make these decisions. how can we, as a nation say that your life and your rights, as basic as the right to control your own body, is determined on geography? right now, at six, a high stakes debate from abortion rights to border policies. jd vance and tim walz make their case to voters, all while keeping it cordial. we're live in washington with a look at the standout moments. growing fears of an all out war in the middle east as israel vows retaliation for iran's massive missile strike. and now americans are trapped. one bay area residents desperate race to get out. and another bay area scorcher in some places hotter than yesterday. meteorologist kari

hall is tracking record temperatures. this is today in the bay. and good wednesday morning. i'm ginger conejero saab in for marcus washington. good to have you, ginger. and i'm laura garcia. let's talk about the heat. checking in with meteorologist kari hall. another hot one on tap. yes. and we're talking about another day of this excessive heat warning that has actually been extended into thursday night. so all of these areas in pink are going to have another day of dangerous heat. and an elevated fire danger. at least this morning it's starting out fairly mild and a little bit warmer than it was yesterday. we're going to see temperatures in the upper 60s as you head out in san mateo and in san jose in the upper 60s for now, but then back into the very uncomfortable category for today, with a high of 103 in santa rosa and in novato, 106 today in livermore and in dublin in san jose, we're going to see a high of 101.

slightly hotter than it was yesterday. so you can track temperatures on our free nbc bay area app. and there you can learn how to get it on the app store. and the temperatures in your neighborhood. look for it in your app store. thanks, kerry. we'll check back in. so who won? this morning, reactions are pouring in following last night's vice presidential debate, and the answer may depend on who you ask. both candidates squared off in their first and only head to head for the most part, it was civil, at times even polite. but there were issues that triggered some heated exchanges. today in the bay's alice barr joins us live in washington. and alice, so will this have any impact on this razor tight race for the president? ginger. well, what you just said really is what could make it have more of an impact than usual. normally, you don't expect a huge bump from a vp debate, but even a small bump in such a tight race could make a difference. and as you noted,

you know, tone is something we talk about a lot after a debate and it was noticeable this time. a lot of people calling it a night of midwest. nice, because the nominees frequently highlighted points of agreement, though deep divides over policy were on clear display, won the virtual coin toss, and elected in a largely civil debate. minnesota governor tim walz and ohio senator jd vance frequently referenced common ground while sparring over profound policy disagreements on immigration. you've got to stop the bleeding. you've got to re-implement donald trump's border policies, build the wall, re-implement deportations. governor walz bringing up the tanked bipartisan border bill donald trump said no, told them to vote against it because it gives him a campaign issue. when you don't want to solve it, you demonize it. pivoting to trump-vance false claims about haitian migrants in springfield, ohio, that led to a dispute over fact checking and muted mike's abortion. another focal point

senator vance saying republicans need to earn back voter trust on the issue. the proper way to handle this as messy as democracy sometimes is, is to let voters make these decisions. let the individual states make their abortion policy. how can we as a nation say that your life and your rights as basic as the right to control your own body, is determined on geography? the nominees trading barbs over the economy. kamala harris's atrocious economic record, which has made gas, groceries and housing unaffordable for american citizens. kamala harris is day one, was donald trump's failure on covid that led to the collapse of our economy? in another flashpoint, senator vance refusing to acknowledge former president trump lost the 2020 election. tim, i'm focused on the future. did kamala harris censor americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 covid situation? that is a that is a non-answer. the

candidates fighting for an edge in likely the final debate before election day. and that's the. and the debate stayed largely focused on domestic policy. but the nominees did weigh in on the spiraling conflict in the middle east. just hours after iran's missile strikes against israel. both nominees pointing to the need for steady leadership, though, of course, they sharply disagree on who can provide that and exactly how. ginger, so much to watch out for. thank you alice. and still on politics, but now here at home tonight here on nbc bay area, you can catch another debate in the race to replace outgoing congresswoman anna eshoo. this is district 16, which covers parts of the peninsula and the south bay. former san jose mayor sam liccardo faces off against assemblyman evan low tonight at seven. they'll be here live. you can watch that on nbc bay area as well as on nbcbayarea.com. developing now israeli forces overnight launched new airstrikes targeting hezbollah.

we have a live look, in fact. right now at beirut, it comes as ground troops expand their incursion into southern lebanon. and it all follows iran's large scale missile attack, raising fears of a wider scale war. iran yesterday fired up to 200 missiles, many of them ballistic. israel says its iron dome defense system limited damage on the ground. u.s. air support provided critical assistance. there are now reports of damage to a school in central israel, but so far no israeli casualties. the one death being reported so far is a palestinian man in the west bank. israel is vowing to launch a major air assault in response to iran's strike. now people who live right here in the bay area, among thousands of americans now trapped in the expanding war, some are hunkered down in shelters, many just scrambling to try to find a way back home. today in the bay thom jensen joins us live in san francisco this morning. and, tom, i

understand one peninsula man, certainly understandably desperate to get himself and his parents out of lebanon. that's right. among the thousands of people, as we heard, laura, thousands of people in bomb shelters trying to avoid the ballistic missile barrage coming in from iran on israel, and then thousands more in lebanon like this man and his parents trying to escape the war. thereafter, israel sent ground forces into lebanon. a rabbi from an oakland synagogue said members of his congregation, many of them, have been hunkered down in bomb shelters under that barrage of 200 or more ballistic missiles launched at israel. but israel has already sent ground forces into neighboring lebanon to push hezbollah forces farther from its border, where a million people have been displaced and a thousand killed, according to lebanese officials. that's where san mateo man has been in lebanon with his parents trapped. they say they have not been able to get a safe flight

out of the country and back home, and he grows more worried the longer it takes to find a safe route home. i'm worried for my mom and dad, probably more than i'm worried for myself, you know, i'd hate for anything to happen to them. and you know, i hope that at least even 1 or 2 of us can make it back home, if not all. whether it's through the beaches or through these military airports. i think that we're just counting on the united states government to get us out, because i don't think anybody feels safe driving towards beirut in the condition it's in. by the way, jonathan was evacuated from lebanon with his family 18 years ago as well. but this time he's worried for his parents and himself not knowing if they will all make it out safely because of the difficulties they've had so far. the state department estimates there are 6000 americans in lebanon who have been contacting the agency trying to find safe

routes out of lebanon. in san francisco, thom jensen today in the bay. i can't imagine what they're going through. tom, thanks for the latest. 608 now, new developments in oakland and a war of words brewing over the recent sale of the coliseum property. the dispute centers around a $15 million payment tied to the larger coliseum deal. mayor sheng thao factored into her budget plan to minimize potentially deep cuts. three council members say the buyer, the african american sports entertainment group, is already behind in its payments and a contingency budget will kick in starting today. it could mean imminent cuts impacting emergency services, including police and firefighters. the mayor's office is reportedly disputing the claims, insisting to the chronicle. the coliseum deal is still on track. we spoke with mayor sheng thao about some of the major issues now impacting oakland. that story is coming up in our next half hour.

across the bay area, the heat is certainly on. here's a live look in san francisco. the city experiencing sweltering temperatures and karl the fog not there to help carry. are we going to be seeing karl anytime soon? probably not. at least through the weekend. we are still in for some well above normal temperatures and our air quality also has been a little bit more unhealthy as a result of this high pressure. that's causing this extreme heat and not much movement of that air to mix out some of these pollutants. so it's still going to be unhealthy for sensitive groups in the east bay. and santa clara valley. that's the worst of the air quality, but it's still moderate elsewhere. and in walnut creek, we're going to see temperatures in the mid 70s at 9:00. at 1:00 it is 98 degrees, and we're in the triple digits throughout much of the afternoon. and we're going to have another sweltering day where we may reach some more record highs in santa rosa. the forecast is 103. the record is 102. we'll be very close in san

francisco and oakland. we may tie a record in livermore of 106, and san jose may smash that old record of 96 as we hit a high of 101, we'll talk about some gradual relief from this heat coming up. mike, you've been watching those gas prices up or down this week. a little bit down. we'll take that. right. you're talking highs. i'm talking the lows. baz lowe is in the north bay today. sam's club continues that streak in vacaville, same place where they dropped another couple of cents 404 and the lead spot for today heading back to concord for the middle number. it's still at 405 for their best. but today we'll call it another big box. it's costco on monument boulevard this time. and in cupertino they still have the south bay's best 417 hold steady, but the different spot today we're talking cupertino car wash looking at those temperatures and deanza boulevard you can gas up and cool your car down and get a nice clean shine on there on the roadways, a smooth flow of traffic. nothing major except for this crash, which could develop into something bigger.

right now, a crash reported west 580 approaching 238. lanes are blocked now a couple of lanes, and it involves a big rig. i'm watching this closely. back to you. both highs and lows from mike and kerry. there you have it. well, things are looking up when it comes to housing in the south bay. the way this giant crane helping some people make it in the bay. and you heard mike talking about gas prices. four bucks a gallon. that's great. but what about the situation in the middle east? what's that going to do to the price at the pump out to the futures this morning? second day of the fourth quarter. looks like a little bit of losses. and let the chunk off begin. it's fat bear week in alaska. and we're going to show you how you can get in on the fun even from thousands of miles away. keep it here. you're watching today in the bay

excessive heat. here's what to expect in discovery bay, where temperatures are starting out at 9:00 at 76 degrees, but it quickly heats up into the 90s and will stay over 100 degrees for several hours throughout the afternoon. we'll talk about a gradual comedown of those temperatures. i wouldn't say cool down. we'll have more on that coming up in a few minutes.

yeah, we've had a generally steady build up of the westbound traffic here for those tail lights across the san mateo bridge to the peninsula. there are no issues there between san francisco and the south bay. in the east bay, though, a couple of spots. we're concerned about the backup that's forming. i'll show you that. coming up. well good morning. very happy wednesday to you. the first day of the fourth quarter did not give us much on the stock market. october a down day at least yesterday. but september was very good to investors. usually september is a rough month, the 500th. starbucks has announced it's going to unionize that location in bellingham, washington. we're keeping an eye on gas prices in the. as the middle east gets more and more violent. these are still very reasonable prices compared to the past. and a number of experts i've talked to don't think we'll return to $100 a barrel prices. opec is still producing a lot. america is producing more oil than any country in the world. in fact,

prices are low enough. some shale producers, frackers and yeah, you can say that on tv are thinking about slowing down production to keep oil in the ground, waiting for higher prices. there's lots of good news about the economy. tuesday, the u.s. government said there were more than 8 million jobs available in america, and the number of layoffs has fallen. we get the big jobs number friday, but take a look. real gdp up 3%, unemployment near historic lows. it fell last month. inflation very close to 2%. the number that the fed wants. and the fed's cut interest rates. these are all good news. longshoremen are picketing on the east coast in the gulf coast demanding more money. a report from the new york harbor says about one third of dock workers make $200,000 a year, with overtime. the strike, if it lasts long enough, will drive up prices and leave shortages in the stores. california ports are not

affected now. dock workers both here and there are also very worried about automation. robots taking over their jobs. back in 2002, california ports were shut down over the introduction of barcodes. dock workers normally used a clipboard and pen to record container numbers, and the port wanted them to use handheld scanners, and toyota announced this morning it's invested another half billion dollars in joby aviation. joby is based in santa cruz. they make air taxis. it brings toyota's total investment to nearly $900 million. so someday you're gonna have to choose between that and a corolla. you know, you want to take it for a test flight? yeah. there you go. i might still choose the corolla on the ground. all right. thanks. a lot, scott. well, things are literally looking up when it comes to making it in the bay. bay area based startup samara used a crane to lower a one bedroom, one bath adu behind

a south san jose home. it's all part of an effort to add affordable housing to the city about 15 minutes away. city leaders are preparing to double the number of low income housing units in one development. similar small homes are set to be built as part of the new ferrari project, which aims to house 250 people. construction should wrap up in september of next year. perhaps america's most popular sports pregame show is about to make a rare bay area stop, and bart is pulling out all the stops to make it easier for fans. now, if you know college football at all, you know espn's college game day, which starts extra early on the west coast. now, for the first time ever this weekend, it will go live from uc berkeley. that's at cal's memorial stadium. cal hosts miami on saturday night. bart will start running trains at 5 a.m. welcome to our world. well, one hour ahead of its usual weekend start time. i

mean, that's not too much of a change, but those early trains will only stop at certain stations, so make sure to double check the schedule. well, trending for you. this morning. in addition to the presidential election, there are other candidates working to vie for your vote. you were just talking about cal bears. we're talking about big bears. fat bears specifically voting in the 2024 fat bear week contest officially gets underway at 9:00 this morning, following a delay after the death of one of the anticipated contestants. the event itself, though, is celebrating the resiliency of the 2200 brown bears that live on alaska's peninsula. you have a chance to select your favorite brown bear among a dozen possible candidates voting last through tuesday. so what do you think? for more info, go to explore dot org slash fat dash bear dash week. wait, what? that one's a pretty. it was a mouthful, but that's what it wa. i'll try to put a link out there to make it a little easier for

you. those look like some pretty chunky bears, i don't know, is it the one that ended up killing the other bears? he's still up for a vote, i don't know. no, i see no, i don't know if he's disqualified at this point anyways. all right, well, let's get a look at this weather. carry because it is still a scorcher all across. and kahleah is nowhere to be seen. yeah, unfortunately there is nothing. no place where we can go to escape the heat. usually we can go to the beach and the coast. well, it's going to be hot there too. so as we take a live look outside in walnut creek, starting out clear, bracing for another hot day. when we look back at yesterday, we hit a high of 102 in santa rosa, which tied the old record, and then in san rafael, 105 yesterday afternoon, 100 and kentwood and in san jose. both of those areas set new record highs. and it will still be hot today with unhealthy air quality. we are in another spare the air alert day, and there is some little relief for some of the coastal areas tomorrow. for the inland areas, it's going to be warm into the

weekend. here's a look at our high temperatures today. and look at your microclimate. it may be even a degree or two hotter than it was yesterday. 104 in martinez, 106 in livermore, san jose. also a degree hotter with a high today expected to hit 101 and 111. in gilroy just brutal temperatures, 90s in san francisco. tomorrow it's going to be in the mid 80s. that's only slightly better at least for half moon bay. it's starting to feel a little bit more comfortable, but we're still over 100 degrees for the tri valley. parts of the south bay and up to ukiah, where we're going to see a high of 101 on friday. no more triple digits, but we're still having to turn on the air conditioning. we're still going to be in the low to mid 90s across much of our inland areas, into the east bay, as well as the south bay. but look at the next several days for san jose. it's not until the middle to end of next week, when we really start to feel like

fall, with highs in the mid 70s next thursday and friday, but it takes us a while to get there, so we're only seeing a slight decrease from day to day, and this weekend it's still going to be hot for the inland valleys with mid to upper 90s in san francisco, we're seeing seconds today, 80s tomorrow, and then a few 70s into early next week. and mike, you're concerned about a crash in castro valley? yeah, this is westbound 580 at the castro valley y just before the split or just east of geo here of 238, the reports are that there's a prius and a big rig involved. no major injuries were reported, but that prius reportedly wedged into part of that big rig. so they're having a little trouble separating the two vehicles. two of the five lanes. it's a wide roadway. there are blocked right now. we'll continue to follow progress still slow north 680 through the construction zone right around las positas. back to you. well, testing is key to detecting breast cancer, but what if there was a way to prevent it altogether? next, what you need to know about a

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researchers say a vaccine is the next frontier. in fact, trials are happening right now. but the vaccine is only being tried on people with extensive cancer histories. as nbc news medical contributor doctor natalie azar explains, is for people who have a history of cancer and then giving them a vaccine to prevent recurrence. sparing healthy tissue used in conjunction with conventional treatments. well, the hope is that by next year there will be ongoing trials taking place for every subtype of breast cancer. i head on to the today show. what experts say is still needed to fast track those trials before it can be made available to everyone. that is, at 7 a.m. right after today in the bay. wouldn't that be remarkable? save a lot of lives. 627 right now we've got a lot more ahead at 630, including new gun violence in oakland overnight. but it's nothing new. so what's the mayor doing about

it? we're not going to live in fear, and we're actually going to build community and have make sure that we take care of each other. i talked with her one on one about the city's efforts to crack down on crime. plus, concerns about wildfires here in the bay area as the national weather service extends this excessive heat warning for another 24 hours. stay with us. you're watchin todayg

overnight in oakland. it's the latest sign that gun violence is increasingly becoming an issue for the city. and the mayor weighs in on her plan to crack down. and last night, what is probably the last debate of the election. we'll have your highlights. this is a little amazing for san francisco. yes, it's very hot. i know it's crazy. i don't remember it being this hot at this time of the year in a long time. the fall heat wave is certainly not letting up in bay area residents are feeling it and it's not over just yet. the area is expected to feel the heat worse than before. this is today in the ba. good wednesday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. 631 right now. i'm laura garcia and i'm ginger conejero saab in for marcus washington. meteorologist kari hall is going

to join us because it. kari. it has been. hot hot hot. and it continues to be hot. how is it going to be today? it's still about the same. and in some areas in our inland valleys, it may be a degree or twothese ares where the temperatures will have more of an impact on the bay area. and then the heat advisory along the immediate coastline and some parts of the hills and parts of the north bay. we are going to see temperatures in the 90s and up to 100 degrees. right now we do have our cool morning start. we're at 63 in walnut creek, but already some of these numbers are even warmer than what we had yesterday for that reset in the morning. and we are going to see those temperatures possibly set some more records for this afternoon. santa rosa looking at a high of 103. today's record high is 102. will be very close to record highs in many spots, and livermore may tie the record of 106 today. that was set in 1980. so we will have more of this extended heat

wave continue for the next couple of days. ginger and laura. that's right. we're going to continue talking about it. in fact, right now, kari, this bay area's excessive heat warning will continue to last a lot longer than first thought. and today, in the bay's bob redell is live in livermore. one of the places kari just mentioned. bob, the tri valley will once again be roasting and you have one possible solution, right? she said 106 i've been out here in livermore for over 20 years. that's pretty. it's even hot for us out here. yeah. the solutions. lizzie fountain right behind me here in downtown livermore, which we expect will be turned on later. and typically during these heat waves, you'll see moms and dads out here with their young kids running in there trying to cool off before the high heat, which is usually obviously going to be in the afternoon. as kari has been mentioning, the national weather service has extended the excessive heat warning for us here in the bay area for another 24 hours until 11:00 tomorrow night, because so many parts of

the bay area will be in the upper 90s and in the hundreds, like kari mentioning up north in santa rosa and here in livermore, this was the scene yesterday north of us in concord, where we caught up with the owner of og tacos. he says operating his food truck in 100 degree temps is a challenge, and the power needed to keep the truck's air conditioning running actually caused issues for the generator yesterday. we struggle, man, because it doesn't keep up with the heat, you know? so typically when you're, let's say 100 degrees, it's typically about 10 to 15 degrees hotter inside the truck. there is probably zero fuel moisture, 0% fuel moisture in most of our fuels here in our hills. so that was a captain from the contra costa fire protection district, whose agency has been preparing all summer for days like today, to be on the ready in case a wildfire breaks out in this heat. also, it's another reminder to avoid the kinds of activities near dry brush that could ignite a wildfire, like using gasoline powered tools.

this was downtown gilroy yesterday, which was really hot and expected to hit triple digits again today. and san francisco, which is usually cool, obviously saw its hottest day in two years with governor walz government warnings to residents to take precautions. stay hydrated. the city will be opening all nine city pools today again to help people stay cool. that's in the city of san francisco. here in the city of livermore, we have a pool. we also have lizzie fountain that we hope will be turned on later. i'm sure a lot of moms and dads are hoping for their little ones who want to burn some energy. stay cool before it gets really hot here. reporting live here in livermore, bob redell today in the bay. bob's got a pool. we're coming over. coming over. bob. that's all we heard in all that thing. thank you. we'll bring the pizza. right? well, you can track the temperatures on our free nbc bay area app. if you live in one of those cities that bob was just mentioning as well, you can track how hot it is

expected to get in your neighborhood. you can find that in your local app store. all right. two decision 2024. did you watch it? the two vice presidential candidates squared off in their first and only debate last night. scott mcgrew joins us now. a lot of important issues certainly came came up maybe more issue oriented, really than the harris trump debate. i thought so, yes. good morning. abortion, the middle east, the deficit. now that doesn't necessarily mean that the candidates answered the questions, but at least the questions were there. minnesota governor tim walz squaring off against ohio senator jd vance. probably the last debate for the election. trump has indicated he will not debate kamala harris again. a lot of people talking about governor walz's performance, particularly off the top, the democratic candidate seemed unsettled. a split screen for you of how the governor reacts to crowds at a rally with enthusiasm and ease. and last night, sometimes stumbling over answers, several pundits saying he seemed

overprepared. walz did go on the attack over vance's claims haitian immigrants were eating pets in ohio, something that is both incendiary and not true, but was never really set. the stage for viewers. explaining what vance had claimed or even who he was talking about. he never used the word haitian, for instance, that led one of the cbs moderators to explain the topic walz was raising about haitians who were in the u.s. legally and that led vance to object over a fact check that really wasn't a fact check at all. just to clarify for our viewers, springfield, ohio does have a large number of haitian migrants who have legal status temporary protected status. margaret thank you, senator. we have so much to get to. margaret. i think it's important to turn now to the economy. thank you. margaret, the rules were that you guys are going to fact check. and since you're fact checking me, i think it's

important to say what's actually going on. thank you. gentlemen, we want to have app has not been on the books since 1990. it's something that kamala harris created. margaret. gentlemen, you're the audience can't hear you because your mics are cut. we have so much we want to get to. thank you for explaining the legal process, nora. thank you. margaret. now, as you'll note, we're compressing some of those conversations for brevity and clarity. if you haven't seen the whole debate, you can watch its entirety online. the january 6th attack on america also came up with walls asking vance directly, do you agree with history and fact that donald trump lost the 2020 presidential election? vance would not answer that question directly, instead comparing the attack on the u.s. capitol to efforts by the government to slow misinformation about the pandemic on social media. i would just ask that did he lose the 2020 election? tim, i'm focused on the future. did kamala harris censor americans from speaking their mind in the

wake of the 2020 covid situation? that is a that is a non-answer, has she? it's a non-answer for you to not talk about censorship. obviously, donald trump and i think that there were problems in 2020. we've talked about it. i'm happy to talk about it further. but you guys attack us for not believing in democracy. the most sacred right under the united states. democracy is the first amendment. when this is over, we need to shake hands. this election and the winner needs to be the winner. this has got to stop. it's tearing our country apart. the candidates were also asked about their bosses spending plans. the washington the wharton school estimates the harris economic plan will add 1.2 trillion to the deficit. trump's plan would add 5.8 trillion, one of the more surprising omissions the war in ukraine never came up walls in the democrats support ukraine's efforts to repel the russian invasion. vance has said the war is unwinnable, and trump, who

was impeached over holding up weapons to ukraine, said a few days ago ukraine no longer exists. ginger a lot to take away from that debate. thanks, scott. well, tonight another debate, this time in the race to replace outgoing congresswoman anna eshoo. this is district 16, which covers parts of the peninsula and the south bay. former san jose mayor sam liccardo faces off against assemblyman evan low. the debate is tonight at 7:00 live here at nbc bay area, and you can watch that as well on nbcbayarea.com. 639 new overnight oakland police responding to an apparent triple shooting just after midnight. it happened on bancroft and 77th in the eastmont neighborhood. officers told our photographer at the scene. three people suffered non-life threatening injuries so far, oakland police not confirming that information. well despite the many challenges for police and prosecutors, oakland mayor sheng thao

believes the city's efforts to reduce crime levels are working. i spoke to her and she tells me added programs are helping, including new crime cameras and help from the chp. we have our cease fire program that obviously it works. we have crime is trending downwards. the two pre-pandemic levels. of course, we're not going to stop there. again. we want to continue to do the work so that we can get as close to zero as possible. she says dozens of new cameras are adding to a spike in arrests. let's take a live look now at san jose. good morning, san jose. another city that may be expected to put up some triple digit heat today. let's get a look at this forecast. your wednesday morning forecast with meteorologist kari hall. and let's take a live look outside in emeryville, looking toward the bay bridge and san francisco. we do have such a beautiful start to the day, and this is our time to get outside, try to get things done, because

if you want to go out and enjoy some time out at the park in sunnyvale, we have a morning start at 8:00 at 66 degrees. but you see how fast these temperatures rise. hour by hour it will be 75 at 9:00, 81 at 10:00. and then after that, it's probably a little bit too warm for the playground as our temperatures head for the upper 90s here this afternoon. we'll be touching those slides and trying to find some spots in the shade. now, as we take a look at our hot high temperatures today and the heat index, that's the contours of the colors that you're seeing there, major to extreme as we deal with another day of the temperatures that will be dangerous for your health. up to 109. in san martin, in san jose, 101 and will also be 101 in clear lake for later today. so we'll see this continue into tomorrow. we'll talk about an eventual decrease in those temperatures coming up. but mike, you have a look at the south bay commute. yeah, we have a big bill that's trying to ease up after a couple tough ten minutes right here at this spot, 101, just north of

that two 8680. you see the silhouette for the overcrossing there we are looking at this one section, but you see the build coming in off of capital expressway and continuing up toward sjc, the airport, san jose. so there is the bill for the south bay. more traffic, definitely feeding in out of south county. north 680 has cleared up. we just heard about a traffic break as they cleared the crews. that traffic break may have distracted the southbound side. we see a little more slowing through pleasanton and in towards sunol. no incidents reported for that stretch. tri-valley showing a pretty normal drive right now. for this time. we do have it ease on the traffic sensors. the crash still reported there. west 580 approaching 238, but those sensors have moved much more nicely over the last 3 or 4 minutes. and of course, you have the build for the east bay. more slowing through. walnut creek. back to you. thank you very much, mike. the conflict in the middle east is intensifying. israel's shooting more airstrikes overnight after iran launching its biggest attack on the country. up next, we talk to a former israeli general on how the situation is developing at this hour. plus, a wi-fi

revolution. the new major push from airlines for faster and more reliable internet. while in the air and move over mudang. meet presto. we're going to introduce you to the large and in charge baby penguin that has the internet swooning. you're watching today in the bay fuz

today in concord with this microclimate weather alert, it's going to be another day of dangerous heat into the afternoon. we see temperatures here in the upper 90s at 1:00, 104 at 5:00, and we're going to see it gradually cool down this evening. and another hot day ahead tomorrow. so we'll take a look at what to expect over the next several days, coming up in a few minutes and what to expect right now by the coliseum is right here on the screen. oakland moves smoothly northbound with those taillights toward the bay bridge, where we do have the backup, and we have the southbound side slowing in toward hayward. we'll show you the progress getting there via another route coming up. thanks so much, kari and mike. new overnight berkeley police investigating a deadly accident. it happened only about two hours ago at aquatic park. police say a car ran over a man in a sleeping bag. a witness at the scene described trying to free the man from underneath the vehicle, along with the driver,

but they could not. police say the victim somehow rolled into the path of traffic, and the driver remained at the scene. a live look now in beirut. that is where israeli forces overnight launched new airstrikes targeting hezbollah. we'll show you that live shot in just a bit or maybe later on here. confirming, however, israel is now confirming the first death of one of its soldiers in lebanon following the new ground assault. nbc news is learning this morning that israel will swiftly retaliate against iran for its large scale missile attack. that comes from a top israeli source. now, moments ago, we spoke with retired israeli brigadier general amir avivi. from jerusalem, he says the u.s. needs to defend its ally, and he doubts iran will relent. i don't think that the u.s. can stay and just be. help us on defense. it's a war and i think that the only thing that will stop them is hitting them

hard enough in a way that will endanger them and their regime, or destroy all their infrastructure. and the cost will be too high. and so i'm not optimistic that they're going to stop. i am optimistic knowing what are the capabilities of israel. he also pushed back on ideas for a cease fire, arguing it would give hezbollah an opportunity to reorganize. one airline working to make it easier for passengers to stay connected. united is partnering with elon musk's starlink satellite internet service to create stronger wi-fi for its passengers. the satellite used for the plane's wi-fi is about 20,000 miles up in space. hawaiian and qatar airlines use starlink, but united would be the largest client. the service will be free and will launch in 2025. one tech analyst says the improved wi-fi will be as strong as if you were on the ground. what is going to happen soon is that more and more planes are

going to move towards leo, or low earth orbit satellite connectivity, and that is going to be much snappier. it's going to feel like you're at home. you can watch the full interview on the today show at 7:00 this morning. that's coming up right after today in the bay. well, trending this morning. move ove. mudang. that's the world's favorite pygmy hippo, by the way. oh, competition. anyway, she's old news. there's a new king of the animals on social media. meet pesto, a nine month old king penguin chick. his name the linebacker. and he was born in an aquarium in melbourne, australia. he weighed about half a pound, but now he's a whopping 49 pounds, which is almost as big as both of his parents combined. well, kind of looks like it. look at that. pesto eats 25 fish a day. he waddles around his enclosure, towering over the other penguins. his videos have now been seen over 1 billion times, and people are flocking to see him. wow. can he

compete in that fat bear contest? today we talked to noah ogilvy for pesto. oh, man. well, i bet a lot of people want to kind of jump in that ice cold water surrounding pesto. these days. yeah, it's been so hot. and if you can do whatever you can to try to cool off from this hot weather, that's going to continue over the next few days. still hot today. unhealthy air quality. but there will be a little relief for some of the coastal areas starting tomorrow and then ahead for the weekend. while the valleys are still very warm, it will start to feel more comfortable near the coast and in san francisco. right now we have our morning start, anywhere from 70 in san francisco to 78 in martinez to seeing some 50s in danville. we're seeing a wide range in temperatures even across one city. as we are looking at our microclimates in full effect. and then as we go into today, it's pretty much hot for everyone, even 92, in san francisco. again 103 in novato.

martinez today, 104 105 for fairfield. and we're going to see a lot of those highs close to 110 in the south county area, 111 in gilroy, just hurts to even say that. yes, it will be unbearable today and still really hot tomorrow with another day of this excessive heat warning that has actually been extended into tomorrow evening. so hayward, tomorrow afternoon, 94 degrees and 103 in livermore, taking it into friday. no more of the triple digits, but it's still going to be very warm. we're seeing a lot of 80s 90s, even upper 90s in san jose will continue to see this heat extending into the weekend next week. eventually, it's going to start to feel a little bit more comfortable. we can turn off the ac, but we still have to blast it for several more days with these highs that are going to be well above normal, possibly even setting some records. and we are looking ahead to next week to

finally feeling a little bit better in san francisco today, 92 degrees. so we'll have to watch those records once again. mike, you're seeing some slowing now out of richmond. yeah, pretty predictable patterns here at the richmond toll plaza. heading over towards san rafael. 580 across the span. once you pass the toll plaza, you're okay. there was a crash reported on the approach. didn't see it in the camera, but it may be just east of there. we're looking at the rest of the east bay. a smooth drive slowing through. walnut creek for 680 and now slowing for 24 into orinda. but nothing wrong with the caldecott tunnel. that does move smoothly. all doors are open. we're looking at good recovery for pleasanton. the earlier crash cleared from castro valley and the south bay really kicking in for these northbound routes. back to you. thank you mike. well, happening now california will become the first in the united states to ban six artificial food dyes in public school meals, starting in 2028. the bill, signed by governor newsom, will ban synthetic colors, including those labeled red 40 and yellow five, which are commonly found

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we are moving you forward with a look at the top stories on today in the bay. starting with our microclimate, weather alert and the extended excessive heat warning, we have a live look in dublin this morning. the tri valley today will be roasting people there should brace for triple digit temperatures. heat doesn't seem to want to leave as well. meteorologist kari hall tracking conditions. when can we

expect any relief? it's going to be a while. and we've been dealing with these record hot temperatures for today. it continues tomorrow. and usually we can pick out microclimates and say, well, this spot is going to be hotter than others. so it's pretty much even across the board. we're also dealing with some dangerous heat in san francisco with some low 90s parts of the city. yesterday made it into the upper 90s. we can expect that again today and mid 80s tomorrow, but here we're going to see some slightly cooler temperatures coming in a little bit sooner in time for the weekend so you can track the temperatures on our free nbc bay area app. you can see how hot it will get in your neighborhood, and also you can find it in your app store. thanks, kari. oakland police responded to an apparent triple shooting just after midnight. it happened on bancroft and 77th in the eastmont neighborhood. officers told our photographer at the scene three people suffered non-life threatening injuries. israeli forces overnight launched new airstrikes targeting hezbollah. the

ambassador representing israel is talking in new york today, the. this follows iran's large scale missile attack, raising fears of a wider scale war. iran yesterday fired up to 200 missiles, many of them ballistic. israel says its iron dome defense system limited damage on the ground. there are now reports of damage to a school in central israel, but so far no israeli casualties. amidst the escalating conflict, hundreds of trapped americans now desperately trying to get home. that includes one bay area man now struggling to leave lebanon. tonight you can catch our debate here at nbc bay area. it's in the race to replace outgoing congresswoman anna eshoo for district 16 that covers parts of the peninsula and the south bay. former san jose mayor sam liccardo faces off against assemblyman evan low. the debate is tonight at 7:00 live here on nbc bay area. okay. one last check of the

forecast and the commute. we'll show you the south bay maps, because it's really filling in all the colors used here. a lot of red popping up for 101, 87 and 85. pretty standard flow there. so folks, heading to 17 toward the beach or on 92 toward the beach, already slowing in the westbound commute over the water. why would one ever want to head to the beach today? today's show just moments away. but for more local news, stay with today in the bay. we stream on roku, pluto and other platforms at 8:00. beach volleyball legend and three time olympic gold medalist kerri walsh jennings joins us live. the big honor that she is set to receive. watch out for that conversation. she's been to the beach. yeah. a lot. well, that's what's happening on today in the bay. the today show starts now. have a great day . good wednesday morning. the vice presidentia vice presidential nominees