go back to america. you'll be. you'll be better over there. it's not safe in lebanon, right

now. at five, fleeing lebanon as airstrikes continue in the war torn region. we'll take you live with more on one man's bay area, one bay area man's race to get out to safety. and a new look at the devastation from colleen since that historic storm made landfall a week ago. local help one nonprofit is providing to those affected. plus, a troubling trend across the bay area. we have new video showing thieves taking an entire mail kiosk. the must see moments and reactions from residents. this is today in the bay. thanks so much for joining us on this thursday morning i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington is off. nice to have you, kris i'm laura garcia. we'll check in with mike ■inouye for a look at that traffic in just a little bit. but let's talk about the temperatures. we need to talk something. we need to talk. i'm just a broken record, talking about breaking records and it's still another day that's going to be really hot. and once

again, they've extended the excessive heat warning until tomorrow evening. so yeah, day after day we're saying the same thing. another hot one. and we're still in the 90s and triple digits. so here's a look at our high for today. we're up to 97 in santa rosa, 94 in hayward and in fremont. and it will still be over 100 degrees for morgan hill san martin gilroy. and in the inland east bay as well. we're going to see those temperatures remaining very hot for today. san francisco it's still pretty warm, not as hot as it has been with a high of 85 and taking it into the day tomorrow, at least for some of the coastal areas. there are some slight relief, and we're still going to have some really hot temperatures for the inland valleys. so we'll talk about what's ahead coming up. mike, you're tracking some emergency road work. had to do some guardrail repair on highway four westbound, which is your commute direction. but this is not the main bulk of the flow. that's starting over in antioch

without any issues. this is between 600 and 80 and interstate 80, or the coming skyway area. as we're looking at a smooth flow of traffic just popping up on the map right here, a disabled vehicle, a hazard on the upper east shore freeway. we'll check that. but those sensors are moving smoothly. good thing for these folks working in the cool evening. i mean, we know we have daytime temperatures that will soar once again, but so far, those roadway slowdowns are not really evident just yet. we'll check on the incident over in oakland. i think it's on eastbound 580. so against the commute coming out of the area. we'll have that coming up in just a couple of minutes. back to you. all right. thank you very much, mike. so now we want to move to what is happening in lebanon. we know that there are continuing airstrikes and airstrikes are tearing up the region. israel now weighing its response to iran's missile attack right now, as more than a million people are displaced from the israeli assault on hezbollah. at the same time,

thousands of americans also trapped there today in the bay's ginger conejero saab is live in san francisco. ginger, do we know anything about how these americans are managing to get out at this point? well, chris, we do know that about 100 americans and their families were on an evacuation flight that left recently. i would imagine that this may just be the beginning of americans getting out of lebanon. we also know that one u.s. permanent resident is among those dead now. nbc bay area spoke to a bay area man fearful that he and his family will get caught in the conflict. jonathan sr-1 is from san mateo, but has recently been in lebanon with his parents to visit family. they received notice from the american embassy to get a flight, and they rushed to get out. here he is talking to our jocelyn moran on their ordeal to do so. as we're packing our bags. the news was on and beirut started getting

bombed, so we were kind of like, we're about to drive into this mess. we got to beirut. the first thing we noticed was the smell. you could smell the aftermath of the bombs and the aftermath of the destruction. and there are bags. the news broke that beirut started getting bombs, so they were in a rush to get out of that mess. when they actually got to beirut, the first thing he noticed was the smell, he says. the smell of the aftermath of bombs and the aftermath of destruction was overwhelming. israel struck central beirut overnight, its deepest attack into the lebanese capital. at least nine people were killed, adding to the death toll of more than 1300. israel has announced the deaths of eight of its soldiers. ground clashes saw hezbollah claim to have ambushed israeli forces in a border town. you know, this country is in chaos at this point, but i am sad to leave, you know, we've got dozens of family members and hundreds of friends here, so it

is upsetting. and i know that, you know, given how fast the situation deteriorated in the last ten days, that the next 30 days or so are going to be very tough, you know, we're worried. but again, everybody here is very encouraging, telling us to leave. they're saying it's not safe. you have a way out. go, go back to america. now, jonathan says he hopes that there will be strengthening calls for a cease fire. he doesn't expect there to be any sort of de-escalation, but he does say that a cease fire may be able to provide some temporary relief for the civilians that are caught in the middle of this. from what we understand, he and his family have boarded their flight last night to head to istanbul. that is their next stop before heading back home to the bay area in san francisco, ginger conejero saab. today in the bay has to be so much guilt knowing that you're doing the right thing by leaving if you can. but

you know, saying goodbye there at the airport has got to be heartbreaking. thank you ginger. turning now to decision 2024 a twist in the race for the white house surrounding one of the many legal cases against former president donald trump. new evidence from special counsel election interference. prosecution is now public today in the bay's alice barr joins us live from washington. this morning. and alice, we're talking about a potential political storm here. could be in the works for the trump campaign. laura yet another twist, as you noted for this campaign, that's been like no other this whole season in a new court filing, special counsel jack smith is accusing former president trump of knowingly spreading lies about the 2020 election and then resorting to crimes to try to stay in power after he lost. the trump legal team is forcefully pushing back, arguing the case should be dismissed. a presidential race rocked by hurricane devastation and spiraling conflict in the

middle east thrown another curveball, with a court filing revealing new details of the allegations against former president trump in his federal election interference case. special counsel jack smith, seeking to tailor the case to survive a supreme court ruling that found presidents cannot be prosecuted for official acts. smith's team writing that mr. trump's alleged scheme to try to stay in office after his 2020 election loss was a fundamentally private one, casting alleged interactions with former vice president mike pence based on mr. pence's notes as political running mates discussing private acts and detailing allegations that after mr. pence decided not to stop the certification of the election results on january 6th, aides told former president trump pence was in danger during the capitol riot and had been rushed to a secure location. smith says trump, quote, looked at the aide and said only so

what? in a statement, a trump campaign spokesman called the filing falsehood, written unconstitutional and again accused the biden-harris administration of interfering in the 2024 election. it comes as vice president harris in georgia and president biden in north carolina focused on the long road to recovery from hurricane helene. we are here for the long haul to get families, to get residents, to get neighborhoods back up and running. former president trump visited the storm zone in georgia on monday. the federal storm response, among the multiplying factors that could impact the presidential race. and on the middle east, president biden has been coordinating with g7 allies, noting that israel has a right to respond to iranian missile strikes, but that it should respond in proportion. the u.s. has been trying to exert influence to keep this from spilling over into an all out regional war. laura. all

right. and we'll see where it goes from there. alice. a lot to cover. thank you so much. happening now. recovery efforts are still underway following hurricane helene and pummeled states from florida to virginia. all of this started last week. the death toll from the hurricane is up to 190 people. help for people now having to contend with the aftermath is coming from the bay area. millions of people still have no power, and the bay area is lending a hand in many ways, including that one later this morning, kids against hunger bay area will ship about 250,000 meals to areas just like those colleen wiped out. other volunteers are helping out on the ground with shelter and search and rescue efforts through fema, providing a cot and a blanket and a safe place to rest and try to gather your wits. we have a few locations where we have things that are stuck underneath bridges that still have flowing water, so we

need to get into into the water effectively and pick things out of the out of the bridge so that we can pick through everything and make sure that there's no one in, you know, in that trapped debris. president biden surveyed the storm damage yesterday, making stops in the carolinas, and he also announced he will deploy up to 1000 soldiers to reinforce the north carolina national guard in order to help deliver aid. if you thought a locked mailbox was enough to deter thieves, this story might make you think twice. check out this security video. it is from outside a san jose apartment complex on communication hill. you see a pickup truck slowly drive up. two men get out and unbolt one of the two mailbox bins, carting it to the back of the truck bed. people who live nearby could hardly believe what happened. my son came to get the mail and said the box is no longer there. these are federal crimes. the stealing of the box. the

stealing of the mail. a potential penalty of up to five years in federal prison, up to $250,000. fine. this individual or the individuals responsible for this, if they hit this neighborhood, they've hit other neighborhoods. neighbors say it happened before dawn tuesday at about four in the morning. police and the postal service are now investigating. all right, let's look live at walnut creek this morning. sun's not up yet, but the temperatures are already warm. kari. yeah it has started out warm this morning. and it will be another hot day. the reason why we're under this microclimate weather alert. and we're looking at temperatures in the upper 90s today. still really hot, especially day after day of having to deal with this intense heat. we're still going to have some very warm weather today, but it will be just slightly lower. can't really say cooler because we're still in the triple digits in the east bay, but we are making some progress in san francisco and in half moon bay. some of the coastal areas toward some more comfortable temperatures. so i'll be tracking that. and

what's ahead. a look at the weekend forecast is coming up soon. do you use your phone to pay for things? just ahead on today in the bay, we hear from a security expert about the new requirements set to start tomorrow for apple cash users

15 minutes. big jobs report is tomorrow. san francisco's levi's says it may sell its dockers

brand. now, this stock is up about 57% for the year, but will be under severe pressure today. gilead, the drug company, says it is going to allow third party drug manufacturers to copy its lifesaving aids drug, lynette kathy vara, and sell it for much cheaper in third world countries that are battling aids, mostly africa. researchers tell the new york times the price could be as low as $40 a dose in the united states costs around $40,000. well, it's for a software engineering role, but i just need to know, do i look presentable? professional? a guy talking to open ai san francisco artificial intelligence company just secured another round of funding, tens of billions of dollars, putting the value of the overall company at 175 billion. one of the largest venture funding rounds in history, tesla is scheduled to unveil its robo taxis a week

from today. it was supposed to be last month, but tesla delayed it. elon musk promised a fleet of, quote, 1 million robo taxis by the year 2020. now, obviously that didn't work out seeing as it's 2024. musk promised a taxi with no steering wheels and pedals by 2024. that's today. we may see that next week with full production. tesla says by 2025. now, google's waymo has been running robo taxis around san francisco and phoenix and los angeles for quite some time. they work well, though. they have to stick to certain areas, and they're cheap to ride in, very expensive to operate. tesla's original idea was your tesla, if you wanted it to, could work as a taxi. you know, you park it in the garage, go to bed, and then in the middle of the night it would just drive away, make you money, and come back. i don't think we're there yet. we'll see next week what they've got. but again, they've been promising and promising and

promising and promising. interesting yeah. as they do. as they do. all right. thank you scott. all new this morning. tomorrow marks the start of new rules for anyone who uses apple cash. if you send more than $500 using the transfer service, you will be required to verify your identity. users will need to submit details like name, date of birth, social security number. keep in mind this also applies to past transactions. bala kumar is the chief product and technology officer at sunnyvale based jumio. it is an online mobile payment and identity verification company. we asked him about those who are concerned about the privacy. the concern though a valid one. it is still a necessary security measure, not just from an aml prevention standpoint, but even for safeguarding the end users. you want to make sure that they're not being defrauded or somebody else is not getting access to the money that they are transferring. and therefore this is a more of a proactive measure that apple is taking in

the best interest of the consumers. kumar adds that the new requirements are ultimately aimed at guarding users against financial fraud, and that the added security benefits outweigh the initial inconvenience. we'll see. well, trending this morning, we are celebrating a milestone for a movie which captivated audiences and which is now a cult classic. it's so fetch. it is so fetch. mean girls turns 20 this year. evil takes a human form. and regina george, she knows everything about everyone. that's why her hair is so big. it's full of secrets. regina george, the movie was released back in 2004. october 3rd is known as mean girls day in honor of 20 years. amc and cinemark rereleasing the movie today. many bay area theaters are playing the movie tonight for one night only. all movies start at 7:00. warm up yesterday i haven't. oh, there you go. i've still not seen that full movie. and now there's so many versions. i don't know

which full thing to watch. that one. that one. i'd go for the original first. yeah, for sure. there you go. and a nice, cool movie theater. that would be nice. definitely trying to cool off today. the next several days, looking for something to do to try to find some ac. take a look at yesterday's high temperatures in the records that we set in san rafael. it was 106 degrees that set a new record, or tied the old record that was set in 1980. it was 103. in napa and 106 in san jose. that was ten degrees above the record high. and today we're still looking hazy with unhealthy air quality and more heat. we are going to see the worst of the air quality continue to be in the east bay, as well as santa clara valley. it's mostly like the south county areas between the hills, where we do tend to see the worst of the air quality. we're starting out this morning mostly 60s and 70s, so it's already warmer than it has been, and we're going to see those temperatures ramping up quickly, heading back to the upper 90s for the south bay 103,

in morgan hill and much of the east bay is going to see temperatures over 100 degrees again today. 101 in danville and pleasanton. oakland today 89. and it will be a little bit better near the coast with upper 70s and half moon bay. and daly city, 94, in redwood city and still very warm in san francisco, with mid 80s downtown and the north bay up to 100 degrees in sonoma, santa rosa and novato 97 degrees. in fact, let's keep an eye on santa rosa. what to expect over the next several days. more 90s ahead for the weekend, even into early next week. but then after that, we're going to get a cold front coming in a shift in the wind direction and finally, a little taste of fall there for the end of next week with some 70s in the forecast. but yeah, we do still have several more sweltering days for the inland valleys, including our weekend and into early next week. and san francisco is going to still be pretty warm, even for the city. and along the coast with 80s through saturday and next

week, we'll bring it back to the 70s. mike, you're tracking a couple of things in the east bay. yeah, i wanted to follow up. they did pop up on our map. right now i want to show the overall map looks great. no major issues. the altamont pass moves smoothly and steadily into livermore, where you're at speed all the way through the dublin interchange. we had eastbound 580. indeed, it was counter commute and say was because it just cleared the roadway and the grid from chp around 35th. no more slowing, as they had a quick traffic break for an earlier crash. no injuries there. over here. this is eastbound 80. so opposite your commute heading toward the carquinez bridge. disabled vehicle reported there. dropped a couple of barrels onto the roadway. so i'm watching for any follow up that's necessary. but light traffic flow shows up there. we go out of richmond. back to you. thank you. mike, it is 522 right now. an urgent warning to check your ticketmaster account tickets. people have bought are disappearing and being listed on resale sites right. that's next. on today in the bay, our consumer investigative team has advice on how to get your

tickets back. we'll bright backe

and for some people, customers say those tickets that are in their wallets are vanishing from their accounts. so one family

tells us that they bought their tickets for their son to imagine dragons and to taylor for taylor swift, for their daughter. and then what happened? they got a surprise e-mail saying the tickets were transferred to someone that he doesn't know. later, the family found out that they were being resold on stubhub. in this family's case, they could not get a response from ticketmaster. so our team stepped in and he got his tickets back. but nbc response teams across the country are reporting the same problem. a spokesperson for ticketmaster did talk with our chicago station and blames hackers unrelated to this year's massive ticketmaster data breach. he says it's important to change your password if you haven't updated your your password recently, and if you're using a password that you use in a lot of different places, they might be able to get into your account. i changed my password after they notified me of that, so maybe it's related, maybe

it's not, i don't know, but i know that as of about two weeks ago, if you're looking at the reddit boards, that's when it started exploding. you all right. well, ticketmaster again says that user passwords were not exposed in that large scale data breach. some customers, meanwhile, question why the company does not yet face use two factor authentication. you can head to our homepage to link to the full consumer story online. it is also posted under our consumer tab. if you have been a victim, you can snap the qr code on the screen right now and fill out our consumer complaint form online. 526 right now, coming up next, the top stories that we're following for you today, including new findings on what caused the deadly fire in maui to ignite. there are new revelations from investigators just ahead. another excessive heat warning for the bay area. the impact on local businesses here in the tri valley. stay with us.ou're watching t yod

like getting the bay. we've got live team coverage on the hot weather and just how long it's going to stick around. plus, a controversy now front and center surrounding the race to replace congresswoman anna eshoo. the wrong the wrongdoing. one political action committee is now accusing evan lowe of. this

is today in the bay good morning. 530 right now on your thursday morning. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia, and i'm kris sanchez. marcus washington is off. hopefully he is staying cool because we know the heat continues and that is our top story. this hot weather. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect today. more heat. and yesterday it was pretty intense across the bay area with some record high temperatures set. and today it's going to be very much warm once again. the excessive heat warning continues through tomorrow evening, although there will be a slight drop in some of the coastal temperatures, the inland valleys are still going to be very hot. and then when we take a look at what we're expecting today versus what's the record high, we will be close in santa rosa. we'll see a high there of 97 and san francisco 85. and oakland will be in the upper 80s and livermore. we may be close to a record there as well, but tying

the record in san jose. so we'll be tracking these numbers very closely as this heat wave continues. and we're also going to see, unfortunately, more heat heading into the weekend. back to you. we'll try to prepare for it. do our best. our coverage continues with today in the bay's bob redell, who is live in the tri-valley. and bob, i understand a lot of people, they're understandably staying inside trying to stay cool, but this is really affecting local businesses. anecdotally, that is what we're hearing. good morning to you, chris and laura. as terry was mentioning, national weather service has issued another excessive heat warning today for the bay area, which means places like livermore, where i'm at here in the tri-valley, could hit or even exceed 100 degrees again today. yesterday, here in downtown livermore, behind me, people celebrated witches night out. it's an annual event that brings out a lot of people to celebrate halloween. the owner of the fat pigeon bar, which is again

behind me, says that if this event didn't take place, things might be a little different in terms of business because of yesterday's heat wave. so he was grateful. unfortunately not the case in pleasanton at the mission plaza there. the manager of fiesta tacos says his business has been struggling during this heat wave. the owner of an indian cuisine restaurant in the same plaza says the heat is making customers opt for takeout instead of eating at the restaurant. the customers were not coming much outside. you know, they are like sticking to their homes only even you can cover, you know, the traffic outside. also there's like there's not like much cars, you know, the passing here because of the heat waves. this is horrible way to hot, way too hot. i'm melting. there's no people right here. you see. they're empty because people don't want to stay out here anymore. for people in the south bay insult to injury as a widespread power outage left parts of sunnyvale and los altos

with no access to their electric fans or air conditioning, the power went out just before 6:00 last night. for more than 12,000 customers. and remember, 6:00 temperatures were still high. but from what we see on pg&e online outage map, it does appear that that power is back on. reporting live here in livermore, bob redell today in the bay. good for them because that is a tough one. thanks, bob. you can track the temperatures on our free nbc bay area app. you can see just how hot it's expected to get in your neighborhood. find it at your local app store. now let's take a look at that morning commute with mike. 530 how's it going on this thursday morning? everything was moving well, just heard about an incident here. i'm concerned. these taillights heading in toward the tunnel at treasure island across the bay bridge reports this area. there may be a disabled vehicle or maybe a minor crash. not sure. sounds like things are just off of the roadway, but the distraction could slow things down again, moving smoothly on this live camera, we're looking

at those sensors and we do see a little slowing coming up toward treasure island on those sensors. again, that might be pretty typical. as the volume builds, we'll continue to track that the bridge is notified about that. we have eastbound 80. still have that report of the truck on the shoulder. and having dropped a couple of barrels, i didn't know if they'd have to do a traffic break. we're watching. we do see a lot of slowing coming over here on westbound highway four off of cummings skyway. folks heading to the carquinez bridge probably take that route anyway, but we are looking at a slowdown temporarily. i don't know if there's a crew in the area. i didn't read about one, but i'll do some further investigation. i'll let you know if there's an extended problem. the rest of the bay looking pretty standard. a little start for the slowing. the first burst in san jose right here. back to you. all right. thank you. mike. turning now to decision 2024 and a new controversy in the race to replace south bay congresswoman anna eshoo. candidate evan low is blasting a federal election complaint filed by an advocacy group claiming he illegally used funds from his state campaign committee to pay for political ads in his bid for the house seat. the ads include the one

you see right here on your screen, the group defend the vote also claims this ad was distributed online to voters outside lowes district. the video ends with lowes saying, quote, thank you district 26 for fighting with me. let's keep california moving forward. that is his assembly district. the ad also has a disclaimer saying paid for by evan low for assembly 2024. in a statement, lowe's campaign manager says in part, quote, sam liccardo campaign has once again put up his endorser to file false and meritless complaints to distract from sam's own ethical failings. the former mayor of san jose of san jose is lowe's opponent in the congressional race. it's also important to note that defend the vote is endorsing former mayor sam liccardo. we reached out to the liccardo campaign for a response. we have not gotten one. meanwhile, their much anticipated debate last night was abruptly canceled. liccardo withdrew hours before, citing laryngitis. nbc bay area

is working with both campaigns and our debate partners, telemundo 48 and kqed, to reschedule that debate in the near future. happening now oakland police searching for a missing mother and son. take a look at these photos of mikala king and her five year old son, king scott. they were last seen together on september 24th in oakland. officers say they are both in good physical and mental condition. if you have any information about their whereabouts, you should call oakland police. well, new this morning, findings from the definitive investigation of the deadly maui firestorm confirmed some of the earliest theories about its cause. investigators say the fire first started from broken power lines that re-energized and hours later, it somehow rekindled fuel fueled by strong winds in that area. federal agents and firefighters presented their conclusions yesterday. the fire last year killed more than 100 people and wiped out the historic town of

lahaina. no criminal charges are expected to be filed. hawaii power companies have agreed to a massive financial settlement. it is 537 right now and we are looking live at dublin and it is warm this morning, but we're hoping for some relief by the weekend. kerry, are we going to get it? only if you travel. if you go to the beach this weekend, it will be a little bit better there compared to the inland valleys. stinson beach 81 degrees today, which is, i guess better than 100, but we are still going to have some warm weather even there in santa cruz. upper 80s today. it will also be coming down a few degrees for parts of the weekend and monterey. that's usually in the 50s. it's going to be in the 70s, so we are going to see a lot more sunshine. also, lots of football this weekend. we have seen a sjsu game on saturday starting in the early afternoon. it's going to be hot to start with some low 90s, but then as you make your way over toward the cal game, it's going to be

in the upper 60s as we go into the evening. and then we also have the stanford game that's going to start out with some mid to upper 80s as we go into the afternoon, making it close to 90 degrees. so stay hydrated and wear that sunscreen. and then we'll wrap it up this weekend with a 49ers who is still going to be hot with those highs in the low 90s throughout the end of the game. and mike, you've been watching the commute seems pretty smooth as of right now. yeah, let's start over here at the richmond bridge where things are getting a little more volume as we expect more headlights moving nicely off the east shore freeway. no delays. 580 itself has had overnight work, and we will remind you that there is one last night of the overnight roadwork. one lane in each direction continues tonight on that cross 580 over here, westbound 80. we continue to watch for any slowing. we do see some bunching up and that some of that's the optical illusion. as you make the bend around toward treasure island. but reports of a disabled vehicle in this area still watching for any major disruption. those speed sensors look like they're actually moving better now. they may be moving slowly down the

decline in towards san francisco. we'll give you updates and let you know if there's any problems. a traffic break looks like it's going on southbound 101 heading toward the golden gate bridge. typical for the crew to clear from the marin side and a little build on the incline. that's also typical for the metering lights to be turned on right about now, we're showing a smooth drive. your usual suspects 680 moves nicely off the dublin interchange, but there is some bunching up right around highway 84. that may be the blend that comes in as more volume hits the tri valley. no major concerns here or through hayward onto the san mateo bridge across the spans and your usual slowing for north 101 in san jose. back to you. thank you mike. well, a lot of bank of america customers were very worried yesterday. they logged on only to see a $0 balance in their accounts. ahead on today in the bay the company's response this morning. plus helping our climate in crisis. the progress. one first of its kind reusable cup program is now making in the north bay. and the white house and governors are working hard this morning to try to solve all the problems

brought by that hurricane. we'll

look at dublin and what to expect today in the upper 60s to start at noon. it is 94 degrees. it's going to heat up fast and into the upper 90s today, and briefly touching 100 degrees. yeah, it's heat still continues. we'll talk about the weekend coming up in a few minutes. and

i think that disabled vehicle we talked about westbound on the bay bridge. well it looks like that report caused them to slow down those metering lights as soon as they started activating them. there is a backup here at the toll plaza. we'll track the backup in the east bay and see how it affects your drive into the city. thanks so much, mike. 543 right now, president biden will be in georgia and florida today surveying the damage from hurricane helene. scott mcgrew. he and vice president kamala harris are going to promise whatever the states need to recover. that's exactly right. and which is, you know, 100% what presidents say right after a disaster. and largely, they've kept their word in the past. vice presidents don't tour disasters as often, but of course, we're in an election season. and vice president harris has been taking a greater role in white house affairs. harris met with families in augusta, georgia, and announced the white house had approved 100% of the emergency funding. the governor of georgia had asked for. president biden met

with the governor of north carolina in raleigh for a briefing. hurricane helene has been a storm, literally of historic proportions. the damage is still being assessed, but and many people are still unaccounted for. so i'm here to say the united states, the nation has your back, the nation has your back. we're not leaving until you're back on your feet completely. there's a lot of work that's going to need to happen over the coming days, weeks and months. and the coordination that we have dedicated ourselves to will be long lasting. to get families, to get residents, to get neighborhoods back up and running. biden has also directed a thousand active duty soldiers to aid the north carolina national guard to distribute supplies and warns the recovery will cost billions upon billions. the judge in donald trump's january sixth trial has released special prosecutor jack smith's legal briefing about the case. in it, smith lays out

specific evidence against trump, evidence the former president knew he had lost but tried to overturn the election anyway. trump resorted to crimes, says the legal brief. now note that's the prosecutor saying that, not the court, which has still yet to rule on guilt. the reason this report exists at all is because the supreme court decided earlier this year some actions by presidents cannot be prosecuted, not for what the high court calls official acts, even if that act would normally be considered a crime, can't be prosecuted. and in fact, the accusation can't be brought up in court. so that forced smith to drop some of the charges against trump and then list out all the other things trump did that smith says are non-official acts and thus crimes that can be prosecuted. there's a third mushy category presumptive immunity. the judge is going to have to rule on those. bottom

line, brand new report on what happened on january sixth as the capitol and capitol police were attacked and trump's role in it, as well as trump's effort to undo the election and the results of the vote, the judge will go through it line by line. no doubt this will end up back before the supreme court. trump on his truth social, wrote democrats are weaponizing the justice department against me because they know i'm winning. as for the campaign, president trump will hold a rally in saginaw, michigan. vice president harris will be in wisconsin today accompanied by republican liz cheney. cheney, at one point was the third most powerful republican in the part, but she now says she supports harris. kari. thanks, scott. turning to our climate in crisis new this morning, we have an update on one of the climate and crisis stories we brought you back in august. it's about the first of its kind reusable cup program in petaluma. you might have seen those purple cups labeled sip, return, repeat all

around downtown restaurants and coffee shops. they're being used to study how the city of petaluma could move away from single use plastics, and towards a system that's better for the planet. well, since the pilot program started, officials tell us, quote, the petaluma reusable cup project has hit over 100,000 cup returns as of september 16th, just six weeks since the project officially project officially launched and the next gen consortium is also aggregating sales data from all 30 participating companies and plans to share insights publicly. the results after three months will inform the next three rounds. the next rounds of the scale up and the future reuse programs well, what they'll look like in petaluma and beyond. yes, you still are producing those cups, but if you know, even if that cup just used is used ten times, you're reducing the amount of garbage that you're creating in sonoma

county itself, i think is a really progressive area. and i think that once they show results from petaluma, i think that the local towns will jump in and do the same. the pilot program will wrap in november, so we'll keep following this story and see if other bay area cities will do something similar. and to learn more about how climate change is impacting our region and the solutions you can take, visit our website nbcbayarea.com and click on the climate crisis tab. we'll check it out. thanks. so much, kari. well, bank of america, still not saying what caused a major outage, which led to panic for customers across the nation, some online and ■mobile customes reported their accounts showing a zero balance. others had problems logging in to access their accounts. by last night, the issues were mostly resolved. well, happening today, oakland leaders will highlight a recent investment to bridge the digital divide in underserved neighborhoods. the city is

receiving a combined $38 million split between recent state and federal grants. this is money that will boost broadband infrastructure in east and west oakland and the fruitvale district. it will boost internet access for various entities, including thousands of disconnected households. there is a news conference happening this afternoon at 330. well, happening tonight, nbc's law and order and law and order svu return with all new seasons on the original show. there was a new boss in the squad room. i'm your new lieutenant, jessica brady. nice to meet you. whoa, whoa. wait wait wait wait wait. hold on. what happened to dixon? i don't know. maura tierney comes on board as lieutenant jessica brady. and her arrival, as you see, surprised detective shaw and riley, who didn't realize her old boss was gone. even with the new face on the show, that causes some tension in the precinct, two detectives relying on each other to investigate crimes. costar mehcad brooks says he and his

costar, reid scott, have a tight working relationship, and it feels like two guys who take their jobs very seriously, but also a buddy cop drama in a way, right? so it just it feels fresh, it feels new. it feels more fun. and not to take away from the from the old show, we're still keeping the original dna and the connective tissue to the old show. but this is this feels different. this feels new. they were really fun to interview again. law and order returns tonight at 8:00, followed by svu at nine, and then the missing persons drama found at 10:00. they were funny the way they ribbed and teased each other. you didn't see it there, but they were, well, trending this morning. october may be the kickoff to the holiday season for many, but one pop star says pump the brakes on the christmas festivities. this is your captain speaking. welcome aboard. mariah. we are headed to the north pole. not yet. sorry. they always rush me.

oh. thank you, mariah carey. she posted that video on social media saying it's way too early for christmas music. in past years, the singer typically waits at least a month longer to get festive with her ever popular all i want for christmas is you song, and we're sure she has something up her sleeve. this year it will be worth the wait. if she's at all in california, she'll know. yes. certainly not yet. the christmas trees are like. there are so many videos on tiktok right now saying it's like in the air. once it cools down and i sit on one, i got it. so it's almost there. yeah. we're celebrating 4th of july around here. yeah, it feels like it. you know, the weather is definitely giving us some fireworks out there or just some fire because it's so hot, so hot. and we. it looks like we're going to see this continue hot and dry weather. a very warm weekend for the inland areas. and then finally, toward the end of next week, the fog is going to roll back in and our

temperatures will drop. but that's not until next tuesday or wednesday. so we're starting out this morning. in some spots it's nice and comfortable in the north bay. we're seeing a lot of seconds in the morning to start, but mostly 60s, even upper 60s for hayward right now it's 71 in san jose and 70 in pleasanton. once again, these temperatures are all over the place, but we are all looking at some more hot weather today and still in the triple digits from the tri valley to the east bay and some upper 90s for much of the north bay. clear lake, 98 degrees 94, in fremont, as well as mountain view and in san mateo, as well as san francisco. we'll see a high of 85 degrees. well tomorrow. some of the coastal areas are looking just a touch cooler, but for the valleys, it's still in the upper 90s. we continue with this major to extreme heat risk with day after day of temperatures like this, and really not cooling off that much overnight. many spots that makes it feel so much hotter to you when you don't have that

opportunity to recover during the overnight. and then it goes right back to the 90s and 100 degrees. let's check out fairfield, one of our hotter spots where we are going to still see triple digits through sunday and monday, 96 degrees, but then a 10 degrees drop in those highs on tuesday and wednesday. it looks so much better by the end of next week. so still several more days of hot temperatures. and the national weather service has extended the excessive heat warning through tomorrow evening. it may also get extended into saturday as well, so it's still going to be really hot in the inland areas. we could see a bit more relief in san francisco by sunday, and then next week it's looking much better with highs in the upper 60s and low 70s. mike, you have another look at the bay bridge. yeah, in fact, we have a clearer look at what's causing the slowdown. look at this folks. jamming up the incline all the way over here to the bend where we thought we saw slowing. and indeed flashing lights. the reports are this disabled vehicle on the span or in the

center divide. there's no center divide there. that would be your the inside curve, i guess as you're making your way to the treasure island tunnel. no problem. in the tunnel. this is just shy of their crews. been on scene for about seven minutes, so hopefully they'll be able to help this vehicle get out of the roadway, maybe hook it up and slowly make its way off the bridge. we'll track the backup, but it's already had that effect. we saw filling in the entire toll plaza now at 554. that's a little early for this amount of traffic on a thursday, so there will be some additional slowing out of oakland and getting into san francisco on the bay bridge. no delays reported for bart. if you want to try under the water, that is an option for you with no delays right now. there's the will through the east bay. still, with that slowing on highway four approaching coming skyway, the earlier repair work reported is over here at alhambra, so it shouldn't be that slowdown we see. but there may be another crew in the area again still open, slowing there, slowing coming off the san rafael side for the richmond bridge as well. typically we have that crew heading out there about this time every day. southbound 680 holding steady with this slower drive. there was a traffic break

reported as they cleared an overnight crew from the southbound side. they may still be clearing right around the 84 blend, and that's why we may be seeing a little more traffic volume there because of that slow section, the south bay and peninsula are standard. back to you. thank you mike. happening now. the unity council says its head start program just received more than $4 million in grant money. it says that that money will help expand home based services into bay point, pittsburg, antioch, richmond and san pablo in addition, the council will also provide childcare services at centers in richmond and oakley in partnership with the ywca, beating the heat just ahead at 6:00 this morning. we will continue to track this october heat wave, including where many in the bay area are heading to stay cool this week. and don't forget nbc bay area streams 24/7. you can watch us whenever you'd like on roku or other streaming platforms, including nbcbayarea.com. take us with you

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promising to retaliate against iran as its airstrikes on lebanon intensify. overnight, we have an update on one bay area man's race to get out to safety. plus, sending help after the devastation from hurricane helene after the historic storm's landfall last week. the assistance, one local nonprofit, is providing for those left with nothing. to escape? definitely i saw the temperatures here were going to be pretty ideal and very hot over there. so i was like, i'm in escaping the heat. we'll show you where bay area residents are seeking shelter from the scorching sun, and whether they're finding it, this is today in the bay. thank you so much for joining us on thi