k they're renting. 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? and bay area infectious disease doctor telling us what we can

expect before the winter surge begins. also, the action he says you should take right now. plus, donald trump will set the trump 47 agenda. donald trump will set the january 20th, 2025 agenda. no one else will do it. don't believe the lies. the campaign trail is heating up as both presidential candidates travel across the nation. but all eyes will be on a much anticipated debate next week. the way both nominees are preparing also want to give you a live look outside this morning as we are entering day four of the sweltering heat around the bay area, but a cooldown is on the way. meteorologist kari hall is tracking our weekend forecast. this is today in the bay good friday morning. thanks so much for allowing us to be a part of your friday. i'm marcus washington. and i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike to look at that friday commute. let's see how many times we can say it. friday forecast as well. looks great for friday. we're

going to have more of the warm weather coming down. just a few more degrees today, but we are still going to have the heat advisory in effect, and that will be with us until 8:00 this evening. our valley, high temperatures, a few of us still hitting the triple digits. while a lot of the bay area will be in the 80s and 90s. here's a look at some of those highs. a little bit cooler near the coast. half moon bay, up to about 7377, in san francisco and oakland will see a high of 82 degrees. as we head over toward the tri valley. it will be in the 90s and look at those highs. 101 in gilroy for this afternoon. we'll talk about the weekend coming up. mike, you were looking out over the berkeley curve. yeah. beautiful view. nice flow of traffic here as you approach the bay bridge from emeryville and off of berkeley. so that's a smooth drive heading down toward 880. that's where i'm concerned. we heard about a crash. let's check those sensors. south 880, right around broadway. reports of a crash. haven't seen any slowing in the last few minutes. the report still stands in chp

blotter, so we'll follow that. that would be getting away from the bay bridge. you saw the easy flow getting to the bay bridge. here's a nice drive through the north bay and no slowing. same thing throughout contra costa county. the early start really not affecting the speeds for highway four. the rest of the bay well highway 84, that crew has to wake up. niles canyon and that will be right on schedule. back to you. thank you very much, mike. 502 right now. new this morning, the latest flu and covid vaccines are now available at pharmacies. the new vaccines protect against three viruses. the new covid shots target the cp2 variant, which became dominant in the u.s. at the end of april. it comes as infectious disease expert doctor peter chin-hong is among those raising concerns over the anti-vaccine rhetoric during this election cycle. it's not just about covid, it's about all these infectious diseases that we had made so much progress on in the last few decades, and they're coming back. measles, polio, and we have new threats as well, you

know, avian flu. mpox. so i think, you know, it's really important to keep our eyes on the prize. doctor chin-hong says covid cases are likely to increase due to the uptick in travel over the labor day weekend. but he says it's important to keep in mind many people in the bay area have already been recently infected. he stresses that you should test if you have any symptoms. happening today. another hearing with the criminal trial set to begin for the man accused of murdering tech ceo bob lee in san francisco. prosecutors say nima momeni stabbed and killed the cash app founder back in april of 2023. investigators have previously said that he drove lee to a secluded area before stabbing him, and the two were in a dispute over money. sister according to court documents, defense attorneys will reportedly argue the stabbing was self-defense. happening today, the 14 year old suspect accused in this week's georgia high school shooting is expected to be arraigned. he'll

be tried as an adult. on wednesday, investigators say he shot and killed four people, two kids and two teachers before campus security officer managed to stop the rampage. seven others were shot, but all are expected to survive. georgia authorities yesterday arrested the suspect's father after determining he knowingly allowed his son to have a weapon. he's now facing second degree murder charges. most safety experts agree there are ways for parents to better prepare their children in the unlikely event of school violence. one expert says it starts with strong lines of communication. so as a parent, i would find a way to communicate with my daughter, my son and what works for me. typically when i speak with people is i don't tell them that what they should do, but rather i say what we should do. the national pta offers tips which also include knowing the warning signs about potential problems with their own children or their relationships with other kids.

and don't be afraid to intervene and stay involved in your child's school. also, try to help develop or uphold your own school safety plan. well, turning now to decision 2024 and we are 59 days away from election day. both candidates vying for president are sharpening their rhetoric, hitting the campaign trail and honoring and honing in on their debate strategies. now all eyes will be on the nominees tuesday night. this is as they battle it out in philadelphia. during that debate hosted by abc news today in the bay spivey jackson live for us in washington this morning. so, bree, what do we know about those strategies? good morning marcus. so the harris campaign is planning to launch a weekend of events focused on what it calls the dangers of a potential second trump presidency and project 2025. meanwhile, former president trump says his strategy is to let harris talk with hopes that she'll say something that does more harm to her campaign than good, where they can see and imagine them in

the race for the white house, both campaigns are playing defense. this week, minnesota governor tim walz downplaying online comments from his own brother, a republican who criticized the democrat's policies. all of you know, i need to talk to my relatives to trust me on this. nothing makes you more middle midwestern than having your family be on this stuff. on the campaign trail, u.s. senator jd vance working to distance former president trump from project 2025, a 900 page conservative policy playbook that democrats warn would expand presidential power and reduce certain public services. if implemented, donald trump will set the trump 47 agenda. donald trump will set the january 20th, 2025 agenda. no one else will do it. don't believe the lies. the former president laying out parts of his economic vision, which include creating a commission to cut government

waste, a plan backed by billionaire elon musk. elon because he's not very busy, has agreed to head that task force. vice president harris spending time off the campaign trail to focus on debate prep. the vice president is going to come to the debate ready to talk about the choice in the election, the choice between his economic vision and her economic vision. trickle down and big corporations and big billionaires getting tax cuts, help for small business and working people. harris and trump will defend their policies and make their case to the american people on the debate stage tuesday. and there is a lot at stake in tuesday's debate. it's the first faceoff between harris and trump and marcus. it's currently the only presidential debate scheduled between the two and a lot of folks, including us right here, will be watching. all right. brie jackson in washington for us. brie. thank you. now nbc news will have your pre and post-debate coverage.

you can watch that right here on nbc bay area starting at 5 p.m. on tuesday. new overnight the new york city skyline is lighting up ahead of the anniversary of nine over 11. new video of the annual tribute in light tested last night. the installation consists of teams of beams of light that reach up four miles into the sky. they symbolize the twin towers which once stood at the world trade center site. it will light up for two days, beginning at dusk next wednesday. it's the 23rd anniversary of the terror attacks. well, now it's time to get a look at what we can expect from that forecast and carey. we have been talking about this heat, those temperatures coming. but the good news here, you say we're going to see a cool down. yes. eventually. and i think it will be welcomed. but as we take a look at what we're seeing this morning as you're getting up and heading out, at least we do have these cool mornings. and so we are going to continue to see mostly clear sky as we take a look at san jose as you're heading out. and we're also going to gradually see the sky clearing all across the bay area. we are looking pretty

good, at least with these cool mornings, which we do typically see as we head deeper into late summer into early fall. but as we go into next week, we're going to see high pressure developing over the southwest and continuing to move actually out over the pacific. so what will happen here is it will shift our wind direction and also allow for the jet stream and that low to dip farther to the south. and that's going to bring in some cooler temperatures. so we are going to have some relief here going into next week. i'll be tracking that for you, and we'll talk about what's ahead, going with all of our microclimates and how those temperatures will change. heading over to you, mike, you've been giving us an update on how those. that's right, kerry, we're looking at and so far all week the south bay has had this steady 389. we're talking about cupertino auto repair on stevens creek boulevard today. that's of course in cupertino for alameda county. the best in oakland is 409 at telagas on telegraph

avenue. that's just north of highway 24. and in marin county, mill valley's low is 411. that's the arco on redwood highway, just on the opposite side. if you know where the in and out is, and it's on the other side of the freeway itself, we're looking at a smooth drive as we look at the roadways as well this morning. nice flow of traffic, a green sensors for the most part. the niles canyon overnight road work will clear that. we've heard about no delays there, no delays for vasco as well. coming out of the top of the screen out of contra costa county to 580, a typical slower drive coming out of the altamont pass. traffic just starting to build south bay not kicked in yet. maybe another half hour until we'll see. slowing for 101 around oakland road. give you a note about transit as well. sam trans, we talked about that earlier. operator shortage a few weeks ago actually yesterday they had a high number calling in. so there were service disruptions that may be the course today will track that carefully. back to you. well we get the jobs number in 19 minutes. they're always important. but this month super important i'll explain why. plus whatever tomorrow

brings, i'll be there with open arms and incubus coming to the bay area. so ahead, i talk one on one with lead guitarist about the band's upcoming show over at chase center. stick with us much more ahead

nice and cool. all clear as you're heading off for work and it will be in the low 60s for the next couple of hours, but then we can see the temperatures climbing, and by noon we're already at 87 degrees. and you know, it's going to be a hot afternoon. we are going to have this. and then eventually cooling down, we'll get a look at all of our microclimates coming up. live. look at the golden gate bridge. much better visibility than yesterday. we have a smooth flow of traffic from the city into the north bay with all those tail lights going on in the south bay, we may have a new report out. check out what's going on for highway 85. coming up. well good morning. very happy friday to you. it is the first friday of the month. that means we get the big jobs report in about 15 minutes. the ceo of the bay area's clorox says she thinks consumers are cutting back looking for deals under more stress. she says clorox makes everything from bleach to hidden valley ranch dressing. paramount filed new financial papers after its takeover, showing tech tycoon

larry ellison will be the largest shareholder of the movie studio. as for those jobs, here's what we're looking for. if the number of new jobs is small, then maybe the fed will cut interest rates by a half point later this month. if the number of new jobs is bigger, the fed likely won't cut as much. maybe a quarter point. the bets are the number we're going to get here in 15 minutes is going to be pretty decent. the unemployment rate might even come down a bit. that is great news. if you're president biden or just a regular person looking for a job, but a strong jobs number will not make wall street happy. former president trump once again, once again claimed all new jobs, all new jobs, every single one are going to illegal immigrants 100%, he said at the new york economic luncheon. every new job created in america. of course, that's not true. we'll talk more about trump's speech as we talk politics at 545. they've closed the hatch on the starliner

spaceship. it's scheduled to come home empty around 3:00 this afternoon. our time, the boeing capsule, which some privately call the calamity capsule, was on its first manned flight into space. it got the astronauts to the space station, but it's going back empty because nasa doesn't trust it to get the astronauts home. they'll hitch a ride on space x early next year instead, we've heard from the telegram creator pavel durov for the first time since he was arrested. france accuses him of allowing telegram users to do nefarious things like drug trades on the app. it's a weird arrest because normally platforms like telegram are not held responsible for what of one of their billion users do durov said in a statement. building technology is hard enough as it is no innovator will ever build new tools if they know they can be held personally responsible for potential abuse of those tools. and finally, the department of transportation, examining frequent flier programs at american, delta,

southwest and united to make sure they're fair to consumers. the dot points out, the airlines get to change the value of the points whenever they want, so the consumer might not end up getting what they signed up for. i will also say i have to go to kris karma every time because american, which is what i'm a member of, has xm x and x, and you can only get x if you have enough eqms and i'm like, i don't i don't. right. so the classifier, how about just call when i'm supposed to be on the plane, right. yeah yeah. thanks, scott. you bet. we're trending this morning. nostalgia rock fans a big treat for you this morning. yeah. incubus hitting the road. the lately i'm beginning to find that i should be the one behind the wheel. yeah, that's the band's famous classic drive fans actually received that treat earlier this summer. there. that's when

incubus reissued the double platinum studio album morning view, which first came out back in 2001. i actually spoke one on one with band member mike einziger, einzig einzig einziger, mike. we'll just call him mike. yeah mike from incubus. einziger. yeah. there you go. ahead of next week's tour stop right here in san francisco. so he says that, you know, there were several reasons why the band decided to rerelease. one reason was a business reason. you know, we, we recorded morning view over 20 years ago, and the master recordings for those albums that album is not owned by us. and we were at a point in our career now where we could, you know, with no problem, rerecord it, and it seemed like it would just be a lot of fun to do, which it was. and we can own the master recordings. going forward. you see a lot of artists doing that. taylor swift cierra. i know she

did that. incubus plays the chase center thursday. those tickets are available right now. some are going as little as $25 each on ticketmaster. as of this morning. all right, a little older, a little wiser. yeah nice. well, also trending this morning the mega millions jackpot is growing. have you bought a ticket yet? not recently. okay. well you've got some time. no one won wednesday night's drawing. here's a look at the numbers. 1241, 43, 52, 55. and number nine jackpot is now at $740 million. if you win the cash option, a mere $366 million. the next drawing is tonight. that's my lucky number, which won 366 million. no one ever said i'm like, which one? i'm playing that one. then you should play right there. three, six, six maybe, or 36 or 66 or i think 21. we're going to take any temperature that's not 90 anything. you know. yeah. it's going to be a little bit cooler for the weekend. and into next week. it may feel like the

season the end of summer. so as we take a look at our live view in san jose, it's still going to be in the 90s up to 100 degrees. and breezy by the bay. as those highs head for the 70s and 80s and it will drop even more. this weekend and continue to go down a few more degrees early next week. so let's take a look at those highs for today. this is what we are getting used to seeing upper 80s mid 90s east san jose today up to 96 degrees and still some triple digits there. we'll see that in gilroy with 101 moving over toward the east bay. 100 in antioch, while oakland will be in the low seconds. so you can see the range and temperatures here really depends on your microclimates, because daly city will be nice and comfortable if you drive down, though the interstate or heading down the peninsula. it will be in the upper 80s in palo alto and then in san francisco. we're in the mid 60s for the marina district, but downtown in the upper 70s and for the north bay, it will

be as hot as 101 degrees in ukiah. but looking ahead, we've been talking about the lower temperatures and this is going to be much more seasonable coming out of those upper 90s into the upper 80s. for the rest of the weekend into early next week, and we'll see those temperatures holding throughout much of next week with sunshine and san francisco also getting back to some upper 60s, some low clouds and fog and afternoon sunshine. mike, you're hearing about an incident in the south bay. i had to check it out. highway 85 here. bottom of the screen. now northbound is the commute direction. that's where we heard about a disabled vehicle in the middle of highway 85 itself. middle lane. chp was not yet on scene and i did see some slowing, but it was in the opposite direction. so when i saw those sensors change, that's what drew my eye to the area anyway. should be all right. we'll continue to follow that as it is too early for the commute to really be hitting that spot right now, but it is right on time for highway 37 to show a little bit of slowing. and that bay bridge toll plaza. we see a

few more cars, but nothing dramatic. it is friday. we have a later build back to you. all right. thanks mike. coming up next on today in the bay nbc bay area responds one viewer in the south bay, another in the east bay, both struggling with lackluster customer service. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds to both of them next. but take a look at this. we're working to clear the shelters this morning. we're introducing you to the sweet kari hall on the left. and look, kris sanchez on the right. both are described as a whirlwind of fun. these two are available for adoption at the berkeley humane society. and if you and your family are ready to looking to adopt, we want to invite you to berkeley humane bark and meow around the block event. it is an adopt a thon and street fair. it's a lot of fun. marcus and i will be there tomorrow morning early. it takes place along ninth street in berkeley from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, but join us for our early morning saturday show where we'l bel

are winds involved? no dollar signs at all. and that was the case for erin in oakland. she got a new furnace through her home warranty company. they paid some, and she paid some. but she says the warranty company wouldn't give her an itemized receipt of what it covered. we contacted the company who then got her that receipt, which allowed erin to make sure she

got her money's worth. then there's goldy in mountain view. her gripe groundhog day with the store charge card. goldy paid it off. and then the store sent a statement with a balance, which she called the store, fixed it, only to send another statement the next month. rinse repeat for six months. goldy asked us to end the cycle and just close her account. we contacted the store. it did that also sent her a $4 credit. goldy sent us a photo sharing her thanks and appreciation. we love seeing your photos many times. pictures and videos that you send us help make your case. you can send them online right now. just snap the qr code on screen to fill out our consumer complaint form online. have a great weekend! you too. kris. coming up next, the top stories that we're following for you today, including new video of an unusual situation in los angeles. the reason a helicopter made an emergency landing on a busy freeway. the 49ers season

opener this monday night here at levi's stadium behind me. the rookie ricky pearsall's first appearance here 49ers headquarters after being shot in the chest during an attempted

rookie ricky pearsall is seen after being shot in the chest. we'll have the latest on the

case. also, i hope it's not going to happen to anybody else. and at the same time, i hope people with big dogs should learn from this. a family is shaken after a dog mauled and killed an east bay man. the message from the family following that deadly attack. plus relief in sight following a hot week. meteorologist kari hall is tracking when we are going to start to see that cool down. this is today in the bay. good friday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with us. it's 530 right now. i'm laura garcia. and i'm marcus washington. let's get a look at that forecast for you this morning. meteorologist kari hall tracking what we can expect. and it's a day of cheer because it's the last day we're going to deal with a lot of this heat for some time. this is the last day of the heat advisory that we'll see for the bay area, including a lot of the inland valleys, as well as parts of the peninsula and the santa cruz mountains. we've been dealing with some heat all throughout the week,

and we're still looking at some hot temperatures today. and brentwood, let's take a look at our trend going from 71 at 8:00. and then all bets are off. those temperatures will be too hot for any real outdoor activities. and we'll see those temperatures up to 102 at 4:00 this afternoon. so we'll be tracking that cool down. more on that in a few minutes. mike, you're looking at an issue on highway 85. yeah, we talked about a disabled vehicle northbound approaching saratoga. this is too early for the commute to hit the area, but watch out. you don't want to hit this vehicle, which is still reported in the middle lane. reports are the trunk is open. there's a red flag being waved by someone there. watch for that person in the roadway as chp has not yet arrived from the. look at that scene. oh, look at the bottom of the screen, though. slowing northbound. there may be a quick traffic break through the area. we'll follow that. that is one small section of the south bay getting through the rest of the bay. no major issues, including approaching the bay bridge. the volumes real steady. back to you. thank you very much, mike. well, the 40 niners opened their season monday night against the new york jets at home. and 49ers rookie ricky pearsall will be

watching from the sidelines after he was shot during that attempted robbery today in the bay's. bob redell joins us live from outside of levi's stadium. bob pearsall was at 49ers headquarters yesterday. he was. good morning to you, laura. marcus, it is remarkable to think that 49ers rookie ricky pearsall was shot six days ago in the chest during an attempted robbery in union square in san francisco and yet here he was at levi's stadium. 49ers headquarters behind me here in santa clara. yesterday not dressed for practice, of course, but seen up and about, standing, walking, playing with a football at one point hanging out with his fellow wide receivers. he will miss at least the next four games, including monday's season opener against the jets here in santa clara. yesterday, head coach kyle shanahan shared his thoughts on pearsall. he says the shooting last saturday happened just before the annual 49ers team party at the coach's

house. he spoke to pearsall shortly after the shooting. says pearsall urged everyone to have a good time without him and actually at one point facetimed the team during that party. it's pretty traumatizing story and i told the team, we don't want to make him relive that 80 times. where he got shot is like two inches below his tattoo with praying hands like it was. it's kind of the whole story is kind of amazing. pearsall, who was shot in the chest, was released from the hospital the following the day. the 17 year old boy accused of shooting pearsall appeared in court this week. among his charges, attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and attempted second degree robbery. his public defender says the suspect, quote, feels bad about anyone getting shot in the incident, unquote. it is still possible the boy could be charged as an adult. reporting live here outside levi's stadium in santa clara, bob redell. today in the bay, a pretty remarkable story there. thank you very much, bob. well, people in one oakland neighborhood are

shaken up. this is after a deadly dog mauling. this is leaving the dog owner facing charges. now, police yesterday announcing 52 year old robert holguin died on sunday. this is after three large dogs attacked him in the fruitvale neighborhood. investigators say that those dogs got out of their home on 36th avenue. this is when the owner briefly left. the victim died at the scene after officers arrived. the dogs were all half cane corso, half napoleon. mastiffs. now, according to the east bay times, the dogs have already been euthanized. holguin's brother telling us that the victim was homeless and struggled for years with mental health issues. he went through some difficult times and ended up in prison. served a little time in prison and inside prison outside prison, he was known as the street preacher. his brother says that he was walking on the car outside nearby that home,

and the dogs escaped through a hole in the fence, attacking him as he tried to hide under that car. they also had two previous history there of escaping and scaring many of those neighbors. the driver accused of causing a deadly wrong-way crash in the south bay, is expected to face a judge later today. the crash happened almost two weeks ago on highway 85 near the highway 87 interchange in san jose. investigators say 39 year old duncan mccrary from florida was driving the wrong direction when he slammed into a tesla yesterday. mccrary was released from the hospital and is now in jail. 47 year old rebecca olson and her 14 year old son, charlie, were killed in the crash. mccrary faces several charges, including murder and driving under the influence. new video shows a helicopter which made an emergency landing on a south l.a. freeway. happened around 9:00 last night. mechanical issues forced the chopper to land on the 110 freeway, and for short time, it caused a massive backup. this

morning, the freeway is back open. the chp says no one was hurt. 536 as we take a live look out on to san francisco this morning, of course the weather has been hot over the last few days, and today probably not much different. but the thing about it is we're going to see a cool down coming our way. meteorologist kari hall, of course, been monitoring the conditions for us, but the thing about it is over at the game tonight. it should be pretty nice. yeah take a look at that forecast for the a's game. it will be in the upper 70s there. really comfortable at first pitch and temperatures staying comfortably cool as we go into the rest of the evening. maybe need a light jacket later on tonight, but overall i think you'll be just fine with your short sleeves. now, as we take a look at some more events going on in oakland this weekend, the pride parade and festival happening on sunday and the weather will be perfect. 74 degrees and sunny and i think it's also going to be great throughout the day as our

temperatures stay comfortable and also comfortable for the mountain view art and wine festival happening both saturday and sunday. we'll see those highs up to about 80 degrees each day. and then looking at sonoma valley, if you're going to be hanging out there. yes. hot for this afternoon up to 95 degrees, but then a 10 degrees drop in those highs for tomorrow. and then our overnight lows in the low 50s. you'll need a jacket for those late evening events. and then on sunday it will be in the mid 80s. if you're going to monterey, expect a high of 67 degrees today. also, low clouds and fog, very slow to clear out. so we're staying in the 60s here throughout the weekend and lows in the mid 50s. we'll keep helping you try to make some weekend plans. mike you have an alert now for bart. rider just got this seconds ago. carey in west oakland. there is a major delay developing because of an issue with the train. and so there is going to ripple out through the rest of the system. west oakland is the hub for

basically all the lines. we'll track this, but the bart system simply says major delay right now because of an issue near their west oakland station. we'll track that and give you the updates as it affects the bart lines. meanwhile, in the south bay wanted to continue to follow. there's the bill for 101. we typically see about this time, even on a friday. yes. and north 85, we had some slowing quite a bit until just a few seconds ago, as that bart alert was coming in, we saw those speed sensors just start to recover. i think there was a quick traffic break. they should have that vehicle to the shoulder. north 85, in through cupertino out of saratoga area. as we're looking at the rest of the bay, try to get the maps to move here. we're looking ahead toward your day. ringling brothers circus is in town over here, sap center, so we'll have that all weekend. keep that in mind if you take your travels, take you past sap center. there will likely be lots of little folks and maybe some cars with a lot of people in them. i think that'll be mostly inside the sap center over here. we're looking at the coliseum game tonight, a new series over there. i think it's the detroit tigers that they start to play the a's, their last of their last few games over there. as we're looking to chase center. we have

a concert tonight as well. so there will be folks coming off the 280 extension coming into the area. cut in. leon will be starting at 8 p.m, so there will be crowds about the time folks are getting out of the city as well. back to you. all right. well, coming up on today in the bay, 88 business leaders get behind kamala harris. we'll tell you who they are. and here's a look at our school shout out series. and we're celebrating a special teacher today. hello bay area. this is mrs. mahesh, our third grade stratford pleasanton lions have a message for you. good morning. bay area. yay! i love the cheer. and that's vinita mahesh who's been with stratford schools for 15 years. she was recently honored by the school. school leaders say she shows a big passion for teaching and helping her students grow. don't forget you can send us your school shout out by emailing school. shout out at nbc uni.com. stay with

out with a bit of a milder start. this morning in the upper 60s at 8:00, but it will be sunny throughout the day and we're headed here for the upper 90s. it will still be hot, but we are looking forward to a slight cool down for the weekend. more on that coming up in a few minutes. looking at your friday commute. things look

pretty nice over here in emeryville. the maze near west oakland, though we are having an issue on the bart tracks. hearing about a 20 minute delay. things are going to slow down in all directions near west oakland station because of a train. a disabled train on the tracks. we're going to track this as it may likely ripple out to other stations if this continues. more coming up. thanks so much, kari and mike. 543 right now, 88 american business leaders have announced they are endorsing kamala harris for president and scott mcgrew a list of the names includes a murdoch james murdoch. yeah, i'm a murdoch. he's the heir to the murdoch fortune, including fox news channel, wall street journal, rupert murdoch's youngest son. lots of tech on the list. the ceo of yelp and box, the ceo of starbucks. laurene powell jobs she's the biggest whole shareholder in both disney and apple. ceo of pepsi. former ceo of ford. all signing their names to a letter that says harris will be better for the economy and democracy through what they call fair and predictable

policy. her opponent talked about the economy. two economists and bankers in new york yesterday, donald trump spoke for an hour and a half, mostly about the economy, and repeated some of his previous claims, like china pays the american tariffs, it does not. he said illegal immigrants take 100%. his words of all new jobs created, they do not. trump committed to create a committee to make government more efficient, said elon musk would lead it, and he called for america to create its own sovereign wealth fund, a government pool of money that can be used to invest the way the saudis invest in uber and professional golf. have a wealth fund. other countries have wealth funds. we have nothing. we have nothing. we're going to have a sovereign wealth fund, or we can name it something different. i'll talk about it with mr. paulson, who's in the audience, and a lot of other friends of mine, and we'll name it something that's appropriate. perhaps sovereign wealth fund wouldn't be appropriate, but

it's going to be the same thing. now, the reason why the saudis have an investment fund and we don't is the saudi government has gobs of extra money, and we don't. we're running a huge deficit. trump says his tariffs paid for by americans will make up the difference. the candidates for vice president were on the campaign trail walls in pennsylvania, vance and arizona. both spoke about the tragedy in georgia. i said this and all of you here, both as a as a teacher and as a student and as a dad, i loved back to school season, time of hope, excitement. now for those kids, it'll always be a time of sheer terror, and that will be a memory that they'll hold forever. and it's a reminder for us, the country, we've got work to do. and i, for one, am sick and tired of hearing about thoughts and prayers rather than actually doing something about it. what is going to solve this problem? and i really do believe this is look, i don't like this.

i don't like to admit this. i don't like that this is a fact of life. but if you're if you are a psycho and you want to make headlines, you realize that our schools are soft targets and we have got to bolster security at our schools so that a person who walks through the front doo. we've got to bolster security so that if a psycho wants to walk through the front door and kill a bunch of children, they're not able to. finally, in a surprise move, hunter biden pleaded guilty to not paying his income tax for two years. the younger biden said he didn't want to put his family through more pain. this opens him up to potential prison time. the white house yesterday confirmed his father, president biden, will not pardon or commute his sentence. going to prison for not paying your taxes if you've paid them back with interest as hunter biden has, is rare. at one point, biden had a plea deal with prosecutors in which he wouldn't face any prison time. but that deal fell apart as it was clear the two sides had different ideas about what that deal

entailed. hunter biden will be sentenced marcus in december. all right, scott, thank you. a thrill for people in one pennsylvania boat harbor following an unexpected arrival. it's a whale. yeah. believed to be a humpback. take a look at this right here. so this captured the attention of those onlookers and pillar point harbor. this is near half moon bay. boat owners say that the whale showed up yesterday. could be seen frolicking into the evening hours. we actually spoke with one man who's actually lived on a boat there for 15 years, and he says he has never seen anything like this before. he was quite spectacular. he was swimming over between the fuel dock and the vw, and he actually hit the mermaid. and then he was going all the way around, back and forth, right here in front of the fuel dock. harbormasters believe that whale is in perfectly good health and is not

in any danger. they also say that it is probably ended up in the harbor by following the anchovies. everybody likes anchovies. i guess. well, new for you this morning. the south bay celebrating a very big anniversary this weekend. the sap center is hosting its 5,000th event today in the bay'. kris sanchez joins us with a look back and a look ahead. i remember when it opened in the early 90s. it was 31 years ago is when it actually opened. laura. so you were just a baby back then? i'm surprised that you would remember that. this is a big celebration. you can see the setup here for the ringling brothers greatest show on earth, and we'll talk about that in just a moment. but this has been a south bay institution. i want to show you some of the history here. we are talking 31 years since the doors opened here in the south bay. in that time, 50 million visitors have come through for all kinds of events,

from circuses to monster truck shows to concerts to gymnastics and tennis and all of that. $20 million in annual tax revenue. and that's just from the sharks alone. speaking of the sharks, they are negotiating their next ten year contract to remain here at the shark tank, and they promise a $1.25 billion economic impact over the next five years. now hockey of course not the only thing that happens here at the shark tank. you'll remember that i was here for u.s. gymnastics championships and u.s. figure skating. we saw some of the folks that you know, ultimately ended up at the olympics. we've been here for ncaa basketball and atp tennis tournaments as well. i have james hammett, vice president of events and booking with me here this morning. thanks so much for joining us. this is a lot of history. what's it like to be part of it? it's a great we love being part of the community. we love being part of the san jose

landscape, it's a great job. i pinch myself every time i come to work because it is all these events that we host with the ncaa, the rolling stones, you name it. it's really fun. now i'm wearing my sharks teal. i see you're wearing your sharks gear. you're saying we're looking on the up and up we are. yes. no but no better time to be a sharks fan than right now. we just number one overall pick. macklin celebrini just joined the team and he's going to be skating this year for the sharks. so come on down to the tank okay so i see the pin that you're wearing here on your shirt. and that is the commemoration pin for the 5,000th event here at the shark tank. yes yes. so we're celebrating 5000 events over the 31 years. and a lot of great events that we've had. it's fortuitous that it would be the circus. that was the first event. and now the 5000 event is going to be the circus on tomorrow, the seventh. so we're really excited about that. so this is kind of cool because the ringling brothers barnum and

bailey circus was the very first event 5000 events ago. now they have their reimagined show because a lot of folks didn't like some of the things that the circus, the elephants, the animals. so it's a different kind of circus. it's evolved. the shark tank also evolving as well. absolutely. so we constantly invest in the building to keep ourselves state of the art. we try to stay on the cutting edge. there's a lot of competition in the market. yeah. so we work very hard to bring as many events as we can for a wide variety of individuals and fans. and san jose and what our photographer jesse was just saying to it feels like you're really close to the action here, which is kind of nice here at the shark tank. so the circus is coming to town. six shows over the next three days, and way to look back at history here in san jose. back to you guys. very, very cool. a lot of history there that it is all right. thanks, chris. well, turning for you this morning with the 49ers faithful getting ready for monday night's opener over at

levi's. we here at today in the bay. we're really trying to prepare as well. and you know what? it takes a little challenge here and there. yeah we got the help of some faithful friends. so we go 567, 8123. it looks like seven eight actually looks great. yeah, actually looks great. yeah. do you see who's in the middle there? yeah, it looks good. i kind of did my own thing. let's take it away. that was the deer. haley and leah, two members of the niners gold rush cheerleading team. they stopped by our studio yesterday for our streaming newscast. we talked to them about their careers outside of cheering and of course, the upcoming season. watch the whole interview, marcus. talk to them. it's up on our website at nbcbayarea.com. their darling girls. yeah, i imagine they were great teachers there. and you passed the test. they had cooler outfits tonight. i mean, you were head cheerleader. that's why. yeah hey, don't forget

niners fans, nbc sports, bay area will have pre and post game coverage of monday's niners game. the pre game show starts at 4 p.m. what i should have done is shown my. i will see if i can dig up the real cheerleading picture. i was always the one that was on the top of the pyramid. yeah exactly. you know, you had to really trust them when you were falling back or whatever, toss you in the air at all. yeah, that was me. and they caught you. flier. they caught flying. yeah. all right, that's cool. all right. do you still have the pom poms? you might need them on monday. i have the megaphone. it's about as big as me. wow. yeah. yeah we'll be ready. i'm glad the kids love that. i'm sure. yeah. come down to dinner. yeah, yeah. yeah, exactly. good idea. all right, well, we are really celebrating this weekend. and the cooler weather coming in, as well as the kickoff to our football season. let's get a look at our air quality, which is also improving over the past couple of days. it's been in the

moderate to unhealthy range. and today it looks good. so we can get outside. and i know it's going to be warm this afternoon, but at least the air quality is going to be so much better going for that morning walk and foster city 61 degrees to start. the key really is the timing for getting out there to try to enjoy the sunshine. so we're going to be in the low 60s through 9:00 at noon at 72 degrees, really comfortable here. but there still will be some hot spots, like much of the south bay where we're going to see it as hot as 101 in gilroy and in downtown san jose. we're in the upper 80s today, still a couple of triple digit temperatures here and there, but overall, we're seeing it coming down a couple of degrees and across the bay area. we are going to have a wide range of temperatures. so even though it's 99 in danville, in oakland it will be 82 degrees and low 70s for half moon bay, with mid 80s. in redwood city we have upper seconds downtown and san francisco and the north bay still headed for the 90s this afternoon, but we've been

talking a lot about a cooling trend, and we are going to see those numbers coming down through at least the middle of next week with no more major spikes in temperatures. so that's the good news here, is that after today, we are going to see temperatures continuing to remain a little bit more normal for this time of year. and we'll see upper 60s return to san francisco. mike, you still have that transit alert? yeah. bart riders, heads up. we have a major delay specified heading through downtown oaklan. they talked about a disabled train just outside west oakland. and that is basically a hub for those lines as they travel through around the bay. expect this to impact your ride on bart and check those overhead signs, and we'll watch for any updates from the bart system. again, major delays reported here. sam trans may also have some service disruptions. we had heard about a number of operators that called in sick yesterday, and that may be the case today as well. everything else on the transit lines are moving well and on the roadways you have an option outside of the bart area of west oakland because the roadways are moving pretty well.

typical slowing starts up for the north bay and contra costa county drives. back to you. thanks, mike. well happening now, volunteers are still needed to help clean up the tenderloin glide and civic center josh becker. they actually plan to beautify the troubled san francisco neighborhood. it's all going to begin at 945 tomorrow morning at the glide memorial church on ellis street. the cleanup is all part of the monthly series of events by civic joy corps, focusing on different neighborhoods within the city. you can actually find out all those details on how to register. just go to civic joy fund.com. and we've got a lot more ahead at 6:00, including the trial for the accused killer of a san francisco tech executive. the new details on what could play out in court today. plus, covid is expected to surge after this past holiday weekend. the bay area. health expert breaks down what you can do to keep yourself and your loved ones healthy. and don't forget nbc bay area streams 24/7. you can watch us whenever you'd like on roku or other streaming platforms. a lot more news ahead. this friday morning. it's 557. you're watching today

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