sunday. the middle of next week we're going to be heating up again. so we are going to have some more heat ahead. only a brief break from that going into the next several days. but we are going to have to deal with the 90s for at least until thursday. and then the weekend is looking nice and mild, while san francisco will see temperatures in the mid 70s. today we'll bring it back to the upper 60s for the weekend. mike, you're seeing those lanes filling in at the bay bridge. no surprise, but it is tuesday. good volume of traffic came in.

here we go. a gradual build now, but again off the 880 overcrossing a little additional slowing. so there's a different pattern shaking out as far as that volume goes. but again tuesday does tend to see more traffic. anyway, there's a crash that popped up on the grid in richmond. turns out it is eastbound getting away from the bay bridge and heading up toward the carquinez bridge. there will be a little slowing past the scene. i don't have details about any injuries. none reported though. as you're traveling westbound, the mild slowing as you approach golden gate fields and there was a fender bender reported as you approach the metering lights as well, that may be the reason why we have that periodic slowing over on the right approach. everything else looks pretty standard. the south bay, a little build. same thing for hayward. back to you. all right. thanks mike. well, happening now, a contractor accused of abandoning customers in the bay area had its license suspended by the state. anchor tiny homes ceo has previously stated that he was exploring bankruptcy. families around the bay area told our response team that the company took money up front, but later abandoned projects. customers claim that millions of

dollars are missing over the weekend, missing now over the weekend, the contractor state license board canceled the company's required bond upon news of its license being suspended. we actually reached out to anchor tiny homes and it did not respond to us. the state says that it is investigating several complaints. you can watch our full report on the response right there on our website, nbcbayarea.com. just click on the response tab. disturbing allegations in the east bay, witnesses describe a violent attack in a high school locker room, how the district is responding to outrage from parents, and a quick reminder, nbc bay area streams 24/7. you can watch us on the go whenever you'd like on roku or other streaming platforms. take us with you on our

flames engulf a chp patrol car. we have new details. we're learning as the morning commute gets underway. some serious steps needs to be taken. this really crosses a line, doesn't it?