that is for real. what's happening tonight matters when people go to make their decision about who they want in the white house. so will there be a second debate? that's an open question. what's next, all four of these lead leaders, kamala harris, president trump and his running mate will be at 9/11 ceremonies tomorrow. >> that concludes our debate. >> more coverage tomorrow morning on "today." we'll see you bright and early. i'm savannah guthrie, lester holt, hallie jackson, kristen welker, thanks for being with us. >> good night.

she's going to my philosophy now. in fact, i was going to send her a maga hat right now on nbc bay area news. the nation was watching and now the nation is reacting. former president trump and vice president harris sparring on stage, who's claiming victory, and what were the big moments our political analysts are with us tonight. plus, the head of the san francisco catholic archdiocese for the first time in the same courtroom as survivors of sex abuse at the hands of clergy. our investigative team is there to. and should the teenager accused of shooting 49ers receiver ricky pearsall be charged with attempted murder, his lawyer says new video reveals his client was not trying to kill anyone. good evening. thanks for joining us for this special edition of nbc bay area news. i'm raj mathai and i'm jessica aguirre. we're on on prime time. following this much anticipated debate between vice president harris and former

president trump, both candidates sparring hard tonight. it started with an awkward handshake. this is actually the first two candidates have ever met in person. harris introducing herself to the former president debate, went a little bit over 90 minutes, both candidates going after each other's records. donald trump left us the worst unemployment since the great depression. donald trump left us the worst public health epidemic in a century. donald trump left us the worst attack on our democracy since the civil war. and what we have done is clean up donald trump's mess. she's worse than biden, in my opinion. i think he's the worst president in the history of our country. she goes down as the worst vice president in the history of our country. but let me tell you something. she is a horrible negotiator. they sent her in to negotiate. as soon as they left, putin did the invasion. bold statements on both sides. mr.

trump was talking about russia's invasion on ukraine, the candidates also touching on immigration. january 6th. the israel-hamas war, the climate and abortion. but her vice presidential pick says abortion in the ninth month is absolutely fine. he also says execution after birth, it's execution. no longer abortion because the baby is born is okay, and that's not okay with me. hence the vote. but what i did is something for 52 years, they've been trying to get roe v wade into the states. you want to talk about this is what people wanted pregnant women who want to carry a pregnancy to term, suffering from a miscarriage, being denied care in an emergency room because the health care providers are afraid they might go to jail. and she's bleeding out in a car in the parking lot. she didn't want that. her husband didn't want that. a 12 or 13 year old survivor of incest being forced to carry a

pregnancy to term. they don't want that. we have live team coverage of this debate and how it might impact the election. our political analysts are standing by, but we begin with our local watch parties for the dems and the republicans. nbc's jodi hernandez is in the city at the democratic watch party. jodi that's right. dozens gathered here at the halfway club in san francisco. they tell me that vice president kamala harris did precisely what she needed to do tonight. she's very studied. she's smart. she loves to laugh. she loves to have fun. she loves to cook. and she's she's a great friend. carol porter has known vice president kamala harris since she was six years old. tonight, after her childhood friend went toe to toe with former president donald trump, she hopes the rest of america has a better idea of what harris can do for the country. i hope they really understand who she

is, and they feel who she is, and they feel the authenticity of who she is and what her plans are for the united states of america and for the people that she wants to continue to lift up. while porter watched the debate at home with fellow berkeley friends. other bay area democrats gathered at public watch parties like this one in san francisco, where voters repeatedly gasped and laughed at donald trump's statements. they're eating the dogs. the people that came in, they're eating the cats. they're eating. they're eating the pets. these debate watchers say tonight reinforced their behind the right candidate. strength is not in beating people down. it's in lifting people up. i, i'm really, really newly inspired by kamala harris and her ability to lead us into a new place. i feel like i'm watching a competent adult explain policy calmly, and

a toddler throw a tantrum. democratic debate watchers tell me they feel more hopeful than ever about this election. her childhood friend texted me just a short time ago. she nailed it, she says. handled the business for the american people. reporting live in san francisco. i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. okay. thank you very much, jodi. let's go to the other side of the aisle. damian trujillo also in san francisco at a republican watch party. damian, i know they came out in great numbers there. how do they think that their candidate fared? and do they acknowledge that kamala harris may have gotten under his skin? well, you can imagine how they're feeling tonight. they think they won here, jessica. they haven't left. and what a place to hold the republican watch party here in san francisco. the san francisco republican party showed up in numbers and made their support for the former president clear. republicans wanted to make sure

everyone knows there's two major parties in san francisco and local gop leaders say the republican party is getting stronger in the city. it's a small but growing, and we had a decline in registration for decades, many decades, six decades. but about five years ago, we stopped that. and we've actually grown 20% tonight. it was about their push to send donald trump back to the white house. very exciting. we're going to witness history like that, trump is going to destroy kamala harris in the debate, and then he's going to win the election. and make america great again. again, it depends on which way you want to take the country. generally speaking, i obviously wouldn't be here if i didn't agree with the policies. i think we've seen the policies of the prior administration, and it hasn't exactly been the best. yeah. throughout the debate, san francisco republicans cheered their candidate and jeered his opponent. party faithful here say they know many feel california is a lock for the democrats, but they vow to do all they can to change that

perception between now and november. we have folks all over the bay area who are sending, you know, they're working for their local candidates and local ballot measures and state ballot measures. we have a very busy november from the municipal to the county to the state level, to the federal level. we have folks around the bay area who are helping in swing states. it's 55 days until election day, and these folks say they're pushing to send the former president back to the white house. and after the debate, you started hearing the chants here that it's all about usa. usa. usa. so in their eyes, jessica and raj, this was a trump win tonight. back to you. damian thank you. so not just the presidential candidates. governor newsom is also in philadelphia as we speak to support vice president kamala harris. he first stopped by the harris-walz campaign headquarters in philly before heading to the debate spin room. he's one of four democratic governors in that spin room this evening on behalf of harris. in

fact, let's take a live look at that spin room. this is right there at the convention center where the debate was held. you see a lot of people, a lot of journalists and a lot of dignitaries and essentially campaign people for either parties. now, spin is a crucial term on how the harris and trump campaigns. now, are they spinning this debate? depending on who you listen to and who you believe? both sides will claim some partial victory, as we just heard from damian and jody. let's bring in larry gerston, our nbc bay political analyst, and melinda jackson, a professor of politics at san jose state. thank you for being with us. for the last 24 hours, the harris campaign has been teeing up this concept that they wanted her to appear presidential and in charge and responsible during this debate, and that they were going to do everything they could to get under donald trump's skin. do you think that harris accomplished that this evening? were you asking jessica. larry. okay she sure did. there's no question about that. you know, you use the word sparring a couple of minutes

ago, and it was just that. but but you had two different kinds of boxers. you had one who was a street fighter out there, and he was throwing everything he could. unusual things, different punches, hoping something is going to stick. and he had a professional boxer who was strategic and landed her punches. not nearly as many as he threw, but landed them much more successfully. and i think that's the way this thing ends. i mean, you had somebody who was very poised and willing to just work through things, one thing at a time. and he had somebody else who was kind of all over the place, and people are going to have to react and decide which of these seems to be more presidential. professor jackson was donald trump on brand tonight. and i guess the follow up to that is did the brand work for him? and those swing voters tonight? yeah, i think he was on brand. it's pretty much what we come to expect from donald trump. and certainly it's popular with his base. but we are now talking about a very close election that is neck and

neck in the polls in those key battleground states. and kamala harris, i think, really needed to introduce herself to the american people, to reach out to those voters who haven't learned much about her up until now. we know that the audience for the debate tonight was much bigger than it's been in the past. and i think she she did what she had to do tonight. doctor jackson, if i can follow up on that, former president trump, you know, continued to talk about the economy, which is one of the biggest issues right now that voters are interested in. he kept talking about inflation during the biden-harris campaign, also linking miss harris to biden's campaigns or policies, i should say, was there any line in this in this? a lot of times when these have these debates, one line will stick with the american voters. that will really be that. did you hear anything with either trump talking about the economy or harris, when she turned to him and said, you're not debating biden, you're debating me. was there one line you think will stick with the american voters? well, there were some

memorable lines, but on the economy, clearly he was trying to tie her to the biden administration. and the polls are showing that voters think that trump would do a better job on the economy. and they are very concerned about inflation and those continuing high prices at the grocery store and the gas pump. but harris certainly addressed those issues more clearly than she has up until now, and started talking about some concrete proposals around help for small businesses, help for first time homebuyers. you know, things that people have been wanting to hear more detail about. larry, two things that stood out to you tonight in terms of the kamala harris side. if you're in the spin room with her or you're in the hotel with her now, what are her people telling her that she did right? she did well, did right, of course. was abortion and as a and as a freedom issue. and she hammered him on that, i think very well. now we know she's been doing this quite a bit. she did it again today. i like the way she also went at him in terms of the affordable care act

and the fact that, well, he has a plan. well, where is the plan nine years from now? ago, you had you had a plan. we still don't see a plan. and i think that, of course, was also the case with with trump in many cases where he was very good. he did criticize, but he had nothing to come back at in terms of what he would do instead. and the funny thing is, raj, the funny thing is this was supposed to be largely about harris. in fact, i think tonight was largely about trump. and for trump's people, two things that he did right. what are they telling him now? well, you know, his plan was to go ahead and try to say a connector with the three and a half years she's been there. biden didn't do this, which meant she didn't do this. and i think he tried to do that many times. and there's nothing wrong with that. that's probably the best way to go at her. but what he needed to do beyond that was, say, why it was bad, what he would do to make it better if he gets in. so you know, each side is going to walk away saying how well they did. and, you know, you and i both

know that the truth is going to come out in another week or so at the water cooler, as we say, when people begin to put all this together and come up with their own assessment, and we're talking about maybe 5 or 10% now who we're really looking to see how they feel. all right. thank you very much, larry and professor jackson, for being with us. and of course, moving forward, the other question becomes, will there be another debate? and that's something that we'll be finding out in the next coming weeks as well. coming up in the second half of this newscast, what will young voters be bringing them to the polls? bay area college students sharing their top concerns for the future and how they want our presidential candidates to address them? that's just ahead. also, up next, we investigate allegations of sex abuse at the hands of bay area clergy members. why the head of san francisco's archdiocese was in court today listening to testimony from survivors. also, we are tracking several fast moving wildfires across the state, forcing thousands of people and families to evacuate. this is some time lapse video showing how fast the flames are being fanned. i'm chief

meteorologist jeff ranieri. temperatures drop today and plenty of cool weather right now. 50s and 60s. but i'll show be picking up wind is going to

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abuse in san francisco, shared their stories with the judge and with the archbishop in the room. they say their day in court was stolen from them when the church filed for bankruptcy last year. until the judge granted this hearing. here's investigative reporter candice nguyen. candice, the judge said this hearing wasn't to make any decision. it was a unique opportunity in bankruptcy court for survivors and their families to speak as archbishop of san francisco, salvatore cordileone sat just feet away from them, listening. we need this to end. we need justice in 2022. jans

brother, rob, pursued a lawsuit against the archdiocese of san francisco trying to hold church officials accountable for the childhood sexual abuse. he says he endured at the hands of father joseph pritchard, who has since died. later that year, the trauma became too much for rob, and he took his own life. jan filed the claim for him. i was finally able to give him a voice today and you've never been able to do that before? no. jan is one of eight people who spoke in san francisco's federal court this week to share stories of alleged abuse by archdiocese of san francisco clergy and staff not in front of a jury as they had hoped, but in front of a bankruptcy judge after being hit with more than 500 sexual abuse lawsuits made possible by a recent state law that reopened a window to sue for past abuse. the archdiocese filed for bankruptcy last august. survivors like paul say the move shut them out of most of the process and prolonged their

timeline for closure. it really bothers me is i was set for trial, but instead they decided to file for bankruptcy. and nbc bay area was there as archbishop salvatore cordileone arrived at the courthouse surrounded by security and his legal team inside the courtroom, he sat just feet away from the speakers as he and the judge listened to a vietnam veteran who said his nightmares about the war don't compare to the ones he still has about the abuse he suffered at a school run by the archdiocese. survivors who just told their wives about their abuse right before this hearing, and speakers who said they need this court process to speed up because survivors are giving up hope or dying. families are aging out. survivors are finding it more and more difficult to face each and every day. depression is rampant among the survivors. after the hearing, we tried to speak with archbishop cordileone outside of court. he and his team avoided us until

his communications director came out and said, the archbishop will respond on friday after listening to other survivors during a second hearing. in the past, cordileone has released statements saying he's saddened by the abuse and most of the cases happened decades ago. plaintiff's attorney rick simmons says this friday he's not expecting to hear anything new from the archdiocese. no. come on. nothing has had an impact on the church. they are in bankruptcy because they are trying to hide and protect their assets the same way they spent all those decades hiding and protecting child molester priests. the archdiocese of san francisco remains the only diocese in california that refuses to release a list of credibly accused priests. there are eight more survivors scheduled to speak this friday, and if cordileone does talk to us, then it will be the first time in our years of reporting on this issue with the

investigative unit. i'm candice nguyen, nbc bay area news. okay. thank you very much, candice. fire crews in parts of the state are up against dangerous dry conditions. thousands of acres are on fire in southern california and in the sierra as well. the largest is the pine fire, which has burned almost 28,000 acres in san bernardino county. it is just 5% contained in the sierra. more than 10,000 people are under evacuation orders. thousands more without power from the davis fire that sparked saturday near reno. and then just yesterday, the airport fire started in orange county. now the one started seven acre brush fire in orange county's trabuco canyon, south of los angeles. it exploded to more than 9000 acres overnight with no containment. officials say a public works crew unintentionally started that fire while moving boulders into the area to help with the control motorcycles and off road vehicles. now, the conditions surrounding the airport fire are now posing more threats to

firefighters. dry winds are fanning flames downhill into steep, hard to reach terrain. two firefighters are recovering after suffering heat related injuries, and thousands of homes are under evacuation orders. we were coming back home and then we saw this basically. and so we're like, oh shoot, we have to go grab our pets. we leave, we can't come back. so to tell you the truth, the way i look at it is when i see those four houses right there go. that's when i'm getting in my car to leave. now, about an hour northeast of the airport fire is the lion fire, which is burning in the city of highland. that's east of los angeles. national guard has been called in to help. what you're looking at is time lapse video, which shows how quickly that fire spread. you can see that there's highlighted areas where people rushed to get away from the smoke and the flames. now that has forced evacuation notices across an area with more than 9000 structures that are currently threatened. most of them are homes right now that fire is just 5% contained. now,

the dangerous conditions in the sierra are also creating a treacherous situation for firefighters. the fire that we have now started in the davis creek regional park. it is south of reno and it started on saturday. it has closed roads, put some 12 to 14,000 people under evacuation notices. the fire has also caused power outages, leaving 17,000 customers without power at some times right now it is more than 5500 acres and there is no containment. some of our other headlines tonight new details about the shooting of 49ers receiver ricky pearsall. the attorney for the 17 year old high school senior accused of attempted murder and robbery wants the attempted murder charge dropped after a brief court appearance today. the teenager's public defender says his investigator found a new angle of security. video and his office has turned that video over to the da for review. he believes the video shows his client was not trying to murder pearsall. that attorney also

describes the teenager as a high school student who is on track to graduate early, leading to this exchange with nbc's sergio quintana. he's such a great student as you describe. why did he come to san francisco with a gun and attack someone? well, it remains to be seen if he came to san francisco with the gun. the genesis of the gun is still under investigation. why did he attack someone with a gun? well, as i say, i don't think there's a big question here that it's an attempt to rob him. dunlap also claims his client surrendered to police after the shooting and asked them for medical attention. during today's hearing, the teenager waived his right to a speedy trial. that means the district attorney's office now has more time to decide whether to request the case be moved to adult court. all right. jeff ranieri joins us now. let's go back to those fires that i was just talking about up and down the state. what are the weather conditions right now in terms of that? because we've had some high heat, but we've started to see the temperatures come down a bit

down in southern california. and also the sierra. we have red flag fire warnings in effect until about noon tomorrow. gusts up to about 50. it's been a tough go there. back here in the bay area while temperatures are cooling down. i am tracking some wind. unfortunately, in that forecast for tomorrow, let's take a look at our weather. and we all felt it today. it was much more enjoyable on those temperatures. it's been a long go for us here this summer, so this was so much better to walk outside and kind of get that early taste of fall 76 here in santa rosa. all areas below average, that average here at 84, livermore 77 and also san jose coming in with double sevens. now the thing that i'm tracking tomorrow that's really going to help to keep temperatures in check is two different cold fronts moving across the west. there's some rainfall with it, but i'm not seeing high chances. for us, it looks mainly like washington and oregon on those best rain chances. we're just going to get into the wind on this one. 15 to 30 mile per hour gusts for lower elevations. mountains could get up to 50. now, the only silver

lining to this right now a little bit of good news is it looks like it's going to be a pretty quick wind event for us. we should be in and out of this relatively fast, so we'll start it off tomorrow morning ten to about 25. it's not that bad. variable wind direction. then once we hit the afternoon right here at 10 to 35 mile per hour wind gusts, two, three and 4:00 tomorrow. check out the mountains in that magenta color. that's where gusts could be up to about 50mph. east bay, north bay and right there through the peninsula. then by tomorrow night and thursday, winds would certainly be calming on down for us. so tomorrow afternoon really looks like the worst of it. and then again, that wind does start to get a lot better for us. so as we head through tomorrow morning's forecast, we're going to be on the cool side here. plenty of 50s across the bay area that will put us down to 56 in the east bay and our chilliest in the north bay at 53. daytime highs for tomorrow. another beautiful day. if you can get over some of that breezy conditions in the south bay. san jose 78 right here through contra costa. alameda county's 84. in concord, 77. hayward

peninsula 71. san mateo san francisco. 60s in the marina 71. in the mission and for the north bay 82 in sonoma. let's get those 7-day forecast in here. and for san francisco, we're back in the 60s this weekend and for the inland valleys 80s through saturday down to 77 on sunday. look at monday 73 with some showers just offshore coming up later on in the show. i'll take a look at our rain chances next monday and also hurricane francine and what's happening with that one. things are changing here quickly. thanks, jeff. well, up next, the governors of arizona and nevada pushing back on governor newsom's plan to lower gas prices. why they say it's going in cost drivers

states on his initiative to limit spikes in gas prices here in california, nevada and arizona's governor sent a joint

letter to governor newsom today casting assembly bill x21 as a misguided idea that will lead to higher gas prices in their states. the bill would authorize california's energy commission to require refineries to have minimum levels of oil in reserve to prevent these price spikes that we see. the oil industry shot back at the bill, saying that it would raise prices in neighboring states. so in this joint letter, nevada's governor joe lombardo writes, quote, the people of nevada and arizona should not have to foot the bill for california's misguided policies, especially when it comes to higher gas prices. i urge governor newsom and the california legislature to reconsider this harmful legislation during their special session, and to include nevada and arizona in policy discussions moving forward. okay. go get an updated covid shot. that is the advice from the cdc, which is recommending the 20 2425 covid 19 vaccine for everyone. six months and older.

coronavirus is still causing hospitalizations and hundreds of deaths each week across the u.s. cdc says the new vaccine is specifically tailored to combat the latest strains of covid infecting people. they're also reminding the public that protection from previous vaccinations does wane over time. up next, more highlights from tonight's debate and a celebrity endorsement for vp harris. we're going to talk with young voters about what they want to hear. also, how much do you need to make to afford a starter home in san jose? some more eye popping numbe aboutrs

facing off in their first and perhaps their only debate. and a lot is happening in these last 45 minutes. even since this debate ended. a lot of analysis, some criticism and a major

endorsement. this was actually the first time right there. that handshake, the first time the two candidates have ever met in person. and this led to a lot of fiery moments over key issues, especially the economy. she is biden, the worst inflation we've ever had. a horrible economy because inflation has made it so bad and she can't get away with that. clearly, i am not joe biden and i am certainly not donald trump. and what i do offer is a new generation of leadership for our country. now, after that debate ended, there was a big endorsement for vice president harris from pop star taylor swift. she told her followers on instagram to do the research and also denounced fake ai images shared by mr. trump, claiming she was endorsing him. let's take another live look now at the spin room. this is inside the national constitution center there in philadelphia, where the debate was held. it is, what, nine, ten, 11, almost 12 1130 right now on the east coast.

republicans, a lot of republicans criticizing the moderators of this debate, saying they didn't fact check enough. vice president harris so far in terms of a second debate, we haven't heard anything official, though there might be working on some things behind the scenes. but again, nothing official about a second debate, if there even is one. now, some political experts believe the outcome of the presidential election will largely be shaped by a wave of first time voters. nbc bay area's ian cull has more on what they wanted to hear tonight, and what could drive them to the polls ahead of what could be the only debate between kamala harris and donald trump. the young voters we talked with today at san jose state say they're feeling a growing sense of civic responsibility. for four of them, this will be their first time ever voting in a presidential election, and finally getting able to participate and having my opinions heard. it's really important to me. i'm very glad that i'm able to have a say in what's going to happen over the next four years, knowing now that i have that power is just it's really refreshing. some have voted in local elections,

but say they believe voting for the president will have a deeper impact on their future from the economy to housing. i would love to keep living in the bay area. i worry about my own housing insecurity. if i can afford to live in this place long term. all of them say they've likely decided who they're voting for, but didn't want to say who that was publicly. i also asked them what issues shaped their decision on who to vote for the earth's time is ticking. if we don't take immediate action, and the housing crisis in california specifically is a mess, and i identify with the lgbtq community. i am half black and half asian, so a lot of these communities can be very affected by upcoming elections. the issues surrounding women, abortion, politics, stuff like that really speaks out to me as it could affect me personally. while the issues vary, they did have one thing in common. all of them believe the race for the white house will be a tight one. i think as we get closer to the

election, it's really going to get closer than people think. and the discourse around policies is probably going to play a bigger role than just the polarity that's been prevalent for the last couple of years. at san jose state ian cull nbc, bay area news. now, if you missed some of tonight's debate, don't worry, we've got you covered. you can head to nbcbayarea.com. you can see the full recap, including fact checks of both of the candidates claims in our ongoing series, making it in the bay. another eye opening report about the challenges of affording bay area housing the city with the most expensive starter home around here is san jose. so what happens to our young people? here's our business and tech reporter scott budman. they're not flashy after all their starter homes. but for many young people like isabel suarez, they're still out of reach. i think that's an immense a lot of pressure, especially on gen zers, we try to i don't even imagine. i don't picture myself

owning a home, you know, 40 years later down my life, you know? so it's just it's a lot of pressure. here's why. starter homes, defined as those in the 35th percentile of prices, are still super expensive here in the bay area in san jose, a starter home goes for about $900,000. redfin says you'll need a salary of close to 300,000 a year to afford one. it's similar in san francisco. it's really hard now, hard also for adults who say the next generation just can't afford the bay area, they wouldn't be able to. they wouldn't be able to. yeah. salaries are not what, you know, they actually need in order to buy a home. a tough realization, given that silicon valley was largely built by young people starting companies in san jose. scott budman, nbc, bay area news. well, it is going to be a sleepless night for a lot of people in texas,

louisiana and nearby states as hurricane francine barrels toward them. the storm officially became a hurricane today. governor of louisiana and mississippi have already declared states of emergency. a hurricane warning is in effect across most of the louisiana coastline. meanwhile, a storm. pardon me? a storm surge warning is up from the area outside of houston all the way to mississippi. and the alabama border. we are continually preparing for this storm. we will keep our citizens informed. again, i'm confident that all of our agencies and our federal partners seem to be working very seamlessly. we are pre-positioning assets so that they will be available to the public on a needed basis. jeff's going to be with us in a few minutes to tell us more about francine. francine, by the way, is the sixth named storm of the hurricane season. a devastating revelation in the case of six hostages recently found dead in gaza. israel, now claims hamas executed those hostages. the

night before israeli forces reached the tunnel where they were being held. they provided evidence showing six victims, all abducted by hamas on october 7th, were killed the evening of august 29th in rafah. israeli military forces discovered those bodies on august 30th. among the hostages found that day, hersh goldberg-polin, who was born in berkeley. he was taken from that music festival on october 7th. his parents delivered an emotional plea for a ceasefire and a hostage deal during the democratic national convention last month. the university of california is offering its first palestinian and arab studies program this fall, university leaders said. there has long been a need for this program and say this is not in response to the pro-palestinian protests. this past spring. you might recall the campus at cal was the scene of months long demonstrations that ultimately led to arrests. at one point, jewish students requested escorts to class, saying they

feared for their safety. uc berkeley says the program has been two years in the making and was made possible through donations. a suspected freeway shooter is in custody tonight after investigators tracked him down with the help of public surveillance cameras. now, two the shootings happened 45 minutes apart. august 3rd. one of them in dublin. the other one in hayward. chp special investigators talked with the victims. they were able to get a similar description of the suspect vehicle in each shooting. that's when they turned to the safety camera footage for help. they were able to go through and ended up locating a vehicle that had matched the description of the suspect vehicle in the area at that time. so putting all of this together, they were able to identify the vehicle through that, identify a suspect fairly quickly. police have identified that suspect as 47 year old damian lamont harris. he is now facing multiple felony charges. chp says it may have pictures of the car that hit a seven year

old girl in sonoma county on saturday, and took off. that hit and run crash happened saturday in santa rosa. now investigators are looking for the driver or the owner of this white toyota prius. the chp says it may be the car that hit the girl shortly before 7 p.m. on green valley road, just north of sullivan road. they found debris from a prius at the crash scene. the chp is calling the car a vehicle of interest and is asking anyone with information about that type of car to call them. all right. a major catalytic converter bust in the east bay to tell you about san pablo police and contra costa county sheriff's deputies arrested three men on suspicion of stealing more than 700 catalytic converters. officers say they also found more than 1,000 pounds of copper cable wire, $113,000 in cash and other stolen goods in the suspects possession. investigators say they believe the suspects are part of a multi-million dollar ring that buys and sells stolen property. a killer whale has died after getting stranded on a

beach in carmel. the whale washed up this morning at carmel river state beach. crews actually dug into the sand there to readjust the orca calf and to relieve some of the pressure there. you see some photos here. eventually, a team was able to move the whale to take it to the long marine lab at uc santa cruz. sadly, though, we've just learned the whale died during transport. well, up next, dave grohl of the foo fighters posting a confession on social media. and extreme weather on both sides of the u.s. wildfires in california and that hurricane that we told you about. scientists say the two are more connected than you may think. and i'm tracking a new system that's developing in the next seven days. i'll let you know what we can expect with this. and what our rain chances would be. and hurricane francine, the latest on the path of this storm

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scorched more than 5500 acres. this is new video from actor jeremy renner thanking firefighters for saving his home. renner lives between lake tahoe and reno. he shared on instagram showing the flames and smoke spreading near his property. this fire started over the weekend on saturday just south of reno. thousands of people remain under evacuation orders as of tonight. the fire is 0% contained. well, from wildfires here in the west to hurricane francene. extreme weather events are unfolding on both of our coasts. experts say there are clear links here to climate change. today new numbers from noaa scientists show the u.s. is on track for another record year of major weather disasters. here's our national climate reporter, chase cain. this might seem like a split screen moment from a weather perspective. massive wildfires in the west, a storm

strengthening in the gulf. but from a climate perspective, they're actually both connected by one important part of atmospheric physics a hotter atmosphere holds more moisture. here in the west, that means the atmosphere is essentially thirstier and that is just creating more fuel for these wildfires. a lot more quickly, the air can hold more water when it's warmer. so as temperatures rise, the atmosphere can actually take more water out of the landscape. it can absorb more water from, you know, the soils, the plants, and it increases the aridity. and that is something that we're seeing because of human caused climate change. more dry vegetation means more fuel for the line fire and dozens of other wildfires burning a combined 2.2 million acres across the west. meantime, in the gulf, francine continues strengthening as it moves over record hot waters more than two degrees above average and climate central calculates that those sea surface temperatures were 200 times more likely because of human caused climate change. this isn't just a tropical system. this isn't just weather.

this is weather being made more intense because of climate change. and we can see that with a very clear signal in our oceans. plus, it's not just the surface. the warm water right now is pretty deep. nbc miami hurricane specialist john morales says that's giving storms like francine more jet fuel to help them strengthen more quickly. just before they make landfall. look at otis in 2023. tropical storm one day category five hurricane. the next, and causing fatalities and causing massive destruction nearly without warning and even after francine makes landfall, the storm has the potential to drop even more flooding rains farther inland. because climate change is heating up our atmosphere. so the bottom line is that the extremes get more extreme and we get more frequent disasters in highland, california. i'm meteorologist chase cain. also tonight, a very public admission from a famous musician, the lead singer of the foo fighters, dave grohl, revealed that he recently

fathered a baby daughter outside of his 21 year marriage. the 55 year old girl posted the admission today on instagram. in the post, he says he plans to be a loving and supportive parent to the child. he also says, quote, i love my wife and my children and i'm doing everything i can to regain their trust and earn their forgiveness. there were no details on the mother of the child. a retired health care worker is getting a home makeover thanks to the san jose sharks. volunteers with the sharks foundation and rebuilding together silicon valley are rehabbing the home of dorothy cardenas in gilroy. they're contributing $30,000 to renovate her home, you know, it's all about, like i said, giving back to our community, making sure that we're being great neighbors and taking care of those who take care of us. sharks foundation is celebrating 30 years of its impact. it says it's given more than $20 million to the community all these years later. and that's a great

organization, rebuilding together silicon valley. i've worked with them in the past, and they just they really step up anytime anybody needs help. and congratulations to dorothy. that's very nice to hear. jeff is back with us with our forecast. and things are like cooling right before our eyes. they are so enjoyable to be enjoyable to be outside today. and it looks like we're going to stay with that trend here as we head through the next seven days. let's move it into that microclimate forecast. and it's all about two cool fronts moving across the west here. as we head through tomorrow. there is going to be some rainfall with it, but everything i'm seeing right now keeps those rain chances up towards washington and oregon. we'll be on the drier side and also wind kicking up up to 30mph. low elevations in the mountains 50. i wanted to make sure to get this hourly timeline in here, just in case you missed it earlier in our show and tomorrow morning. it's really not that bad. ten to about 25mph wind in a variable direction. but then as we hit the afternoon, two, three, 4:00, maybe even into about five, we start to see that wind kick up ten to about 35mph lower

elevations. and for some of the mountains that magenta color showing gusts that could be up to about 50. we'd be out of this pretty quickly, starting to drop by tomorrow night and certainly through thursday morning. temperatures for tomorrow 50s here across the bay area, with some areas of patchy fog near the coast, and also the bay that will put us to 55 in san francisco and the east bay at 56. daytime highs for tomorrow. still looking very comfortable. check this out. down across san jose, 78 degrees. morgan hill 80. we'll get up to 84. in concord, 83. in napa, 71 here in san francisco. okay. if you're doing any traveling hurricane francine, this is now making a pretty quick beeline towards louisiana. winds at 85mph. the path of this does bring it with a landfall here 90mph. sometime tomorrow night in louisiana, we could see rain up to ten inches a storm surge. central louisiana coastline that could get up to

ten feet. we're going to continue to closely watch this. otherwise, back in the bay, once we hit next monday. i wanted to show you a brand new system developing. looks like it could bring us some cooler seconds inland and some low 70s coolest stretch could be on tap for us in 105 days since june the 1st. right now, no big rain chances, but i'm going to be certainly monitoring that closely. let's bring it into that 7-day forecast here in san francisco. and we are in the 60s this weekend. look at the inland valleys. you thought it was cool. today we're going to be going down to 73 by next monday. so right now all eyes are on next monday. we may actually end up seeing things tip over to some rain chances. so i'm going to be monitoring that in the days to come. that's going to be fun to have our rain here. finally. it would be good. thanks, jeff. up next, not much time for the 49ers to celebrate that big season opening win against the jets. we're going to take you inside the locker room as the niners turn their attention to

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on national tv. they look good. they did. it's just the first game. it's only one game. it's a long journey. we know that niners fans are very happy and so is the coach. it's a hell of a job, man. we got minnesota. it'll be a very quick turnaround. you guys get your rest. take advantage of tomorrow. appreciate you guys. awesome game. hey, man. hey, listen. all work, no luck. this is only the beginning. hey. niners on three. not on three. one. two. three. one. two. three niners. that's jordan mason leading the charge. he said all word, all work. no luck. niners look good on the ground. scoring both their touchdowns on the ground by deebo samuel and jordan mason there. you heard the coach say it. next trip next game. it's a road trip to minnesota. sunday morning our time. it is a quick turnaround in a short week. so as the niners head out of town, some of the best gymnasts in the world

are heading to town. yes, coming to the south bay. that includes the goat herself, simone biles. she's among the olympians taking part in the gold over america tour. usa gymnastics posted a video of biles having a little fun before one of her shows. tour comes to sap center in san jose, saturday, september 21st. so get your tickets! the gymnasts include jordan chiles, jade carey and stanford's brody malone and a l

i came to bayview hunter's point, where there was only one pediatrician to serve more than 10,000 children. daniel lurie said, i'm going to help. we opened a clinic for our most vulnerable children. i have worked shoulder to shoulder with him as we have brought solutions where people thought the problem was unsolvable. daniel doesn't take excuses. he holds himself accountable. and i know that he can do it for the city of san francisco.

family in coal valley started to notice their garden getting chewed up. they later found this five month old pup hiding in that little wall there they called animal control, who helped relocate this pup to a nearby trail on mount sutro. animal control says an estimated 100 coyotes live in san francisco and help control the

rodent population, so they're very helpful for us. they say the species is native to the city and are typically shy unless they feel threatened. yeah, poor little guys. just all by himself there and trying to find some shelter. he is safe. we're going to teak

rob mayeda: thank you for joining us, i'm meteorologist rob mayeda, and we're always watching our "climate in crisis" here at nbc bay area.