set to make landfall in a matter of hours. we're there on the ground as residents scramble to get to safety. a little overwhelmed, a little anxious about it. we really like this school, so we're really sad that it's closing. we now know which san francisco schools are on the chopping block. hundreds of students will be impacted. the outrage growing from families left feeling distraught. plus, goodbye tropicana and hello a's. the iconic las vegas hotel reduced to rubble overnight. the ballpark plans now in store for that site. this is today in the bay. and good morning to you on

this wednesday. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. all eyes remain fixed on florida's hurricane milton moves closer to landfall. the storm was just downgraded to a category four once again with its wind field expected to double in size. here's a live look near the state's western coast. local and federal officials are drilling the importance of evacuations as the storm approaches. the national hurricane center says despite hurricane milton weakening overnight, milton remains extremely dangerous. today, the bay's jay gray is in fort myers. as time is really running out for people to get to safety. well, good morning. and milton continues to grow, not only in intensity, but also just in the overall wind field of this storm. the footprint it's getting larger as it closes in on the west coast of florida right now, a major hurricane and bringing with it driving rain, severe wind and a surge that

here in the fort myers area could be 10 to 12ft, we are told. so that's something that's a cause of great concern, the time to prepare, the time certainly to evacuate just about up at this point. we are now just hours away from landfall later this evening. we expect that, of course, we'll feel the effects of this storm much earlier through the midday and into the early evening. we'll see. strong tropical storm force winds and that rain begin to pick up dramatically. and then conditions will just continue to get worse as we move into the evening. if there's a sliver of good news when it comes to this storm, it's the fact that its forward speed has picked up dramatically. so it's not going to linger, it's not going to stay. and continue to drop rain. it's going to push through the peninsula pretty quickly. but as it does so, we expect this storm to leave quite a mark. we know that there are 400,000 people just in the evacuation zones here in lee county. if there's

good news on that side, it's the fact that we've seen a lot of those people leave. they've gone to higher ground. they've gotten out of the path of this storm. now they're just forced to watch and see where this storm makes landfall and wait to see what milton may leave behind. that's the latest from here in fort myers. i'm jay gray, nbc news. jay. thank you. now let's head over to meteorologist vianey arana. she's got a look at what the conditions are. right now. and the impacts that will initially be felt will be winds and rain. that's pretty typical. once a hurricane starts to make its arrival. i want to show you right now the category, the movement of it. it's a category four. and wind speeds are at 155mph. now, i keep hearing the national hurricane center and, you know, officials say don't focus too much on the category, because just to give you an idea. a category five is sustained winds of 157mph. so just that two mile per hour difference doesn't make it any less impactful, any less intense heading into the next couple of hours. we're less than 24 hours

out of landfall, expected to make its arrival late tonight into early thursday morning. we're talking overnight 2 to 6 a.m. now. the first zone of impact will be between tampa and fort myers. look at sarasota. but also these warnings extend beyond the direct line of this. we're talking all the way from perry to cedar creek and then heading into the wind speed factor, we're talking wind speeds of 125mph. but that dangerous storm surge is really what's going to be the biggest factor in this major, major hurricane. we'll keep you updated right now. expected to make its exit through daytona beach heading into late thursday night. i'll send it back to you. all right. vianey. thank you. now, the today show will have team coverage this morning across the region as the state prepares for the storm's potentially devastating landfal. that's going to come up for you at 7:00, right after us here on today in the bay. new overnight may hit a too little close to home for a's fans, but while you were sleeping, a legendary vegas hotel was reduced to rubble. a spectacular implosion took down the tropicana resort on the

vegas strip. it happened at 230 in the morning. a drone and fireworks show led up to that implosion, which was also included as an a's inspired light designs. it all culminated with the city's first casino implosion in nearly a decade. the tropicana first opened in 1957, and you probably don't have to ask what's supposed to go there next, but we'll remind you anyway. the plans call for a new a's ballpark to open in 2028, even though the funding is still not locked in. the a's will open next season, a temporary home in sacramento. new details this morning. families across 13 san francisco schools are now bracing for big changes. this after the district leaders finalized their list of campuses slated to close or perhaps merge today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us. and kris, all this appears to be really moving along. pretty rapid timeline. well, and that's because san francisco unified is in big financial trouble. the district projected to run out of money by next year. so the closure and merger of these 13 schools is proposed for the end

of this school year. here are the elementary and k through eight schools that will be impacted. el dorado, san francisco montessori, harvey milk, spring valley, jean parker, sutro, malcolm x academy, visitacion valley, redding and yick wo elementarie, plus san francisco community alternative. the high schools on the proposed list are june jordan school for equity and the academy. san francisco at mcateer. now, superintendent matt wayne made that recommendation at a packed meeting last night. three schools would close altogether. all of them elementary schools, while the rest of them would merge or consolidate or merge, move on to another campus, the elementary or k through eight schools on the list have fewer than 260 students and lower than 50% composite scores. the high schools have fewer than 400 students. this is a move that is projected to save the district more than $20 million, but some parents say it will cost more

than money. if you close us, you are closing one of the most dynamic community learning spaces in the district. the numbers are not telling you the whole story. we want to maintain local control, and we want to ensure that we have a balanced budget and that we are not continuing to deficit spend. the superintendent announced that his office will meet with the staff and families at each of those 13 schools on the proposed merger and closure list. the superintendent is also promising three public town hall meetings. we reported yesterday. the first one is set for thursday at 530. now, that proposed list will be discussed at the november board meeting. the vote could come as early as december. marcus. all right, chris, thank you. well, turning to the race for the white house, both vice presidential candidates this week making a northern california focus of their campaign fundraising efforts. republican jd vance making a stop today on the peninsula. this is for a fund raiser in woodside. democrat tim walz

attending a fundraiser yesterday at governor newsom's home outside of sacramento. other sacramento leaders attended, including mayor darrell steinberg. now, that event raised more than $2 million for the harris-walz campaign. walz later flew to reno, where he attended another fundraiser and a rally at the grand sierra resort. now, here in the bay area, another race many people have their eyes on. this november. that is the fight to replace longtime peninsula congresswoman anna eshoo. former san jose mayor sam liccardo and state assemblyman evan low, competing for that seat. now they're going to face each other in a rescheduled debate this friday. you can watch it right here on nbc bay area at 7 p.m. nbc. bay area's raj mathai will moderate the back and forth. if you're not able to watch live, you can check things out on the replay later on our website as well as on youtube. happening today, san jose mayor matt mahan will get a firsthand look at the city's work to clear rvs and encampments surrounding three schools. council members in april approved a pilot program.

advocates argue unfairly cracks down on rv dwellers and the unhoused. it bans vehicles and tents anywhere within 150ft of three east san jose schools. the city is still considering expanding that program. work to clear the area started during the summer months. this morning, the mayor will meet with students who first voiced their concerns last year. now to a live look in san francisco, where students are planning to walk to school today. it is all part of a global event called international walk and roll to school day. it encourages students to walk, bike, roll, skate or even carpool to reduce traffic, improve safety and air quality, and provide a fun opportunity to exercise. dozens of schools in the bay area will be participating. i know my girls bike to school, but it had been very hot. yeah, lately it has. today is relief. it is. you know, even i think the past couple of days, even in the morning, what time the kids go to school? like 8 a.m. yeah, it was in the 60s and 70s. yeah, we

marcus, are like, what time? laura? well, today they might even need a sweater. especially in the city. it's in the 50s, and we're seeing the return of that marine layer. so let's look at your temperature trend. we are going to notice the temperatures are a lot cooler. but also you're going to see some more cloud cover, especially around the coast. so around 8:00 9 a.m. you'll notice in the south bay we're going to be in the low 60s. and then right around 11, 12:00, we climb into the seconds. so still, you know, nice and comfortable in the interior but near san francisco. so definitely going to be chilly out there at times. and you'll even notice some wind speeds. but here's the fog. the return of that marine layer. now, that ridge of high pressure that kept us extremely hot this past week is now making its exit and we're going to get more of a mix of sun and clouds for the city. notice it's going to struggle to even bump up into the 60s by 12:00. that's a big change compared to the 90s that we've seen since the weekend in san francisco. so i think today, if your kids are going to be going to school early, they're

going to likely even need a sweater. all right. i'll get you your extended outlook in just a few minutes. first, let's check in on gas prices. yeah, let's check those changes. the big box has the smallest number on today's chart. that would be sam's club in vacaville. we talk about it a lot because it usually leads that county's pricing today. 396 their shop is of course on helen power drive. the south bay prices show a number at this number 409. we'll talk about one and cupertino great gas on north deanza boulevard and in alameda county, san leandro is the best with 419 at superior gas on washington avenue. check gasbuddy.com report or get your price updates. as we look at the maps, we'll update you to the south bay. the northbound side does show the slowing. the crash we saw is at oakland road. it's on the southbound side on the shoulder. no injuries, so it shouldn't be a disruption to the commute right now we are looking at the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza happened right on schedule. and the build throughout the east bay vasco road. we are at a half hour mark right now as you're traveling out of contra costa county. back

to you. when i see that backup on the bay bridge, i'm so thankful. at the time we arrived at work, really? because it's pretty early, i think i saw two cars on the way to work today. no traffic. there you go. 611. right now. protecting the view. coming up the bay. front city now incorporating new technology to help block developers from blocking your stunning views of the water. and what to do about google. a court says it does behave in monopoly ways. so will they break it up? let's take a look at the futures this mornin. looks like it's going to be a very flat opening. maybe until we get those fed minutes and check. mike. scott. hey guess what. we're going to catch up with this american chess grandmaster, born and raised right here in the bay area. and the push is actually starting to capture one esteemed crown. keep it right here. we're going to talk about that and a lot more here on today in the bay.

the city hall insiders spend record high budgets. but our problems get worse.

they say this is the best that we can do. they blame the system, but they built the system. i have a plan to change it. with accountability and rooting out corruption, we can tackle our housing and drug crisis, clear the tent encampments and bring our businesses back. are you ready to stop settling and start demanding more? join me in changing city hall. on tuesday, oil prices actually went down even as we wait for hurricane milton to do possibly historic damage. we get fed notes today from the interest rate meeting last month, boeing aircraft has withdrawn its contract offer to its mechanics. home depot told its corporate employees they have to work in the store from time to time to better understand the hardware business. just into our newsroom

this morning, the national highway traffic safety administration says honda is going to recall nearly 2 million cars over concerns the steering box may have been put together incorrectly. that can cause difficulty in steering in emergency situations, and it covers some models of the acura integra, civic and cr-v. here are some court papers that spell out what federal regulators might ask a court to do to google. that court found google to be an illegal monopoly among the solutions breaking up the company. the same way the court broke up at&t into smaller phone companies back in the 80s. now google breakup not a sure thing. it's not even a maybe thing at this point. it's just one of the possible solutions they listed out by the antitrust enforcers. another solution would be forcing google to share search and user data with competitors, something google says would violate your privacy. it's going to be up to a court to decide. google, for its part, said, quote, government overreach in a

fast moving industry may have negative unintended consequences for american innovation and america's consumers. we look forward to making our argument in court. a documentary premiered on hbo last night called money electric. it's the search for the creator of bitcoin. the founder goes by the name satoshi nakamoto, but nobody knows who that actually is. the film pins it on a guy named peter todd from toronto. the congressional budget office has tallied up the numbers, determined the government is spending $1.8 trillion more than it's taking in. a big part of that is the interest the government pays on debt. just like you and me. interest rates hit governments to deficits have been higher in the past. it's not the worst ever. but big deficits usually come during times of war or pandemic or other crisis. the economy is incredibly strong right now. everybody shares the blame. the white house and the senate, they're run by democrats. but us house is republicans, and you need all three to spend money

you don't got. good to know. thanks, scott. you bet. well, new at six. sausalito may soon be going high tech to protect its iconic views. council members are now debating introducing new software called view sync. it would measure how views are impacted by potential development. the hope is that it will limit the loss of views of sites like angel island, the san francisco skyline and mount tam. if approved, it could be ready to roll out by the end of the year. city planners are scheduled to review a draft report at the end of this month. well, trending this morning, a chess grandmaster who grew up in the bay area will once again make his move for glory at the esteemed u.s. championship. that starts tomorrow. yes, sam shankland is born right there in berkeley. his path later took him from moraga's glorietta elementary school to the very best of the best. this is when he became the u.s. champ back in 2018. he was just 26. recently

spoke with our mike inouye and he says that he has some advice for parents who believe that their child may become the very next bobby fischer. i think they're more likely to choose to train hard and work hard. if their early memories of chess are fond ones, and if they really fell in love with the game. young as opposed to just seeing it as a as a means to pursue excellence or things like that. so i would say the younger a kid is, the more you just want to make sure they're playing for the love of the game. also, he says, you know what the best part and the beauty of chess? it's for everyone. anyone can play. it favors no one. and with the flow of the information on modern age, it really is completely accessible to all. the u.s. chess championship runs through october 24th in saint louis. i was comforted that he goes like this because we all do that. just like all of us chess faced. i thought i was like, oh wow, that must be a thing. if i

got that part. he got a late start. he didn't fall in love with the game until about 12. and he says at that point there are many that are approaching master status or grandmaster status. yeah, it's amazing, but he's done well. start a game in the newsroom. there we go. i do need some new hobbies, that's for sure. yeah, i thought about maybe. bingo. if anyone knows a bingo hall around here. chess might be a little more complicated. bingo, bingo. stamping here and there. lucky chess trolls. they say. yeah. all right. let's talk about the weather. because the marine layer is bad, guys. and i think around the san francisco area, you're definitely seeing it already. and you'll notice this. this is a live cam right now. and it's about 56 degrees in san francisco. check out the humidity 98%. so we're back into that. very true to fog san francisco live cam there. currently we're in the 50s and 60s to start. and that's not the only area seeing some fog. so i want to show you the temperature change but also areas where we're starting to notice some of that fog. we're talking nevado

spreading in through areas like concord, livermore, but also san jose around half moon bay and the peninsula. this could mean some limited visibility. now we're going to keep some of that cloud cover around the coastline, and we're going to get a mix of some sunshine in through parts like san jose. so around 1:00 look at the temperatures 75 degrees. quite a nice change there. 78 by 3:00. and i think in san francisco one thing you will notice is going to be we're going to stay cloudy all day long. so peeks of sunshine here and there. sure. but we definitely have that return of the cloud cover because of this reason. we've got a system as well developing over here off the coast. you can see it there. now that low pressure system is going to bring us the possibility of seeing some shower activity as early as your saturday forecast. not a huge rain maker out of this. a lot of the folks in the north bay will be likely the ones who get the most out of this, but drizzle even into that kind of coastline area stretching in through parts of saturday. you'll definitely see the cloud cover, though, and

you'll also notice how we're going to get even cooler as the days go on. so into thursday and friday, i think thursday for san francisco, it's going to remain similar to today. however, for inland folks, they're going to feel the cool down even more tomorrow as that system approaches. look at the daytime highs low 80s for inland areas. so enjoy this cooler weather pattern we've got coming. but of course we've got to get an update on how that traffic is doing with mike. we're going to start in the east bay vianey folks, we're looking at 880. southbound speeds are actually starting to recover. i think they've moved this crash out of the fast lane into the shoulder south 880 around lewelling. that was causing a slowdown from oakland down toward hayward, where there's a build, of course, as you pass by the san mateo bridge, we have a bill also heading south of the dublin interchange, but nothing dramatic. we got more news coming up

say that the builder took their money and either stopped construction part way through that project, or they just never even started. consumer investigator chris chmura has major development. good morning. the state just ordered the revocation of anchored tiny homes contracting license contractor state license board says it served the company with a formal accusation last month, including allegations of taking too much money up front and abandoning projects. the state demanded a response, but the company did not. so the board ordered anchored tiny homes

license be revoked. this is accountability. this is, you know, one of the many steps that we can take. but this is the biggest one that cslb can take. anchor tiny homes now has 30 days to appeal. its license is currently suspended. frustrated customers have been calling for the state of to california take action. but that's not all they want federal action to. we were on hand at the federal building in san francisco as customer katie lucas visited the fbi unannounced. she brought the kids and a file full of documents to share. i want them to investigate the entire family. i'm one of over 700 people who have been victimized and money taken. lucas was in the federal building a little more than an hour, she says. an agent asked questions and took her files for review. we asked the fbi about lucas's meeting. it said to protect the privacy of people who contact the fbi. we cannot confirm or deny any particular contact or the potential existence of an investigation. we would like to hear from anchor tiny homes

management, but their emails keep bouncing back. as we told you about a week ago, one of the co-founders just filed for bankruptcy protection. his lawyer did not comment. we've heard from dozens of the company's customers. if you're one of them, let us know. scan the qr code on screen right now to fill out our consumer complaint form online. thank you chris. it is 626 and we've got a lot more ahead at 630, including all eyes on florida's gulf coast as hurricane milton churns inland. they're urging warning. the tampa mayor is issuing this warning. the west coast response to hurricane milton. the dozens of people from here in the bay area who are headed to the

milton. it is now a category four storm barreling toward florida, triggering widescale evacuation orders. but help is on the way. now we are sending almost 40 more people, so we'll have a total of 80. we have team coverage this morning, including the local help now heading to the potential impact zones and the timeline. when this monster storm may make landfall. this is today in the bay. good morning

to you on this wednesday, i'm marcus washington, and i'm laura garcia. florida's gulf coast bracing for impact from hurricane milton. in fact, we have a live look along the storm's western coast, sitting squarely in the storm's path. it is also expected to bring a life threatening storm surge, tornadoes, extreme flooding as well. the mayor of tampa, jane castor, earlier this week warned that anyone who does not evacuate ahead of the hurricane will die. it is a warning she is doubling down on as the storm moves in closer. the point of being blunt was to get everyone's attention. this isn't a drill. this is the biggest storm that we have certainly seen here in the tampa bay area in over a century. as we mentioned, help is already on the way from the san francisco bay area. today in the bay's bob bedell live for us outside of a red cross location in the east bay, and bob, the red cross, typically on top, have a plan in place. what's what are they

doing right now to help out? well, as you're well aware. good morning to marcus and laura, one of the red cross's main missions to help people in disaster. to help them with relief from whatever is happening. and unfortunately, we know that hurricane milton will become a disaster when it makes landfall on the gulf coast of florida later tonight. early tomorrow morning, according to its facebook page, the american red cross northern california coastal region has already deployed almost 70 people here from the bay area to the southeastern part of the united states, some already to deal with hurricane helene, which hit the east coast a couple of weeks ago. and now to support future victims of hurricane milton on the peninsula. the menlo park fire protection district manages a fema urban search and rescue teams, which are made up of fire departments from san francisco down to san jose. one team of more than 40 members already left sunday, and route to florida, and yesterday they got a call for another 40 people, roughly who will be leaving later today and tomorrow. their destination in florida to be

determined. a lot of that's going to depend on, you know, how hurricane milton hits and where there is damage and where there appears to be life. that needs to be rescued in a second. thank you though. have a good day. we were also at sfo yesterday where we spoke with a couple from san francisco, a husband and wife who were in miami. they decided to fly back home here to the bay area earlier than planned again, to avoid any problems with milton. we suspect other people are doing that as well. reporting live here in the east bay. bob redell. today in the bay? yeah, definitely getting some trips short there. thank you very much, bob. so now let's check in with meteorologist vianey arana. she's been tracking the storm all week. yeah. and, you know, this is a historic hurricane just based on the rapid intensification, extreme intensification that we have seen develop. you know, we've seen it go to a category five, right now, as of this latest hour, it is a category four now

reminding folks we're facing categories. we're talking about wind speeds right. so just because it goes down by two you know notches when it comes to the wind speed factor. it doesn't make it less destructive. in fact i think one of the biggest concerns for this storm is going to be the destructive storm surge. now it is a category four wind speeds right now at 155mph. it is moving northeast at 16mph, and the pressure right now is at 918 millibars. so as far as the trajectory of this and the potential path still right now looking like a landfall late tonight into early thursday morning. so it's an overnight land. and as we inch into that approach, the first thing that most folks will see will be, of course, rain. but whipping winds, we're talking 125 plus miles per hour. likely rain totals could go up to 15in. the first zone of impact will be between tampa and fort myers. that storm surge has the potential for 15ft traveling through florida. of course, it loses steam once it hits land, but we're talking thursday p m look at that transversing all

the way through the state. all right, we'll have another update for your local forecast in a few minutes. sounds good. we'll check back with you. vianey. well, the today show will have team coverage across the region as the state prepares for the storm's potential devastating landfall. it's all coming up at 7:00 this morning, right after today in the bay. well, new overnight oakland police are investigating an apparent break-in at a cannabis dispensary. that investigation, all centering around the dispensary along lakeshore boulevard. this is video shot by a photographer there at the scene. this happened a little before 4:00 this morning. this video. and you can see there police officers entering that building, checking out a vehicle they say may be tied to this investigation. so far, there are no words of what led up to the break-in or if they have made any arrests. new. this morning, three scientists were just announced overnight as winners of the 2024 nobel prize in chemistry. david baker, demis hassabis and john jumper were awarded the honor for their work

on the structure of proteins. baker received his phd p.h.d from uc berkeley. in the meantime, hassabis serves as ceo of google's deepmind, an ai research leg of the search giant. he, along with jumper, who works as a senior researcher with the company, are based in london. google's corporate headquarters is located of course, in mountain view. all three will share in the prizes more than $1 million. well, new at six. how about taking a gondola for your morning or even evening commute? you heard me right. that's what san francisco transit leaders are now trying to envision. they say they're just gave a green light to allocating $170,000 to a study to see whether that project could actually work. the proposed gondola would connect the forest hill light rail station to laguna honda hospital, which just became recertified in june and actually sits at the top of the hill. so that study will also examine other possible gondola location. that would be pretty cool, which

is interesting because at first we were showing the golden gate bridge. i'm like, wow, that's a long one. that would be a trip of a lifetime. all right. vianey got to look at our forecast. we had been complaining about all the heat. well, now we're getting the cool down. the marine layer said i'm making my way back, and it is hugging the coastline. indeed. that's going to help us cool off quite nicely. right now we are waking up to 50s in san francisco, 60s through some inland areas. but man, let me show you where we're seeing the greater cool down and also the fog. right now in nevada, we're running about five degrees cooler. you'll notice san francisco and then in through livermore, about eight degrees cooler. now you'll notice as well that fog stretching in through the tri-valley, but also down through parts of san jose as that fog develops into the afternoon, we're going to see it back off a little bit for inland areas, but we're still going to get a mix of sun and clouds for your afternoon. by tomorrow, we're going to see an even greater impact of those clouds. now heading into today, here's

what we can expect for your daytime highs. we've got morgan hill at 85 degrees, san jose 83 and in through gilroy 84. we've got cupertino 82. los gatos will also be in the 80s. here's a closer look at your east bay forecast. look at oakland 73 danville 83. and then we're going to continue to see the cooling effect really make its impact later this week. but now let's get a check of how those roads are doing with mike. all right folks, we're back to the east bay. southbound 80 still slows approaching lewelling boulevard. it did learn about injuries related to this crash, and it sounds like there may still be activity in the fast lane. so still slow as you're traveling south out of san leandro, down toward hayward and that may be blending in with traffic coming off of the castro valley. y we do see that build now in that area. we're going to look ahead toward tonight's concert over here at the oakland arena. this is the second concert for hans zimmer last week there were some hangups and there were some issues there, and that delayed the concert. hopefully tonight will go off without a hitch over there. a smooth flow of traffic throughout the east bay, except for this one crash. westbound 580 karma. westbound 24 coming

over toward 580. there is a crash still blocking one lane that's slowing traffic, easing traffic volume a little bit at the bay bridge, but not really enough to really show any change for the backup there. no backup expected, but more crowds over toward chase center weezer concert tonight at 7 p.m. that's just off the 280 extension. plan for a little more traffic there. and in the south bay, we're looking at northbound 101. this disabled vehicle is southbound on 87. the commute is northbound back to you. good to know. thanks, mike. cracking down on screen time. still ahead on today in the bay. the new findings on the impact from social media on your preteens mental health and recommendations for parents from one bay area children's health expert and on the campaign trail, all four candidates for president and vice president agree. this hurricane is going to be tough out to the big board. what if they had a training day and kind of nobody did anything? well, that's what's happening today. plus, ready to roll out. you're seeing navy corpsman and san francisco paramedics getting ready to

partner out on the streets of san francisco. this as fleet week exercises, focuses in on emergency preparedness. we'll have much more ahead. stay with

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big media blitz doing the view. howard stern and stephen colbert all in the same day. we may see a pause ahead here later in the week for from the people running for president as hurricane milton hits florida. could be terrible. here's the actual president. i spoke to all the political leaders in the region, some of them more than once, and they they i've told them anything they asked for. they can get. we've given and we've gotten an overwhelming response, a positive response from everyone from the governors of florida up to north carolina, candidates for vice president tim walz, jd vance. also on the campaign trail, they spoke about the danger the newest hurricane poses. jd vance acknowledging the false news about fema funds passed around by conservatives. fema is not out of money and says it has what it needs to handle, milton. but vance said what the fact checkers say, and we'll sort of, you know, we'll try to be as fair to the other

side as possible. my friends, what the fact checkers will say is, well, there's a bucket of money that goes to illegal immigrants, and that's a different bucket of money that goes to disaster relief. well, i'm sure the biden administration has never moved money from one bucket to the other. the russian government confirming this morning an allegation made in a book by watergate reporter bob woodward that donald trump, when he was president, said covid testing machines to the kremlin. the trump campaign says nothing in woodward's book is true. putin was and is very worried about contracting covid. you may recall the rather comically long tables he would sit at when hosting guests at the height of the pandemic. trump's opponents have bristled at the claim he provided putin with testing machinery at a time. americans need it. but you could also see it as an international goodwill gesture during a time of historic worldwide crisis. vice presidential candidate tim walz does not see it that way. the one that i have to tell you as a

governor and for many of you here, this one makes my blood boil. when we were struggling because of donald trump's incompetency during the covid pandemic, we were trying to get whatever materials we could, covid testing, whatever we could get. it turns out now that donald trump was sending covid machines to vladimir putin, that we couldn't get in our states. as we mentioned, vice president harris on several tv shows and howard stern radio on the view, she suggested medicare pay more for health care. so elderly parents and grandparents can stay home, not go to nursing homes. on howard stern, she promised again to put a republican in her presidential cabinet. sunny. i'm guessing it's going to be liz cheney who you appoint, am i correct? i got to win, howard. i got to win. you got to got to win. you got to win. and listen. but the thing about liz cheney, let me just say she's remarkable. former president trump headed to a rally in scranton, pennsylvania, this morning. vice

president harris will be in las vegas. president biden was supposed to head to germany, but he'll remain in the white house and deliver another briefing on the hurricane laura later this morning. all right. a lot to follow there. thank you. scott. it is 645 and new. this morning. more evidence is coming to light illustrating the unhealthy impact of kids using their phones, tablets and computers just too much. my kids probably think i'm reading this story to them. ucsf track the screen time of about 9500 kids between 9 and 10 years old. after two years, they found the more screen time led to a slight increase in feelings of depression, anxiety, inattention and aggression. we spoke with the study's author, doctor jason nagata, who says that white children experience the symptoms more than minority kids. one of the reasons that we think this is that for minority youth, screens in social media may help facilitate connections with peers who share similar

backgrounds and expand support networks. and so, particularly for minority youth, they may be able to use social media and the media to connect with others that they may not have in their immediate environment. we've posted a link to the full study on our website, nbcbayarea.com. and today, california first partner jennifer siebel newsom will be in san francisco meeting with big tech leaders on the impact of social media on kids mental health. some of the tech companies taking part include tiktok, meta, and pinterest. leaders will also unveil a new awareness campaign that all starts at 11:00. 647 for you this morning. and fleet week events continue in san francisco today, and military members, as well as first responders alike will say it's one great way for teens to learn valuable lessons from each other. the lessons that can help save lives. today in the bay's ginger conejero saab in san francisco, this morning. and ginger, there's a unique ride along that's happening this morning. are you part of it? no, they didn't get

me a chance to get on that seat. i'm leaving that to the experts this morning. good morning to you, marcus. you can see that ride along is getting ready to roll out. we're at fire station 49 here in the city. and inside that ambulance there, you can see a navy corpsman as well as one of the paramedics for san francisco fire inside the ambulance there getting ready for their day out on san francisco streets. this is part of fleet week exercises, strengthening the partnership between our local public safety agencies and our navy corpsman, as well as the military and the coast guard that we saw yesterday. here to tell us more about today is captain justin shore of san francisco fire captain shore. this is, as you said, a decades old tradition that really both sides take so much away from. it is for decades the civilian emergency medical services have been learning so much from our military partners out on the

battlefield, bleeding control, being able to get iv fluids into people very rapidly, rapid extrication to hospitals, field hospitals and ships. we've taken that civilianized it and been able to take a lot of those tricks and tools that we learned from our military partners and use it every day here in san francisco. so what we want to do is also give back and give the navy corpsman an opportunity to see how it is that not only are we using those tools, but the specific tools that we have in civilian ems. what do you think is that, you know, the biggest thing that that our navy corpsmen can take away from our paramedics are on the streets of san francisco, not just interoperability, understanding what kind of capabilities might be in a community when they're deployed to a disaster, as we're seeing in the aftermath of the hurricanes that are coming through, but also just an opportunity to broaden their skills, to get more patient contacts, more assessment skills. just the partnership between civilian and military is really what we're focusing on today. and you mentioned the hurricanes and the aftermath of their destruction. we're going

to be preparing for disasters as well. later on in the morning. there's also a different kind of emergency preparedness and drills set up for treasure island. that's correct. and our treasure island training facility at 9:00 today, the marine corps and us navy and san francisco urban search and rescue specialists will be sharing tools, tips and tricks on to how actually deploy to a community and help in disaster recovery. we're going to be doing that in partnership with our military brothers and sisters as they come out and do that here in san francisco, and some of them may be using those skills very soon. yeah. that's right. all right. well, captain shore, thank you for your time this morning and for the hard work you do. and the people from san francisco fire every day. thanks for keeping us safe. there are there's so much more to fleet week guys, including, you know, the on the ground training as well as the events and activities. you can find out more on nbcbayarea.com. we're live in san francisco. ginger conejero saab today in the bay.

really cool to see that different side of fleet week, but also to see that our first responders are staying up to date on just keeping us safe to, of course, share those best practices. that's great. absolutely. thanks, ginger. all right. so many activities when it comes to fleet week. and a lot of the big ones come this weekend. skies are going to be clear. you know what? no, not as clear as what we saw in the trade off, though. yeah, exactly. if i am being truly, completely honest, we do have the return of some clouds there. now, we did see beautiful clearing in san francisco. but the thing is, is we've got an approaching system that's bringing the cloud cover. also, you probably saw the fog already. if you live around the coast right now, 61 degrees. it's really nice in downtown. you can even see some cloud cover there. we've got the influence there of this cooler air mass that's bringing that cloud cover. san rafael right now is at about 52 compared to yesterday, running four degrees cooler. and here's a shot of san francisco. you're noticing that fog? certainly hugging the coastline 56 degrees right now. so this is expected to remain pretty much for the entirety of your day. for the most part. we'll get some peeks of sunshin,

but it's not the only area seeing some fog. we've also got some fog stretching up through parts of the north bay, including novato, down through half moon bay, the south bay, san jose, some areas of cloud cover here and there in through livermore and concord. and we're going to continue to see the clouds intensify. and here's why. that ridge of high pressure is weakening. we get a nice onshore flow and look at the system right out in the pacific. so what this is going to do is it's going to make its approach initially with some cooling, which we're already seeing that cloud cover, but also we're going to notice a possibility of some rain. and i'll get to that in a second. i do want to go over your daytime highs for today morgan hill 85 down through gilroy 84. if you notice in through parts of the tri-valley and the east bay, we've got 70s around oakland and hayward. meanwhile. and through the interior which conquered antioch. and all these spots have been some of the hottest. we're going to notice significant cooling. 72, in san mateo in san francisco today, upper 60s. so san francisco's like one or more of those seasonable areas through the interior. we're still running a bit warmer, including areas up

through the north bay, clear lake, sonoma, and this late week storm. so now as we inch into the wednesday, thursday, friday marker, it is still looking like a saturday a possibility more for the north bay as far as actual rain for all of us here across the coast and also down through the south bay, drizzle could be a possibility, but definitely cloud cover. so right now, no measurable rain, but it's the first kind of one of the season. now that we're officially in the water year. so it will be a nice change into the 60s for san francisco. but also we've got 70s for inland areas expected for the weekend. okay. we've got to see how the traffic is doing with mike. yeah, this is wednesday. so a lighter volume than yesterday, but still a good sized commute here. better news. the speed sensors are improving, so they must have cleared the crash to the shoulder. or perhaps completely from highway 24 westbound. you see more traffic moving over toward 580 and building at the berkeley curve. no surprises, but there is the backup at the bay bridge and possibly crash in the area, although i didn't see any lanes blocked. pretty standard here

for alameda and contra costa counties. we see that wednesday commute slowing in walnut creek and then pushing over toward lafayette for 24. a second crash at eighth street, but both lewelling and eighth street crashes to the shoulder, so the lanes of the nimitz are clear into hayward. back to you. thank you. mike. 653. happening now. antioch leaders plan to beef up police presence in the city to fight violent crime. last night, the council voted to approve a half $1 million in police overtime pay. it will pay officers from outside agencies $200 an hour to help with patrols. antioch has seen a wave of shootings, including 15 in the last month alone. but the police chief says it doesn't have the staffing to cover the high crime neighborhoods. the department's lost several officers to a police corruption investigation and remain short staffed. and we're back with a look at our top stories this morning, including some anxious hours right now in florida. powerful hurricane milton on its collision course with florida's gulf coast. we are tracking its path and the help now arriving from the bay area and the end of

the line for a legendary vegas hotel. look at one spectacular implosion while you and mostly everyone was asleep. w

moving you forward with a look at our top stories here on today in the bay. all eyes remain fixed on florida as hurricane milton moves closer to landfall. we have a live look near the state's western coast. hurricane milton restrengthening to a category five storm once again with its wind field expected to double. tens of thousands have already left the site. the american red cross northern california coastal region has already deployed almost 70 people to the state. we now know

which schools san francisco unified is proposing to close at the end of the school year in order to save $20 million. now, some of those schools include sutro and jean parker. students at other schools. there are eight of them would either go to other schools or those schools would welcome other students into them. if approved by the board, the schools would merge or close at the end of the school year. a legendary las vegas hotel reduced to rubble overnight in order to build a new stadium for the a's. a spectacular implosion took down the tropicana resort on the vegas strip. plans call for new a's ballpark to open in 2028. that's even though the funding is still not locked in. the a's will open next season at their new temporary home in sacramento. and finally, we're seeing a cooldown filling it anyway. we're feeling it. and i think today is probably the first day where we can actually feel it. because even though yesterday, you know, we were technically a little bit cooler, it was still very hot and a lot

of interior areas, san francisco also, we've got the fog making its return to the coast. all right. and south bay, we have the traffic, which returns every morning. so we have no slowing down. no surprises here, folks. pretty standard pattern for a wednesday. there's the san mateo bridge, a little low cloud cover, but so far everything else is fine. all right, well, that's what's happening here on today in the bay. yeah. today show coming up next. but join us for our live streaming newscast. we do that at 8:00 in the morning, and you can get it right here at nbcbayarea.com. have a great d category 4 hurricane. >> and set to tear across florida with millions in its path. good morning, it's october 9th. this is "today." collision course. hurricane milton surging toward florida's gulf coast. millions racing to prepare in the final hours before landfall. schools, airports and businesses shutti