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hello, everyone, i'm kate snow. zinhle essamuah is off today. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, friday, september 27, 2024, breaking news. the wrath of helene. the storm quickly on the move after it slammed into florida as a powerful category 4 hurricane. the massive impact, the dramatic rescues we're seeing and where the system is headed next. also breaking, the mayor surrenders. thumbs up from new york city mayor eric adams as he turns himself into federal authorities. what happens next in the historic case and how he is fighting to stay in office. legend of the screen. we remember dame maggie smith, best known for her roles in

"downton abbey" and harry potter. a look back at her iconic career. bad blood. hackers are targeting popular conner ises like taylor swift's era's tour, what you need to know to avoid becoming the victim of a ticket scam. welcome, everyone. we begin with the breaking news. helene is still reeking havoc across the southeastern u.s. at least 25 people are dead across four different states after helene roared ashore in florida overnight. >> anybody in your house? come on out. we have a boat. >> that's crews racing to rescue people trapped inside burning homes in that part of florida. the storm went from a category 1 to a category 4 hurricane and then back to a tropical depression today. all within the span of 24 hours. multiple states are facing once in a lifetime flooding. more than 3 million people without power. according to our nbc affiliate

wcyb in northern tennessee, more than 50 patients and staff members were trapped on the roof of a hospital earlier today because of rising floodwaters there. our nbc news crews have the storm completely covered. we have kathy park in florida, priscilla thompson, meteorologist bill karins tracking where helene is headed next. we can see the destruction behind you. i know you're on the gulf coast, near where helene made landfall overnight. what are you seeing, what are you hearing about what happened overnight and then today the recovery? >> reporter: kate, good afternoon. the damage is widespread here and it's devastating to see all of this up close. the storm surge in this area reached roughly 15 feet and it looks like the storm swallowed a portion of this community. we're standing in what used to be a long-time restaurant, roy's. you can see the cinder blocks, the kitchen appliances scattered

everywhere, utensils on the ground as well. we'll swing our camera to the right here. this is the river. and when the storm surge came in, all of this water pushed over. you can see the debris collected to the left. those are docks you're looking at. those have completely been crushed in. over to my left here is what's left of that restaurant, roy's. kate, earlier today i had a chance to speak with some residents who live in this community. they did ride out the storm. not in their home, at a different location. they are doing okay. but after weathering this powerful category 4 storm, they say they have never seen anything quite like this. take a listen. >> i was in shock. this is the worst i've ever seen it here. i've been -- i'm glad i left. but i'm glad i still have a house left. i've got something to work on. >> and you got a chance to go up there. what did you see inside?

>> it's got mud and all that, everything's been floated around. >> reporter: kate, a lot of these roads in this area completely impassable. you'll notice debris scattered on the roadway, trees toppled over. that's another restaurant to my left. we were told it just got rebuilt from the hurricane last year. this is adding insult to injury. we should also point out, there were mandatory evacuations here in taylor county. it appears a lot of people heeded those warnings but some people did hunker down and ride out the storm in this location. as of now, we haven't heard of any deaths here, but obviously the day is still young. folks are out here asetting the damage right now. one official did tell nbc news that he wishes he urged people to evacuate sooner. >> we talked to a sheriff nearby earlier, last hour, kathy, and he was saying this is a cautionary tale. don't ride out these storms.

kathy, thank you. let me go to priscilla in georgia. what are you seeing there? georgia, it's far from the coast but it's been hit, too. >> reporter: yeah, kate. and the problem here was really those hurricane force winds. you hear that sound of chain saws. that has been the sound in this neighborhood all morning. i want to give you a sense of how widespread the damage is. you have folks working on that house where a tree crashed onto the roof there. you see another tree on this houses here. if you look at this house over here, three trees crashed through the roof. that's just on the back side. there are at least half a dozen trees down on the front of that home as well, the front yard of that home as well, i should say. and that is what it looks like throughout this neighborhood. crews working to restore. to the point that kathy made, a lot of the folks we've talked to said, they took on damage after adalia, the same kind of damage. they were told this was a once in a lifetime storm, nothing

like this would happen again. here they are just over a year later dealing with it yet again. i'll show you the other big problem. it is power lines like this. we saw a crew driving through, taking pictures. that appears to be a good sign. right now you have over a million people in georgia without power. 99% of people in this county, more than 30,000 do not have power. that is the other big concern as it is very hot here. people are out in their yards trying to clean up. there are folks who have generators. not everyone has generators. we know that this morning the governor said that he was activating an additional 1,000 guard troops, bringing the total on the ground to 1,500. they are going to be working to clear these roads so power crews can get through here and do the work they need to do to begin to try to get things back on track. kathy? kate, i'm sorry. >> it's okay. it's all good, thank you for being there. stay safe, you and your crew.

bill, let me go to you. this was massive. this storm was so wide, we can barely keep track of all the places we're talking about where there's damage, destruction and flooding. >> and still life-threatening weather going on. the storm is still huge, it's just lost its wind punch and combined with another storm. it's raining in little rock all the way to the outer banks of north carolina. you see this huge, encompassing area of clouds. the green shows you the light rain. the storm itself is drifting its way now into kentucky. it has been racing. now it's beginning to finally slow down. in is the end of it. it's still a tropical depression but remnants of helene throughout the afternoon and evening. we still have two things to deal with. first, we could have additional flooding. we also still have these flash flood emergencies. it rained so hard the day before helene and then helene's rain last night, the combination has

left a disaster in western north carolina, portions of tennessee, virginia, and upper part of south carolina. these flash floods are pretty rare. they've been ongoing all day long for some dams and levee issues, rivers in record stage, boone, north carolina, there's water going down main street. not going to see additional rain in those areas, but we will see another 2 to 4 inches over the next 24 to 36 hours. >> the only thing to watch out for is isolated tornadoes the rest of the day in virginia and eastern north carolina. >> that's the only other thing -- >> the only. >> right. thank you so much. stay safe out there. we are also following breaking news out of new york city. mayor eric adams pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges. adams appeared in court this morning. he faces five counts, including bribery and wire fraud. prosecutors allege mayor adams took more than $100,000 worth of luxury gifts from turkish nationals in the form of

business class airline tickets, hotel rooms, like you're seeing there. the mayor denies that he did anything wrong. he vows to stay in office despite mounting calls from within his own democratic party to resign. let's bring in nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. he appears in court today. he's saying, i'm not guilty, i'm not leaving, i'm not going anywhere. what happens now? >> his lawyer, we actually got a preview of where this is going. he says he's going to move aggressively and file a motion to dismiss, which is usually the type of thing you see months down the line once all parties have sort of gone back and forth with discovery to figure out what's actually going on here, what's the evidence. he said he's going to do it as soon as next week which shows the mayor wants to try to get this as far behind him as he can, obviously. >> let's talk about the defense they may put up for mayor adams. we heard the lawyer, specifically saying when it comes to the flight ticket and hotel rooms, his attorney says they were upgrades. in other words, he was moved up to business class or moved to a better hotel room.

that's a normal, typical thing that happens, is what they're saying. >> well, no. legally it doesn't matter if they were upgrades because they were a thing of value. the prosecution would say, it was still, at least according to them, a bribe. obviously, the mayor can contest that. they weren't all upgrades, at least according to the indictment. some were just free tickets, free meals, free hotel stays. that's their argument right now. outside of court we'll see what they actually do when they get to actually go in a courtroom in front of a jury. >> there are a lot of unindicted co-conspirators referenced in this case. how likely are we to see more people charged? >> i think we have more to come. we forgot his house was raided yesterday. they went in with a search warrant which tells you they are, perhaps, not done. that doesn't mean they will necessarily file an indictment soon. they could do a superseding indictment and add in other people or another superseding indictment just for mayor adams. we'll have to wait and see. there's still more to come.

the u.s. attorney himself said this is not over. >> multiple investigations that we know of. >> at least four, if not more. >> good to see you on a friday. time for today's cnbc money minute. meta is pacing a massive fine and amazon's work from home crackdown is not sitting well with amazon's workers. contessa brewer joins me now. hi, contessa. >> hi, kate. the regularities punished meta with $102 million fine over a security lapse involving facebook user pass words. eu regularities began investigating the tech giant in 2019 after meta notified the agency that some passwords were stored in plain text, which meant they were unencrypted. meta said they found no evidence that the passwords were used. the first treatment for chronic mental disorder in more than 07 years. bristol-myers squib tells cnbc

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she last went to el paso, texas, in the summer of 2021. this will be her first trip to the border since becoming the democratic nominee and it comes as the harris campaign tries to flip the script on republicans by touting vice president harris' record as a prosecutor during the time that she was attorney general in california. during that time, she says she prosecuted transnational gangs and drug traffickers. the harris campaign is trying to make the case that she is focused on border security. she plans to call for increased border patrol agents as well as new fentanyl detection machines. during her remarks later today here in battleground arizona. now, this all comes as polls show that she still trails former president trump by a wide margin when it comes to securing the border. recent nbc news poll found that she trailed trump by 21 points. but compare that to president biden trailing former president

trump by 35 points back in january. so, the harris campaign believes if it can cut into republicans' margins in the battleground state like arizona, it could make a huge difference. we also expect the vice president to blast republicans for blocking a bipartisan border deal earlier this year at the urging of donald trump. the former president himself met with ukrainian's president in new york earlier today and he's campaigning in battleground michigan. back to you. >> gabe gutierrez for us. let's go to nbc news correspondent garrett haake who covers the trump campaign. gabe just mentioned you're in warren, michigan, garrett, with former president trump. let's pick up with the battleground of michigan today. voting is actually getting under way there already. talk about what you heard from voters there who are signed up to early vote. >> reporter: that's right, kate. that's a big part of the reason donald trump is coming here today.

although he's been back and forth on the idea of early or absentee voting. he wants to bottle up enthusiasm today for folks who might be going out, may have just gotten their ballot in the mail or those who showed up to cast a ballot. we talked to a combination of those dedicated to or against one candidate and wanted to make sure they didn't get caught up in big lines on election day. take a listen to folks we had a chance to meet. what do you look at when you're deciding who to vote for? >> the person that represents our united states more than anything. >> do you think that's kamala harris then? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: what is it about trump. your reaction was so visceral. >> he's an idiot. >> i like him to work for the nation. these are the problems. it goes bad. >> i just like to vote and get

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early this morning, and she's going to be spending the afternoon at the us-mexico border in arizona. she is expected to hold a campaign event where she's going to talk about the flow of fentanyl, as well as border security and immigration. from there, she will fly to sfo for that as yet undisclosed fundraiser. what we know is that donors who are attending paid between $500 and about $2,800 each. some of them also contributed more toward the campaign. now, this is money that is not going to be spent here in california, but is going to be critical as she tries to win voters over in those key battleground states. a very few states where one candidate in the seven swing states. very few states where one candidate is outside the margin of error. that means that it's a toss up. you might remember that vice president kamala harris had another fundraiser here in the bay area. that one raked in more than $12 million at sfo. kris

sanchez, nbc, bay area news. thanks, chris. bp harris's husband, second gentleman doug emhoff, is making a stop in the bay area this weekend as well. on sunday, his office says he will head to menlo park for a campaign event. this is his second visit to the bay area. recently, he hosted a campaign fundraiser at a san francisco restaurant. last month, the first lgbtq museum in the country finally has a permanent place to call home. it will be in an area that's known for lgbtq activism and rights and pride. the glbt historical society museum in san francisco was founded back in 1985. for decades, it's moved around to temporary locations. now the city of san francisco has found a permanent home for the museum. the city and state dedicated about $18 million to purchase this building. it will be on market street in the castro. mayor breed joined members of the lgbt community to mark this new milestone. a place that tall

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bottom of the hour now. back to that massive storm that is doing so much damage across the southeast. now moving into the center of the u.s. as we reported earlier, helene is moving over georgia and the carolinas now, downgraded to a tropical depression. it made landfall last night as a category 4 hurricane. it triggered life-threatening flash flooding and an historic storm surge that went along the coast, the gulf coast of florida. now we're seeing rain as far north as tennessee where we have just learned that downtown newport, tennessee, is being evacuated after the dam there suffered a catastrophic failure. i want to get to nbc news correspondent marissa parra in st. petersburg, florida. so much damage in so many different places but where you are, that whole coastal area along the florida -- the florida gulf coast really saw a lot of flooding overnight. tell us more.

>> reporter: especially where we are. this is a peninsula, pinellas county and it's hard to find a corner untouched by helene. we are a mile from the shoreline. even a mile from the shoreline, they saw flooding 6 inches here. this business over here loss its roof. they were telling us their business is flooded. the only reason we are here is because this is the only place we can get a cell signal. that's just the nature of a natural disaster. we have video of what we saw a mile down the road. still doing rescues. as you can see in this video, you might be able to see one of those homes, we saw several, that has been impacted by a fire, that is a frequent problem with homes that have been flooded, electrical fires. we know st. petersburg fire and rescue still doing water rescues as we speak. and it is chilling to think about the words of pinellas county sheriff that he was getting yesterday, a stern warning saying, we will not be able to come and rescue you after a certain point. kate, unfortunately, we are seeing exactly that. we know at least five people

have died. we do expect that number to rise here. that is just in pinellas county. we are still trying to get a full scope. kate, we have traveled up and down within an hour of just this region, it is catastrophic. of course, i think we'll only discover it's even worse than we're realizing. >> that's just one corner of the devastation from this storm. marissa parra, thank you for being there. a major israeli air strike targeted the leader of the militant group hezbollah in beirut today, according to an israeli official. the israeli military says it hit hezbollah's central headquarters earlier today. it's unclear if the leader of hezbollah was killed. israeli benjamin netanyahu is returning to israel tonight. he addressed the united nations before that beirut strike happened. netanyahu defended his country's actions in lebanon. nbc news international correspondent matt bradley is in beirut for us and joins me now. matt, i know you and your crew actually saw the explosion from that strike that we just

mentioned, that video we just showed. what did you see and what do we know? >> reporter: yeah, we were right here, right where i'm standing right now. it shook the window of our hotel. we're in a hotel on the water. we shot the video you had in your intro. it was a pretty dramatic moment. we've been hearing bombardments all week long, ever since the intensification of israel's fighting against hezbollah started a week ago. this was the largest, by far. actually, it didn't sound like one big, big bomb, like we heard in the past. it sounded like a low rumble that sustained for what felt like 10, 20 seconds. that's because it wasn't one bomb. it was several bombs in succession. president israeli's described it as such. that really tore down, it sounds like, about six buildings in the southern district of beirut, the suburb of beirut where hezbollah has been making its headquarters for the past decade. they did try to target the

command center of hezbollah. it's unclear whether or not nesrela but his survival will dictate what happens from here on out. >> matt bradley on the ground in beirut. thanks for being there. we also have breaking news from the entertainment world. maggie smith, the beloved oscar winning actress has died at the age of 89. nbc news international correspondent meagan fitzgerald remembers an icon on the stage and the screen. >> when i call your name, you will come forth. i shall place the hat on your head and you will started. >> reporter: maggie smith, one of the world's most revered actors, a star on stage, screen and film and a national treasure in the united kingdom. smith burst onto the screen in the 1950s, winning her first academy award for her dramatic role in "the prime of miss jean brody" in 1970.

>> i am a teacher. i am a teacher first, last, always. >> reporter: her comedic role as an academy award loser. >> i need another drink. >> reporter: won her another oscar. >> i just -- i just really can't believe it. >> we're ready for you now. >> reporter: smith arguably known most for two roles later in her career, as the professor at the magical school hogwarts in the harry potter movie. >> that was bloody brilliant. >> thank you for that assessment. >> reporter: and as the dowager, countess in "downton abbey." >> my age one must ration excitement. >> reporter: loveable characters added to smith's already prolific career. the reverend mother in a '90s box office hit "sister act".

>> people wish to kill you. >> reporter: her talent went far beyond the characters she played. smith, mother to two sons, was gracious and humble around fame. >> i led a perfectly normal life until "downton abbey." life was fine. nobody knew who the hell i was. >> reporter: with countless awards and recognition over more than six decades. perhaps the most meaningful of all, damehood, an honor given to her by the late queen elizabeth. dame maggie smith remembered by legions of fans. meagan fitzgerald, nbc news, london. >> i was one of those fans. if you have concert tickets this fall, listen up. a new hack is focused on stealing not just your personal information, but tickets to popular shows. it comes after ticketmaster's major data breach in april where hackers say they stole names, emails and credit card information from millions of users.

"nbc news daily" anchor vicky nguyen has what you can do to keep your tickets and your accounts secure. ♪♪ >> reporter: fall is high season for ticket sales. this year it's the final leg of taylor swift's era tour, but for this mom of naples, florida, what should have been an enchanted tenth birthday surprise for her daughter to see taylor in miami became a cruel summer scam. >> she didn't want a birthday party. all she wants is taylor swift. >> reporter: in june rose got the news that she would likely have to undergo a spinal fusion surgery next year because she was born with scoliosis. her mom wanted to make turning 10 extra special. rose says with a generous gift from her brother, she bought two ticketmaster seats resold on stubhub. the total more than $11,000, including $3,000 in fees. have you ever spent this much money on any kind of ticket? >> no. never. >> reporter: a couple weeks later rose received two emails

saying ther tickets were transferred to vick orange, a name she had never heard before. her ticketmaster bar codes suddenly gone from her account. to your knowledge, you did everything by the book. >> i did. >> reporter: rose isn't alone. the better business bureau has brought more than 30,000 complaints about ticket purchases since 2022. what is ticketmaster doing to crack down on scams like this? >> ticketmaster invests a ton of of time, effort and resources. for us your ticket is tied to your individual account. >> reporter: ticketmaster senior vice president says users should make their pass cords unique and long and turn on two-factor authentication. but ticketmaster and livenation suffered their own data breach in april and now face a class-action lawsuit claiming 560 million users' phone numbers, emails and encrypted credit card information were among the data accessed. how does a company like live nation get on hacked in that way?

>> it was actually a third-party database. it was not our core ticketing system. but as soon as we realized what was going on, we kind of brought in cyber security experts, did a deep dive investigation and we were able to remediate that. >> reporter: why should people continue to trust ticketmaster? >> ticketmaster invests more in security than others combined. passwords were not compromised. in rose's case it was a hotmail account that got compromised. >> reporter: she says within 48 hours of being contacted by rose, ticketmaster voided her stolen ticket, reissued the original tickets, same seats with new bar codes and they shut down the vick orange account. she says it's unclear how many other people were hacked by that account, but swifties in the midwest and canada reported similar ticket transfer scams. >> we absolutely see scams like this all the time. >> reporter: head of consumer digital security at aura. while it's unclear how rose's

account was compromised, he says they often get a victim's information from the dark web. >> we live in a world where we reuse passwords. that same password can be used to perpetrate additional scams. >> reporter: to avoid using hacked use date specific passwords and only buy from republicable sites. look up the seller on bbb.org, pay with a credit card and know the refund policy and always look for vendors that protect buyers. as for rose, she ordered this custom ticket to give her daughter for her scrapbook. she was surprised beyond her wildest dreams. [ screaming ] >> reporter: vicky nguyen, nbc news. >> that's some joy right there. who says night life is for the young and the restless? how about the young and the rested? at one new york city bar folks can go out on the town and still

get to bed on time. here's zinhle essamuah. >> reporter: dim lights, pulsing music, young patrons, bubbly beverages. this scene has all the makings of a typical new york bar. with one key distinction. >> what time is it? >> it is 7:04. >> you throw parties from 5:00 to 10:00 p.m. so you can go out, have a wild night and get home in be in bed by 11:00 p.m. >> reporter: this bar opens early on saturdays. catering to older partygo rz who still want to hit the dance floor but before sundown. >> i'm 35. my friends are like 35 to 45. none of us want to be out late, so i said as a joke one day, i said let's throw a party from 5:00 to 10:00. we did it once, it sold out, did again, sold out. >> reporter: early bedtimes were once relegated to our aunties. >> mom goes to bet early. nothing good hams after 9:00.

>> reporter: now more broadly embraced. >> now i'm in bed by 7:00 p.m. >> when i'm in a club, i want to be in my bed. >> am i turning into a grandma? i'm okay with it. >> reporter: it's not just night life. >> it's 7:00 a.m. on a weekday in front of 30 rock, but we're not heading to work. we're going to a party. ♪♪ >> reporter: this dance day party is hosted by day breaker, founded in 2013, hosting gatherings around the country. >> there's having fun and but we want to remind you how fun dancing sober. >> reporter: their meetups often start with yoga and end with an all out dance sess, making for sober, fun and safe space for patrons of all ages. >> how old are you? >> 10. >> if someone is thinking of coming to something like this, what would you tell them? >> it's amazing. >> reporter: a performance by

crystal waters. >> usually my mornings are not waking up at 6:00 a.m. i wanted to experience this. i'm glad i did. because it's really, really lovely. >> this is wholesome, feel good way to start the day. >> reporter: for for those looking to let loose in the daylight hours, know you're not alone. and if you want to keep the party going, as the saying goes, you don't have to go home, but you can't stay here. zinhle essamuah, nbc news, new york, new york. >> thank you. still ahead, what one photographer learned about his own bipolar disorder by traveling to some of the most remote places in the

in today's mental health check we're taking a look at bipolar disorder through the lens of a world class photographer. he was diagnosed with bipolar when he was 14 when he says it shaped his whole career, working with national geographic and others. now he's releasing his debut photography collection featuring 300 curated images from the most remote corners of the world and cory richards joins us on set. it's so nice to meet you. i have to say, i looked through the book. it is stunning. your visual -- your eye is just

amazing. i wonder about the piece of this that has to do with bipolar disorder. you were diagnosed at 14. >> 14, yeah. >> how has that shaped the way you look at the world, the way you take these photographs? >> well, i think initially the way it shaped me was this sense of brokenness. there was something actually wrong with me. i think when we talk about stigma, that's really what we're talking about is this narrative of something being fundamentally flawed in the mind. so, i think it drove me to highs and lows, but in those highs and lows, i started observing the world in a very different way. i also found that eventually when harnessed, there's a lot of power in that. seeing the world through the lens of those extremes gave me a lot of middle to explore. does that make sense? >> it absolutely does. and i'm sitting here thinking. >> you seem like someone who found a way to live a full and

amazing life while also having some of these issues with mental health. you talk about substance use as well. >> yeah, of course. neurodivergence is not problemtive of living a full, meaningful, healthy life. it's breaking the story of broken that allows us into a space of management that then we can harness the gifts of neurodivergence. >> you break the book into sections of opposite. option emotions. hope and fear, curiosity and indifference. pride and shame. awe and contempt. isolation and camaraderie. and then love. it's a unique way of looking at your photos. >> i realize -- >> we showed some photos. >> yeah. it was interesting because i didn't want to organize the book in a standard way. i wanted it to be part of the ecosystem with my memoir because i wanted -- that's an international exploration of the mind and this is an external

manifestation of what the mind creates, right? for me it was about then understanding, oh, wait, i have photographed an arctic to an arcty ka. and then i have poe layerties. you can't hope without fear. these things are concurrent and they overlap and they rely on one another. and yet they are polar opposites of the experience. >> i wish we could show all the photos. we can't. we have 30 seconds left. it is amazing. please go and find this book. >> art does connect with people. briefly, what do you want people to take way? >> i want this to be a celebration of neurodivergence. i want people to have a conversation about the emotions they feel and why and and make sense for that love. that's why i chose it to end that way because it's singular. the love i the love i 'mmy moderate to severe plaque psoriasis held me back... now with skyrizi,

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after a visit to the border in arizona today. she will arrive at sfo around nine tonight, and then she's here for a fundraiser tomorrow at the palace of fine arts in san francisco. the troubled history of the now closed federal prison in dublin is under the microscope. this week. the women's prison shut down in april in the wake of rampant sex abuse of inmates. a judge sentenced several officers and the prison's former chaplain to prison for sex assault. the incidents were used as a case study for a hearing on sex assault in u.s. prisons. east bay congressman mark desaulnier was one of the key lawmakers who helped the proceedings take place. he says there were many things that went wrong. one of the things that we found is when auditors went in to actually enforce the prevention of rape and enforcement act in as a congressional act that, the warden, for instance, in his trial, was actually involved in a sexual assault when they were there. and he was in charge of helping them find out. in may,

congressman desaulnier and other lawmakers, including senator laphonza butler, sent a letter demanding answers surrounding the prison's closure. he says the bureau has not yet responded. we're seeing the return of warmer temperatures in some parts of the bay area, even hitting triple digits. here's cinthia pimentel with our 7-day forecast. we've made it to the weekend. lots of sunshine and some warm temperatures for you to kind of lay back and enjoy the heat for a little bit into the weekend, though, we will drop those temperatures back down into the 80s and then see some more heat return as we round out september. on monday, some mid to upper seconds are returning, and that fire danger that i mentioned a little bit ago. this could be coming in as we go on into tuesday, some offshore winds that will be tracking and some really hot temperatures possible low triple digit heat. that heat will linger as we go on into wednesday, but a little bit more relief as we go on into the second half of the week. san

francisco fabulous weekend ahead, warming up into next week. so might be the time to find a friend with an ac and a pool. as we look at some upper 70s and 80s for the city there.

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