values have not changed and what is important is that there is a president who actually brings values and a perspective that is about lifting people up. right now, at 5:00, fiery remarks in what may be the only debate between donald trump and kamala harris. the candidates clashing over everything from the economy to reproductive rights. we're live in washington with a full breakdown, remembering the victims of nine over 11. the somber events taking place today, and the work being done to educate those too young to remember or understand its lasting impact on america and the world. also, firefighters facing treacherous conditions. an update on out-of-control wildfires in the sierra and southern california now threatening homes. this is today in the bay a very busy now wednesday morning. thanks so much for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. and i'm

marcus washington. we'll get a look at that forecast with kerry coming up in just a moment. but first mike has a look at something happening over in san leandro. yeah. it's been going on for hours. it involves a truck fire. i'm not exactly sure how that fire started, but let me show you the maps. first of all, overall, the big look shows just fine, but this is a critical part. let's look toward the east bay off the castro valley, y. northbound 238 is backed up, jammed solid from the split. 580 going this way north 238 taking you up to north 880. you can't make that connector. it says to transition to south 880. but in the last few seconds, chp gave us the update saying they are actually diverting all traffic from north. 238 onto southbound 880. if you need to go north, you'll have to exit probably at hesperian and get your way over onto city streets, over in toward the nimitz. northbound. this is because of an overturned tractor trailer. it was originally reported as a pickup crash. then it involved a tractor trailer, a fire, a burnt out shell of a trailer. now and we'll watch for the slowdown as you get to the area where you're

restricted down to just one lane and then forced off the freeway by chp. again, this is affecting folks coming out of the dublin area and castro valley. the rest of the east bay shows a nice smooth drive. kerry, we're watching a smooth flow of traffic outside of that, and we'll give you the updates on whether or not they can reopen any time soon. we're starting out this morning with cooler temperatures across the bay area after a cooler afternoon yesterday. we're right now in the upper 50s from walnut creek, palo alto to san jose, and we are starting to see some breezy winds picking up. and that's going to be the story for us for today. our highs back to the 70s for much of the peninsula, to the south bay and the parts of the inner east bay. but as you work your way inland, it will be just a touch warmer compared to yesterday afternoon with those highs in the low to mid 80s. so we'll be tracking a slight warm up in our forecast. more on that coming up in just a few minutes. back to you. thank you kerry. well now to decision 2024 and a historic and contentious presidential debate this morning. vice president kamala

harris and former president donald trump each claiming victory. the candidates sparred over the economy, immigration and reproductive rights during the 90 minute debate, but it was also filled with personal attacks on both sides. today, in the bay's brie jackson live in washington this morning. that night was filled with a lot of tension. brie it certainly was. it was a fierce face off. the two presidential candidates meeting for the first time on the debate stage last night, and we saw a clear contrast between the two on many issues as they both tried to convince voters that they have a better policy plan for the country's future. vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump shaking hands before facing off on the debate stage, sparring over a top issue for many voters the economy. this has been a disaster for people, for the middle class. but for every class, donald trump actually has no plan for you because he is more interested in defending himself than he is in looking

out for you. on abortion for 52 years, this issue has torn our country apart and they've wanted it back in the states. and i did something that nobody thought was possible. the government and donald trump certainly should not be telling a woman what to do with her body. throughout the debate, trump pivoted to the topic of immigration, blasting harris for challenges at the southern border. they've destroyed the fabric of our country. millions of people let in. after hearing trump defend the insurrectionists who stormed the u.s. capitol on january 6th, the former prosecutor painted the former president as a threat while urging americans to reject his presidential bid and the chaos and to end the approach that is about attacking the foundations of our democracy. because you don't like the outcome. trump repeating false claims about election fraud as both candidates make their case to voters on the debate stage

afterwards, trump, making a rare spin room appearance to tout his performance while vice president harris picked up an endorsement and praise from megastar taylor swift. and their battle now heads from the debate stage back to the campaign trail with less than two months until election day. marcus. laura. all right. thanks, brie. of course, the ultimate goal for each candidate in last night's debate to persuade undecided voters. we checked in with some of those voters that were watching right here in the bay area. today in the bay's kris sanchez in our newsroom this morning. okay, so, chris, what are people saying this morning? well, so, as you might expect, the watch party hosted by the democratic party was bigger as california is largely a blue state. but at the san francisco gop watch party, the chair said their registration numbers are going up. democratic voters told us they like the vice president's message and how she handled the former president. while republican voters didn't seem

persuaded. i really think that kamala harris did a really good job laying out what it is that she sees. her vision is for this country. she offered hope, and that's what we need. i think we've seen the policies of the prior administration, and it hasn't exactly been the best. 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%. now turning from voters to political insiders, california governor gavin newsom showed up in the post-debate spin room where he said harris not only held her own, she showed voters the kind of fight she has in her. she commanded the room from the second she came out. she was a commander in chief and she had him on the defense. the entire night. if this was a prize fight, it would have been tko in the second round. this was the first time kamala harris and donald trump ever met. the first

time they ever shook hands. and it could be the last because, as you mentioned, there is no other debate scheduled at this point. laura. so interesting to watch. thanks, chris. coverage on the debate continues later on the today show as well. it will include reports from philadelphia and more recaps of the night's key moments. 507 for you this morning and today, marking 23 years since the september 11th terror attacks, forever changing the world. i want to give you a live look this morning at the world trade center plaza. this is where ceremony is set to get underway a short time from now. as always, people will read the names of the nearly 3000 victims who lost their lives on that fateful day. but as more time passes, the nine over 11 memorial and museum is doing more to reach a growing number of americans. too just young to remember the attacks. that now amounts to more than 100 million americans, or roughly one third of the u.s. population. museum leaders are now expanding those efforts to reach americans and those who are the youngest

through digital assets, tours and museum exhibits to educate students. we have a digital learning experience that can be downloaded free on nine over 11. it runs every year. students around the world, already 4 million students and educators, have accessed those annual lessons that we put out there. bay area commemorations are also taking place today. our ginger conejero saab will have a closer look in our next half hour. happening now. growing wildfires are threatening homes in the cierra. the davis fire started saturday south of reno. containment at times has grown to 30%, but it's being fueled by red flag conditions. and by last night it grew to 5500 acres. conditions there are expected to worsen immensely today, and there are concerns hundreds of homes may be in the fire's path. in the meantime, in southern california, firefighters battling an out of control fire that exploded in size yesterday and destroyed an undetermined number of homes. the bridge fire began sunday in big bear near

wrightwood in the angeles national forest. yesterday it took a bad turn and grew last night to about 3400 acres. it is now threatening the mountain high ski resort, and firefighters are up against hot, windy and dry conditions. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking it all. it would be nice if this situation improves today. kari. yeah, we are watching the relative humidity. the wind as well as the temperatures, and looking at that area of the angeles national forest and the san bernardino area, we are still seeing those breezy winds picking up. and the good thing is that we've seen some higher humidity. but we do have this low pressure system coming in to the pacific northwest, and it's going to cause the winds to increase today. and here at hom, we're also monitoring for that fire weather and the fire conditions that we'll see today with some gusty winds that we're expecting to pick up anywhere from 30 to 40mph. and the humidity will be dropping as we go into this afternoon. but it

may be even drier tomorrow, which causes fires that do develop to spread more quickly once the relative humidity levels drop to that 20 to even into the teens range. so we're watching for low humidity and high winds, as well as the fire danger here across the bay area. as we monitor what's happening across the region temperature wise, we have some upper 70s for highs today for oakland and palo alto, dublin today, and livermore looking at a high of 79 degrees and some mid 80s for parts of the north bay. so we'll be watching our temperatures creeping up a little bit. i'll have more on that in a few minutes. but mike, hopefully your numbers are going down. yeah, i wish that was the case. i see them actually coming up a bit here. let's check out our prices. our best of the day is in contra costa county at 389. reported at quick serve on carlson boulevard in richmond. nothing under four bucks. in the south bay, san jose has the best of 403 at arco, the one on north capitol avenue and then on the peninsula. san mateo county's

best is 439 at ana gas on holly street in san carlos. that's just off 101. you can check your area, go to gasbuddy.com and watch those prices. unfortunately, many of them are going up. like i said on the roadways, we unfortunately have two alerts. the first one, let me give you the updated information. north. 238 folks are forced off onto southbound 280 from the area. if you have to go northbound 880 off the castro valley, y, you need to get over. probably take lewelling after you transfer over onto surface streets, before you maybe take 14th over there, and then the other alert that popped up is also in the east bay. this is outside the caldecott tunnel. the bummer is that both bores are open, feeding over toward this crash with an overturned rig. that's west 24. a number of lanes, perhaps all for the temporary situation here. westbound 24 is jammed up, getting over toward highway 13 as you travel out of the caldecott and in through oakland. back over to you. thanks, mike. well, going back to her roots coming up on today in the bay, starbucks new ceo

pens an open letter in the second day on the job. the new vision for the company, including a taste of past successes. plus, elon musk, the ceo of tesla, talking a lot about cats. i mean a lot. plus do you ever feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? a big night ahead for pop superstar katy perry. want you to stick around because we're going to tell you where she's set to receive a big honor tonight. you're watching today in the bay

and a lot of sunshine for today, but it will be windy as our temperatures here head for the upper seconds. watching out for the fire danger today due to those high winds. i'll have more on that. and what's ahead in the rest of the microclimate forecast coming up. and two alerts right now, this one outside the caldecott tunnel, westbound traffic jammed solid, in fact. and here it's being diverted off to highway 13 from westbound 24. sounds like they hope to have a fix in place in the next few minutes. we'll of course track that closely. meanwhile, we also have folks diverted off of northbound 238 to southbound 880 because of an overturn and burnt out tractor trailer there blocking your transition to northbound 880. we'll track both of these major commute spots coming up. well

good morning. very happy wednesday to you. big day. we get the latest consumer price index at 530. so just a few minutes from now that and the upcoming producer price index will be the last inflation data before the fed meets next week. the fed much more likely to make a big cut if inflation is solved, or at least close to solved. the ceo of starbucks says he's worried about a cup of coffee getting too transactional. that the stores are not as welcoming anymore. adding to that, he worries baristas are so worried about getting pickup orders ready. the ones that people order on the app, they're not paying enough attention to the walk in customers that starbucks has become kind of a fast food counter, rather than a place to hang out with a friend to enjoy a latte. so expect changes at starbucks ahead. well, this looks like a picture, but it's actually video of the polaris dawn mission floating above earth. the space x powered

mission has reached apogee. that is the most distant highest point in its orbit, farther away than any spaceship has been since the apollo program. and the trips from the earth to the moon. the ceo of tesla has repeatedly tweeted about haitian immigrants snatching and eating people's cats in ohio. this is a totally made up story. the mayor and the city manager in springfield, ohio say it's not true. the police department says it's not true. elon musk insists that it is. here's the local mayor. we have not been able to verify any credible reports or specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community. now, in the debate last night, former president trump insisted people were eating cats as well. we will talk more about that as we talk politics. speaking of cats, and this may be the most i have ever

spoken about cats. taylor swift last night endorsed kamala harris and called herself a childless cat lady. she's referring to a claim by jd vance seen here last night arguing about i kid you not, cats, that america is run by childless cat ladies. well, the tesla ceo and father of 12, elon musk, reacted to swift's childless sign off on her instagram by offering to give her a child. now, there are two ways of interpreting that, and both my both are, you know, just not called for. i don't even know what to say. i didn't expect you would. so i'm not going to say anything. that's a really good plan. thank you. i think o. happening tonight at the mtv video music awards. a california girl will be celebrated for her success in pop music. cause, baby, you're a firework. come on, show em what you're worth. katy perry receiving this year's lifetime achievement award called the

video vanguard award. she'll also perform some of her biggest hits. megan thee stallion is hosting the show, kicking off with a performance from retiring rap star eminem. other performances will include rising megastar chappell, roan and sabrina carpenter. should be a good show. as far as the nominations count. taylor swift has the most this year, with 12, followed by post malone with 11. then eminem with eight. ariana grande, megan thee stallion, sabrina carpenter and sza tied with seven. all right. a lot of good artists there. there it is. eminem is retiring. yeah. i was thinking i wanted to say for now. yeah collabs with somebody again. new name. all right. well, how's this weather looking for us? today it's looking nice, but it will be windy today. so you'll notice that even though it may feel the same as yesterday, the wind is going to be picking up and may at times in some spots. some parts of the bay area reach 30 to 40mph, and

then the weekend. it looks pretty comfortable for us so we can make some outdoor plans. we'll be watching next week for cooler temperatures and possible rain chances, at least for the north bay. let's get a look at hercules today and what to expect. at 8:00 it will be 58 degrees. at 10:00 it will be in the mid 60s, and then mid seconds today. and notice between 4 and 6. it's really going to be gusty out there for the south bay. we're looking at a high of 80 in los gatos and 7977 in san jose upper 70s and mid 80s for parts of the inland east bay. concord today 85. while oakland will be in the upper 70s and mid 70s for redwood city and half moon bay. 68 degrees and 70 downtown. it's definitely going to be windy and san francisco and parts of the north bay, especially in the hills, with napa high up to 84 degrees, so just slightly warmer compared to yesterday. but we're looking at a very strong onshore wind flow, which increases the humidity. but at the same time,

the vegetation is extremely dry and with 25 30 mile per hour wind gusts, that's going to cause a very dangerous situation for the potential of any sparks out there. that could definitely spread to the vegetation and cause some fire. so we'll be watching out for that by the end of the week. our temperatures will be in the upper 80s, so a slight warm up and then a cool down by next monday. that will be our coolest day with highs in the low 70s inland, and san francisco will drop back to the mid 60s. mike, you have a look at that truck fire. you've been tracking. yeah. kari check this out folks. look at this is video we have that's come into the newsroom of the overturned tractor trailer. this happened about 220 this morning. it's been a couple hours already, and they still have no word on when northbound 238 will be reopened again. we have folks forced off of the area because of this burnt out tractor trailer, and they have to deal with. let's get out to the maps and show you where this is. it's over in the san leandro area coming off the castro valley. y that jam up

comes out of castro valley and heads. some folks may be heading over toward 580 as an alternate. others may take city streets. lewelling if you need to get onto northbound 880 surface streets, getting off at 14th or before you get to the y itself and heading in through hayward and san lorenzo to get to northbound 880 itself because of that burnt out shell. another issue also in the east bay, the critical portion of highway 24 outside of the caldecott tunnel, where those folks out of both boards come together and travel toward highway 13, it looks like folks are being routed onto highway 13, getting over toward the east shore freeway. you can take that surface street that express or the surface route there, the state route there in the area, through the city, 24 itself. the transition is blocked off right now, getting through the area just past the caldecott because of an overturned rig there as well. no word on when they're going to reopen, but chp says they have a temporary block on those lanes. the feed comes in out of the rest of castro valley and contra costa county, and through that area. so that will be a problem

as well. we'll track both of those major issues back to you. thanks, mike. still ahead on today in the bay stopping teenage tobacco use. we don't want to play a game of public health. whack a mole. e-cigarettes may be on the decline, but not so much for other products. we break down the latest data and the reso

using e-cigarettes is dropping the latest fda and cdc survey finds just under 6% of middle and high schoolers say they used e-cigarettes. that is nearly a two percentage point decline from the year before. but one expert points out that also means there are still more than 1.5 million teenagers using vaping products, and nearly a half a million teens use nicotine patches. we know there's no risk free tobacco product, and that's particularly true for kids. and so it's important that we're mindful of that and address the full diversity of products out on the marketplace to keep them out of the hands of our nation's kids. research shows nicotine is particularly harmful to teenagers whose brains are still developing. nicotine can impact attention, learning, mood and impulse control, and it can put teens at an increased risk for future addiction. if you have a teen who wants to stop, reach out to your pediatrician or you can find more resources at 800. quit now. 527 for you this morning. next, the top stories

we're following here on today in the bay, including a blow for bay area health care jobs, a large senior care facility closing its doors. we have those details on the layoffs it's triggering and the changing trends that led to the closure. also, political division at work. the new finding suggesting treatment in the workplace. mistreatment that is. this is all due to differing opinions on politics. that and much more. when you stick around

will have the highlights, plus new claims about how things went down during a robbery and shooting of 49ers rookie ricky pearsall. the evidence his attorneys believes is backed up and yet to be released. video and bracing for impact hurricane francine is bearing down on the gulf coast with new orleans sitting in the line of fire. we are tracking the path of its powerful storm. this is today in the bay. good morning to you. on this wednesday, i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. we're going to start out with mike this morning. he's tracking two traffic alerts. the first one look at this video. three hours into this tractor trailer fire. the fire is presumably out now, but the roadway is blocked off northbound 2.38 coming off the castro valley. y you cannot

access the northbound nimitz freeway. of course, you see what was going on there earlier. let's get a look at the roadways now. it is jammed solid out of castro valley. if you're heading north on 580, you're doing all right. that's westbound 580 going up toward the maze. there is an issue. once folks get up into that area, we'll show that to you in a second. but you are diverted from to north 38 onto southbound 880. if you're coming out of castro valley and dublin and want to take the nimitz north, you're going to have to take those city streets which are going to be getting much more crowded over the next few minutes through that portion of the east bay. this section of the east bay highway 24 is jammed and stopped, traffic being diverted off to highway 13 and tunnel road. you see a lot more traffic because of an overturned tractor trailer there as well. that's heading over towards highway 13, eventually over toward 580. that makes traffic at the maze and at the bay bridge a little bit lighter because everybody's jammed up for 24 coming out of moraga, lafayette and off the walnut creek interchange, carry the rest of the bay. shows your typical slowing for highway 24

and highway 37, as well as highway four, with a build and weather this morning, we're looking at cooler temperatures as you're getting started, and right now we're in the mid to upper 50s. as you're heading out the door all across the bay area, and we do have a light wind for now. but as we take a look at castro valley and our temperature trend, we are starting out with a few clouds early, about 60 degrees at 8:00 at noon. it's in the upper seconds and we're headed for the mid 70s for today. but you'll notice compared to yesterday's, it will be a lot more gusty and some of those winds may come up to about 25 to 35mph. and temperatures just coming up slightly. so i'll be watching this for you. we'll talk more about the impact that's coming up in a few minutes. sounds good. we'll check back with you first at 530. did you see the debate last night? the first one between former president trump and current vice president kamala harris? scott mcgrew. you were saying earlier that you know what? you don't like the idea of someone winning or losing a debate. this is not a basketball game, right? i mean, nobody's keeping score. i guess

if you wanted to figure out who lost a debate or a basketball game, it's the side complaining most about the referees. here's some video from last night just to show you what it looked like. we'll talk more about what happened, but i was immediately struck by the facial expressions in this debate compared to the last debate. take a look. here's a comparison. and yes, it's only one moment in time. but harris, in her debate, looking confident biden as all democrats remember, looking bewildered. that hand on chin look already the subject of a 100 online memes. if you were trying to summarize the debate, two points stand out. harris managed to avoid specifics on most of the questions asked of her, and trump leapt at every bit of bait harris dangled his way. the trump camp must have known she was going to do it. here's harris baiting trump with something dear to his heart. crowd sizes. you will see during the course of his rallies, he

talks about fictional characters like hannibal lecter. he will talk about windmills, cause cancer, and what you will also notice is that people start leaving his rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom. people don't leave my rallies. we have the biggest rallies, the most incredible rallies in the history of politics. that's because people want to take their country back. the abc moderators jumped in from time to time with fact checks and clarifications. some critics say the moderators allowed some of harris's false claims to slide, while jumping on trump's. for instance, trump blamed the war in ukraine on harris's poor negotiations with russian president putin. harris has never met putin. she was the emissary they sent her in to negotiate with zelensky and putin, and she did. and the war started three days later. and that's the kind of talent we have with her. 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 count tel. she is a horrible negotiator. they sent her in to negotiate. as soon as they left, putin did the invasion. president trump, thank you. you did bring up something you said she went to negotiate with vladimir putin. vice president harris, have you ever met vladimir putin? can you clarify tonight, yet again, i said it at the beginning of this debate. you're going to hear a bunch of lies coming from this fellow. and that is another one. one of the strangest moments of the night. trump repeating the false claim that immigrants are eating people's pets, that rumor got started in springfield, ohio. the mayor, the city manager, police chief all say it's not true in springfield, they're eating the dogs. the people that came in, they're eating the cats. they're eating. they're eating the pets of the people that live there. abc news did reach out to the city manager there. he told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured or abused by individuals within the immigrant community. i've seen people on

television, let me just say here, this is the people on television say my dog was taken and used for food. those haitian immigrants, by the way, are living and working in ohio legally. their return to haiti was delayed by washington through america's humanitarian program. trump and harris had never met before. last night. this morning. right now, they find themselves together again at a september 11th memorial in new york. now, it's not clear if there will be another presidential debate, marcus, before the election in november. all right, scott, thank you. and ahead of the election, some new findings show workplace hostility at a boiling point. this is all due to america's political divide. the professional human resources group shrm surveyed workers across the country. just about two thirds say that they've seen or witnessed mistreatment at work due to political opinions. leaders say that it's not just verbal abuse, and it sometimes leads to violence. they advise the days leading up to and after the election will include

greater tensions. we are increasingly are having to show people to how be civil, giving them real guardrails and saying like this behavior is good, this is not good. and more importantly, this behavior, if you cross that line, there will be negative consequences to your employment. now they also say that it is okay to disagree in the office, but it should never lead to attacks on someone or their family. the empathy is the key to keeping those conversations civil. a surprising new claim from the defense attorney in the ricky pearsall shooting case, the 17 year old shooting suspect appeared again in juvenile court yesterday. afterward his lawyer talked about new video of the shooting near union square. he says shows his client was not trying to kill the 49ers wide receiver. he says that video, filmed from a different angle, is now in the hands of prosecutors. our nbc bay area legal analyst calls the claim a little dubious, as they were really, you know, sort of

fighting back and forth on the sidewalk. well, i think it supports what has always been my belief in theory on this case, that this is an attempted robbery, not an attempted murder. and i think the video supports that you cannot initiate aggressive conduct like this and then use self-defense. so who shot who first? and all of those things are going to be an important role here. but i don't think self-defense will come into play. the suspect yesterday also waived his right to a speedy trial. that means d.a. brooke jenkins should have more time to decide whether or not to request he be tried as an adult. happening today. a murder case that once rock santa cruz returns to the spotlight. as the court will answer whether the killer should be released. adrian gonzalez was 15 years old when he confessed to kidnaping, raping and killing a neighbor, eight year old maddy middleton, in 2015. he finally pleaded guilty to those charges in 2021. this is in juvenile court. well today he is scheduled to return

to court ahead of his possible release when he turns 25 in october. prosecutors will argue he remains a threat to the public. a jury will decide his fate. kaiser permanente reportedly closing its last freestanding senior care facility. it's located on 168th avenue in san leandro. the chronicle reports it employs 250 people, and that all remaining patients have already been transferred. kaiser says the closure is due to a steady decline in the number of patients over the past decade, due in part to expanded home care. laid off workers are eligible for other kaiser positions. taking a live look in new orleans and developing right now the crescent city opening its storm shelters with hurricane francine barreling towards the gulf coast. the storm should make landfall in the early evening hours today in the bay's. bob redell is here for us this morning and bob, we know the state of california already helping louisiana prepare for francine's arrival. correct. good morning, marcus and laura. they're doing this by sending people to assist those who live on the gulf coast. cal

oes tweeted out that the state is deploying five so-called urban search and rescue specialists here in the bay area. contra costa fire tweeted out that they are also sending an assistant chief of communications as part of the fema usar blue incident support team. now, hurricane francine is gaining strength as it churns through the gulf and may become a category two by the time it makes landfall. ahead of that, coastal towns already experiencing heavy rainfall and people up and down the coast are stocking up, stocking up on fuel and supplies now. landfall is expected in the early evening hours. it's not clear if new orleans will take a direct hit, but the mayor there is bracing residents for a worst case scenario. now, again, is the time to finalize your storm plans and to prepare not only for your families. also, looking out for your neighbors. the governor of louisiana is declaring a state of emergency ahead of the storm. now let's

turn to meteorologist kari hall. kari where and when are you expecting the storm to arrive? yeah. we are looking at this now very strong hurricane that is moving through the gulf. and as of right now, we're already seeing the outer rain bands moving into coastal louisiana. and possibly moving closer to new orleans. but looking at this storm that is a fairly large one, a category one, and is moving to the northeast at 12mph, currently has wind speeds of up to 90mph. and we're going to see it coming in later on this afternoon into the evening, possibly as a category two hurricane. and we're expecting storm surges that could reach over ten feet. so that's going to cover most of those coastal marshes in southern louisiana. and then weaken to a tropical storm as it continues to move off towards the north and east. so we'll be watching out for that as we go throughout today here at home, we're looking at the winds increasing as another storm system moves into the pacific northwest. it is already producing some rain for spots

like seattle and portland. and some of that rain may move into far northern california, up around eureka. and we'll be monitoring this as our winds increase. but that for now is keeping our temperatures down. so we'll be having more details on that in a few minutes. mike you continue with two traffic alerts. yeah. alert number one here. this fire, this overturned big rig that was on fire happened about two just before 230 this morning. so over three hours they've been working on this rig, getting the fire out. and then they have to clear the rig right now. not the case. let's look at the map in the back up north. 238 you're being diverted onto southbound 880. if you're coming off the castro valley wife, you need to go north 880 or north into oakland. you're likely taking 580 because north connector off of 238 to north 880 is not allowed right now because of the continued work. i just got updated. chp is expecting the department of transportation to put down a hard closure. that means they're going to be there for a while with cones diverting traffic

continued through the area. you may see more flow of traffic on the surface streets, although our speed sensors do show everything's looking all right. and lewelling eighth street getting down through hayward. keep that in mind. the second alert off the castro valley areas north of there toward highway 24. westbound. all lanes are jammed up. this is an nbc news special report. here's savannah guthrie. good morning everybody. we come on the air as the nation is marking 23 years since the terror attacks of september 11th, events getting underway this morning across the country to honor and remember the nearly 3000 people who died already. leaders gathering at the world trade memorial site in lower manhattan, which is where we find nbc's stephanie gosk. as these solemn remembrances get ready to begin. stephanie, good morning. good morning. savannah. you know, 23 years and this commemoration really hasn't changed all that much the way that it's held. you still have the six bells. the six moments of silence marking when the

planes hit the towers. they hit the pentagon and that field in pennsylvania. and also, of course, when the towers fell. this is an event that has not just family and firefighters, but also dignitaries. you have the president who is here today. you have both candidates who are running for president. they have arrived along with vice presidential candidate j.d. vance. he is here as well. you also have the head of the department of homeland security, alejandro mayorkas. you'll remember that the department of homeland security exists because of what happened on nine over 11. you know, over the years, the message of this ceremony has really broadened because now you have a whole generation of people who are now young adults who were not alive during nine over 11. this is a this is a day as much about remembrance as it is about sharing the story of that day. i spoke with the head of the museum and the memorial, who told me that a good portion of her job is reaching that younger generation to share the story. but here in new york city, especially for those people who were here that day,

this is a solemn day. it is quiet down here in lower manhattan, and it has been that way every nine over 11 for the past 23 years. savannah we pause and remember this morning as we do every year. and as you mentioned, stephanie, there will be moments of silence observed throughout this morning signifying those morning's events as they unfolded. the first will happen in about seconds from now as the time. 846 when the first plane hit the north tower of the world trade center and thousands died in an instant, we will hear speeches, remembrances, world leaders there, and we will pause now as this moment of silence is observed and the nation remembers. the.

mulholland drive bridge sha'carri richardson. bryce deadmon. sarah levy. taylor fritz. right quick march now! post. 23 years ago today. a bright blue tuesday morning when everything changed. in 2000, 977 people lost their lives. and later this morning at that memorial site,

those names will be read. stephanie gosk. it's always so poignant not only to have each person individually recognized and remembered, often read those names by their family members, their descendents, kids who have now grown up with this, but also the sheer length of time it takes hours to read each of those names. yeah, that's right savannah. and they do it every year. and as you say, you know, through the years you watched spouses do it. you watched children. now you have the grandchildren that some of those people never even met. and standing up and reading those names. and, you know, i have to i have to tell you that even though i have been to the memorial site so many times, i have watched this ceremony so many times, but it is impactful, equally as impactful every time you see it, you hear those bagpipes. you think about how that day started, how it felt like this day, and how every year, especially in september, whether it's nine over 11 or

throughout the month when you have a day like this, it's so beautiful, but you cannot help but think about the tragedy of the day and all those lives that were lost. savannah, we will never forget. stephanie gosk, thank you so much for carrying us through this first part of our coverage. we will have much more of today's tributes on our streaming channel, nbc news now, also online at nbcnews.com. most of you right now will return to the today show. for others, your regularly scheduled program. i'm savannah guthrie. this has been an nbc news special report, and ramiro abad, we will certainly never forget and always remember, we've just been watching that special report on the nine over 11 commemoration taking place in new york this morning. we have much more news ahead, including the local tributes that are taking place for nine ove

marks 23 years since the september 11 terror attacks. we have a live look at the skyline and one world trade center, where nine over 11 memorial now sits. nearly 3000 lives were lost that day. right now, they're doing the annual reading of all the names of those lives lost here in the bay area. commemorations will include a ceremony for first responders, today in the bay ginger conejero saab live for us in san francisco this morning. this is where fallen firefighters will be honored. ginger that is correct. good morning. marcus

and laura. things still quiet here? we're outside a fire station in san francisco, but there will be a remembrance ceremony that we expect to get underway about an hour from now. it will be one of the many ceremonial ceremonies honoring those fallen from nine over 11. now, many of us still remember exactly where we were when we first saw some of the images from nine, 11, 23 years ago. smoke engulfing the world trade center in new york city after planes crashed into the twin towers. ultimately collapsing. a third plane also crashed into the pentagon, while passengers and crew of a fourth plane fought back and diverted plans, eventually crashing that plane into an empty field in pennsylvania. passengers and crew of flight 93, sacrificing their lives to save others. first responders rushed into the wreckage after 9/11. the attacks killed 2977 people from 90

countries. 2753 people were killed in new york, 184 at the pentagon and 40 people killed on flight 93. 23 years since 9/11 is a is a lot of time that has passed, and many people were too to young remember nine over 11. so we're very much focused on making sure we commemorate what happened on 9/11 and remember the lives that ended that day, and remember them to all those folks who weren't alive at the time to remember nine over 11. so our educational efforts are focused on the next generation as well as supporting the healing and the commemoration of the people who do remember nine over 11. well, that was the president and ceo of the 9/11 memorial and museum. the ceremony here in san francisco at one of the fire stations on turk street, will begin about an hour from now. as i as i mentioned, it will include an assembly of sffd personnel and the ringing of the bell, three sets of three chimes that

signifies the last alarm from new york's fire department. there will also be a moment of silence scheduled at 7 a.m, as well as the reading of 343 names of new york firefighters and eight ems providers. they will be recognized and honored this morning here in san francisco, in the city ginger conejero saab. today in the bay. all right. we also won't forget all the people that were headed towards san francisco, the bay area on that united flight that crashed in pennsylvania. thank you. ginger it is 554 for you this morning. taking a live look this out there, san jose downtown. meteorologist kari hall tracking what we can expect that sunrise. starting to look beautiful out there. yeah, and it's clear. it looks different than it did yesterday. at this time, we were seeing a lot of clouds, and it will be just a touch warmer than it was yesterday. but we're also going to have some gusty winds and some of those gusts 30 to 40mph. it will be warm over the next couple of days in the inland areas, but cooler for the weekend. while san francisco will hit a high today of 71

degrees, it will also be cooler here for the weekend. and mike, now you're starting with that highway closure. yeah. here's the reason this overturned rig here happened about 5:00 this morning. and it's blocking highway 24. you see the activity? they have to right that rig and clear it. i don't have a time frame on that. right now. we're looking at a hard closure. they're putting out the cones. you see some work going on by chp as we look at the map. this is jammed up outside the caldecott tunnel. folks are being diverted to highway 13, tunnel road, seeing a lot more traffic that state route 13 there. do note that if you're coming over from the walnut creek interchange from orinda, from lafayette and moraga, that is the area influenced i saw a lot of traffic hit highway 4 slowing that may indicate folks using that as an alternate from 680 up to the upper east shore freeway. that is one closure for the highway in the east bay. another continues for north 238 just shy of 880, and overturned rig and a fire for that trailer that's got traffic backed up out of castro valley on the northbound 880, not accessible

directly. you'll have to use 580 to get into oakland for passengers. back to you. thanks, mike. happening now. sonoma county authorities are searching for a hit and run driver in santa rosa. chp saying that someone struck a seven year old girl on saturday, then took off. these images you see there on your screen, this is showing the white toyota prius. chp is now calling the vehicle of interest. this is due to debris found there at the scene. that girl suffered minor injuries and is expected to be okay. well, thank goodness. well, it's a busy morning here on today in the bay. starting with last night's all important presidential debate ahead at 6:00, we're breaking down everything. still making waves this morning after the latest spin in washington. you' watching todayre

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