security ramping up... as far-right groups and counter- demonstrators are expected to face off. go now at noon, bay area cities getting ready for weekend rallies. security ramping up as people are expected to he face off. good afternoon. barricades are in place on crissy field as many streets

will be closed during the "patriot prayer" rally. ahead of that a unite against hate rally is under way now at san francisco's city hall. that's where we find kpix 5's neda iranpour. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: it's about to start minutes from now. a choir will begin for this unite against hate rally. mayor lee expected to speak along with former mayor brown. several community leaders and faith-based leaders. i have seen a lot of people carrying signs that say no hate. all of this is a response after the "patriot prayer" group got a permit to rally tomorrow at crissy field. >> let's not freak out. let's calm down. >> reporter: this "patriot prayer" organizer joey gibson insists he doesn't want another violent clash like in charlottesville. a fight start at the event in portland but gibson says he

comes to san francisco in peace. on facebook, he blasted san francisco mayor lee for not speaking out about violence on the left. >> the the mayor of san francisco, i don't even know what his name is, i don't care what his name is. the truth is, though, if he truly was against violence, then he would go out on tv and he would say, i disavow all the violence. no. no. that's fine. it's fine to burn down san francisco if you're wearing all black. >> reporter: gibson says some of his invited guests are people of color so that proves he is not a white supremacist. but people associate his movement with white nationalism. so they are protesting. >> frisco resistance. [ non-english language ] >> reporter: in the mission, counter-protestors are making signs. >> his group does not represent our america. >> reporter: it's the past violence back and forth bickering online and in person

that has police and hospitals to be on high alert. streets will be closed in presidio and crissy field including all access from the golden gate bridge. the only way onto crissy field will be from the east at the marina gate on marina boulevard. people will be checked for restricted items. firearms are band. >> it's better to be prepared than surprised. ♪[ music ] >> reporter: the rally is beginning now. the mayor is expecting to speak after music along with other leaders. they should hoping that this will spread the message this san francisco is a city of love and tolerance.

police hope weekend events will be peaceful. neda iranpour, kpix 5. a trump supporter arrested at a berkeley rally won't return to the rally sunday. kyle chapman is appeared in court this morning to be arraigned on felony charges. the judge ordered him to stay 30 yards away from the rally at civic center park in berkeley. chapman is accused of swinging a leaded stick at protestors at this rally at the same park back in march. he is currently being held on $135,000 bail. to the storm watch now. here's a live look at galveston, texas where people along the gulf coast are preparing for hurricane harvey. the storm is expected to pack a punch when it hits landfall tonight. we have a view of harvey from space restaurants capturing this image as they passed over it in the international space station station. we have team coverage on the storm. don champion reports from

corpus christi. first roberta gonzales tracking harvey from the weather center. >> this is a powerful hurricane that will strike the united states as a major hurricane and specifically taking a strike and direct aim on the coastline of texas. look how tightly coiled that eye is at this time. there was some light shearing occurring earlier but now it's gaining more strength and momentum off the gulf waters which are about 86 degrees outside of galveston. let's track the progressive move of this hurricane as it blasts onshore in the overnight hours about 1 a.m. central time. it will push onshore jogging to the for the and then stalls as it's downgraded to a category 2 hurricane. then once it stalls, it's going to produce a lot of rain, up to 25 inches between now and wednesday. perhaps up to 35 inches of rain in throughout isolated areas of

texas. so there us it on our satellite and radar map. cbs reporter don champion continues our team coverage live from corpus christi. don. >> reporter: good afternoon, roberta. we have been getting pounded with tropical storm-force winds for more than two hours now. the rain has certainly picked up. storm surge is already up along the coast here. and within the past hour, the governor made one final plea for people here to get out. skies are gray and the gulf is churning along the texas coast has hurricane harvey spins closer to shore. forecasters are warning it can be the most powerful storm to make landful in the u.s. since 2005. millions are in its path. >> we don't know what's going to happen. we don't know if we'll come back to home or the damage. it's bad, scary. >> reporter: many coastal residents are boarding up their homes and heading inland.

hotels are making people check out. school buses are shuttling hundreds out of corpus christi. thursday, babies from a neonatal intensive care unit were flown north to safety. but officials are concerned because not as many people are evacuating compared with previous storms. the national hurricane center is calling harvey life- threatening and says it could leave parts of the upper texas coast uninhabitable for weeks. harvey could deliver winds of over 110 miles an hour and a 15- foot storm surge when it arrives. >> the issue will be, once it makes landfall, it's just going to sit and meander over the texas coastline here. >> reporter: rainfall is predicted to be close to three feet in some areas. the governor of texas has already declared a preemptive state of disaster in 30 counties. right now, there are crews on standby across this region ready to carry out any water

rescues that may be needed. but official here have warned people that have stayed behind that there will come a point in time during the storm that those missions will no longer be possible. roberta, as awful as it is right now, it's hard to believe that this is only the beginning of this storm. >> right. you're getting pounded. don, can you tell us any more about the mandatory evacuation going on right now. >> reporter: yeah. there are several counties here who have issued mandatory evacuations. here in the city of corpus christi, one was not issued. but the mayor here was adamant in telling folks this need to evacuate. he also shared his personal tragedy. two years ago, he lost several family members in flash flooding including two of his grandchildren. so he has been sharing that story, telling folks here in the town though get out of here. >> don champion, be safe, thank you. the trump administration is

keeping an eye on the developments in texas as well as hurricane harvey approaches land. earlier today president trump tweeted, quote, i have spoken with governor abbott of texas and louisiana governor edwards. closely monitoring hurricane harvey developments and here to assist as needed. the president also tweeted this photo of himself receiving reports or harvey's possible impact. the trump administration is heading into its first major natural disaster without an appointed fema director or homeland security secretary. the previous secretary john kelly is now the president's chief of staff. just a short time ago, the trump administration turned its focus to venezuela. the president signing an executive order slapping sweeping financial sanctions on the country. the move bars banks from any new financial deals with the venezuelan government or a state-run oil giant. the white house says it's trying to keep the u.s. financial system from being complicit in venezuela's corruption. in the bay area, the san jose police department is launching a new campaign to

recruit members of the lgbt community. the department plans to use these ads which show the actual families of three officers, straight, gay and lesbian. chief garcia is expected to try to drum up interest in the police force during pride festivities in san jose this weekend. new at noon, in about 30 minutes the first smart train will carry its first passengers in the north bay. kpix 5's jessica flores was in santa rosa for the opening day celebrations. >> reporter: a milestone for the north bay. >> the smart train has officially arrived in town. >> reporter: it's the official grand opening of the smart train the first passenger train to run through sonoma and marin counties in more than 50 years. >> my grandfather was a conductor here in the '20s. he was the youngest conductor. so i brought him with me so he can ride the train. >> reporter: for the community, it's been a long time in the making. delays and then last week smart cleared its final hurdle getting the green light from the federal railroad administration. >> we been talking about this

for 10 years and there's a lot of work, half a billion-dollar project, a lot of construction work to take care of to get it operating. i think it's the dawn of an era of transportation in the north bay. >> reporter: the train runs 7 days a week making 10 stops between the sonoma county airport and downtown san rafael. the 43-mile trip takes about an hour. the hope to help commuters avoid the congestion on 101. >> as development occurs along the corridor, as housing development and employment centers develop, this going to be a great way to go to work. >> ultimately we might want to go to napa. it's going to be good for marin and sonoma. >> reporter: smart officials are working on extending it it larkspur in walking distance of the ferry terminal opening in 2019. jessica flores, kpix 5. coming up, apple gets ready to move to iowa. the incentive for the silicon valley company to expand in the midwest.

toward texas... airlines are waiving "change fees." welcome back. this is a live look in galveston, texas where the national hurricane center has just upgraded moments ago this hurricane harvey from category 2 to category 3. it's off the coast and expected to make landfall overnight. the cat-3 hurricane expected to be one of the worst hurricanes in almost 12 years in the country. as hurricane harvey heads towards texas airlines are waiving change fees. most are relaxing rebooking policies for passengers set to fly to the region.

changes cost up to $200 for flight changes usually. policies vary airline to airline. apple going to iowa. the company is getting huge state and local tax breaks $208 million worth to build two new data centers near des moines. the company expects 50 jobs to be create. tim cook says apple will contribute up to $100 million to a public improvement fund in the area. the financial markets on wall street the dow is up 74 points. time for a check on our weather with roberta gonzales. >> it depends, we cleared out earlier today, a little bit of sea haze. good afternoon. it's our live weather camera looking past pier 9. a bit of a breeze up to 10 in the city by the bay. this is an impressive view from sutro tower. you can see the stratus surging on shore am 74 in santa rosa,

48 earlier this morning. we are approaching 80 in throughout livermore. the deck of stratus hanging very tight to the coast at this lunch hour. we are seeing the burn-off a lot earlier. in fact, from orinda through antioch, vallejo, redwood city, each and every one of our weather watcher reporting clear skies into the 70s. that's from the north bay through the east bay into the peninsula. the heat is on this weekend. it will be a prolonged heat wave so please plan accordingly. it's going to be quite taxing on our systems. we'll be getting hot and hotter as high pressure continues to build in. thinking about a beach weekend? 70s tomorrow in santa cruz, topping off at 82 by sunday. surf waist to chest high, a gorgeous day at the beaches with lots of earlier burn-off. 91 sacramento. 90 going up to 100 in fresno. 80 for hiking and biking high sierra. 60s, 70s, 80s to 90 degrees.

santa clara valley in the 80s and napa. 70 oakland through berkeley into alameda. there's your sunset at 7:48. by then, temperatures span 31 degrees and we spike tomorrow away from the bay, 100 degrees easily in discovery bay. 103, 104, sunday and monday. you'll barely feel the difference in the cooldown on tuesday through thursday. see we'll have to hydrate as we join michael j. fox for the tour de fox in santa rosa tomorrow trying to fight parkinson's disease, raising money there at 90 degrees. talking about hot weather, hot cars in pleasanton for the goodguys show. boy, dress accordingly. 102 degrees. don't forget the sunblock. don't you go away. we'll be right back after this. >> actually, one more story first. one of the most anticipate fights of the year happening tomorrow in las vegas. boxer floyd mayweather is coming out of retirement to face off against usc mixed

martial artist contender conor mcgregor. mayweather, who has not fought in nearly two years, needs to win to surpass rocky marciano's record and reach 50-0 for his career. mcgregor will make his professional boxing debut. some predict that the fight will rival the reported $600 million haul from the mayweather-pacquiao showdown in 2015. all right. after this break, preventing a serious virus in dogs, distemper. we're going to meet this friend and find out some ways to keep animals safe. every friday we check in w

furry friends. today's topic -- distemper virus in dogs. dr. jill chase joins us, along every friday we check in with our pet expert to tackle issues that your pets may be facing. today's topic is distemper virus in dogs. dr. jill chase has slinky. great name for this dog. >> he looks like a slinky! [ laughter ] >> so, um, so today we're talking about distemper because i have seen a case of that and it's actually prevalent now in the bay area. we don't really think about it that much because we have been vaccinating for decades so we don't see it but we are actually seeing it. so a reminder to make sure your pets are vaccinated correctly with the protocol that's

recommended by the veterinary institutions. this is a viruses that usually transmitted through the air. so keeping your dog away from another dog is not necessarily going to keep your pet safe. you need to actually be mindful when you have a puppy who hasn't been vaccinated to keep the dog in doors until your veterinarian tells us it's okay. it's almost uniformly fatal. almost. every once in a while a dog will manage to survive. but it's just a very horrible disease. it is. and it's so contagious. it's on your clothing. you know, you can carry it from one place to the other. so if your dog has been diagnosed with having distemper, you need to keep them inside. the symptoms you will see are initially some discharge from the eye and nose and then coughing and then fever and lethargy and lack of appetite and it becomes a neurological problem with seizures and after that they usually pass away. >> the only way to prevent this is vaccination? >> that's wait to go and avoiding dogs that could have it. and then roberta had mentioned about the heat and it reminded me that we haven't talked about this all summer. just a reminder because i

usually talk about it each summer, keep your pets in the shade. make sure they have water. if it's hot, bring them inside. and very importantly, somebody mentioned this last summer and i thought it was great that hose water is going to be scalding hot! so if you are thinking of getting your dog wet with the hosists with a great idea, make sure you run it through. then it's cold. >> very good. thank you, dr. jill chase. ot com." and we'll have dr. jill give us answers on fridays here at noon. we' right back. baskin-robbins, makes pizza night cool. choose a cookie or brownie crust add your favorite ice cream flavor and tasty toppings for an ice cream treat you eat like pizza. polar pizza from baskin-robbins. grab one today or order online.

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