and in alaska they are living longer because of these opportunities. i am worried we are going to go backwards in this important area if this administration focuses on shutting down resource develop opportunities and our state. particularly the rural areas. mr. rexford you have a lot of expense in this general issue seeing life expectancy increase economic opportunity that comes of the resource development. would you like to comment on this? do you have concerns these opportunities are shut down were going to one backwards? >> yes thank you senator sold and committee members. in my entire lifetime i father was out and worked resource development to remote sites for six months out of the year end come home seeking oil and collect gas exploration so we can have resources. and then he was there during the discovery of the pipeline and dead horse. i worked the pipeline there's a benefit to economic jobs. and also the state of alaska enjoyed the royalties that allowed us to get in some cases basic services, water, wastewater treatment and yet today there ar

go global with alaska airlines and oneworld. learn more at alaskaair.com/oneworld. >>> well, nbc bay area responds to a bay area homeowner who got a $3/4 million shock. >> he asked consumer investigator chris chmura for help. hi, chris. >> good evening. it's especially a lot of money for a teacher like john salvern. he's owned his house for about ten years, but this spring his bank blew him away when it said he owed double what he signed up for. move over, stocks and bonds. >> now is kind of an unprecedented time. >> reporter: home prices are up at the same time interest rates are low, south of 3%. >> which historically speaking is absurdly low. >> reporter: some finance experts say cashing in on your home's equity might be a savvy investment. >> to pay off more expensive types of debt. credit card debt for example. >> i bought it about ten years ago. >> reporter: teacher john tried to pull the trigger with his home. zillow says its value increased a couple hundred grand. in january john applied for a home equity line of credit.

go global with alaska airlines and oneworld.earn more at alaskaair.com/oneworld. >>> can your pets give you covid? researchers are sending a lot of time researching the roles animals play in spreading viruses. >> reporter: last year, we told you many scientists believed covid-19 could have started on a bat, jumped on to another wild animal and then spread to humans. but what about the animals in your home? can they spread it the same way? we investigate. they're cute. they're snugly. and they have given us much needed company during the pandemic. but can your pet get infected and spread covid-19? to find out, we visited uc davis veterinary medicine teaching hospital. here 125 vets treat more than 60,000 animals each year. everything from dogs to horses. even fish. >> we do know now that dogs and cats can be infected with sars-coronavirus-ii. >> she tracks. data through mid-july show 217 cases in the u.s. so far. more than 40% of those were cats. that's because cats have closer contact with humans compared to other pets. >> they

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go global with alaska airlines and oneworld. learn more at alaskaair.com/oneworld. >>> you now have a chance to fly the vaccinated skies, united airlines the first to mandate that all employees be vaccinated for covid-19. joins growing number of companies and state and local agencies. scott budman explains why this likely will be copied by other airlines. >> reporter: having just wrapped up surf camp, about to travel through california in search of the best wave. hearing that united airlines is mandating that all employees get vaccinated, the israeli tourist is on board. >> as a passenger, i would feel safe. i'm agree with that. >> reporter: among the biggest airlines and bay area's biggest employers, united's move is likely to be followed by other carriers. >> i think next 72 hours, if you don't see a lot of hue and cry from people in the industry or traveling public -- i think the public is probably supportive of this. gives them assurances. >> reporter: as more companies from video streamers to health care giants mandate vacc

it's their road, it's an alaska ferry highway system. recognizing the support we can provide for our ferry systems whether it's in alaska or delaware or places in between is, again, an important opportunity for us. we recognize that as we provide support for those technologies that will allow us to move people more efficiently and more cleanly, there's a lot of emphasis from this administration particularly with focus on e.v.'s. in this measure, we not only have provisions as they relate to clean school buses, but also to alternative fuel ferries, recognizing that we have some opportunities, whether it's an e.v. ferry that might run from haines to scagway or an alternative fuel, we want to be thinking forward into the future. one of the pieces of this measure, this very significant infrastructure bill that a lot of work has gone into is the water and wastewater title. this is significant. this is significant. we saw too many -- not too many years ago the situation in flint, michigan, with lead pipes. we've been working to address many of

safety dance ♪ ♪ alaska safety dance ♪ >>> welcome back to "today in the bay."to bragging rights for a local baseball team. san mateo american little league is the second place team in all of northern california and fourth in the state. it's the furthest any team in san mateo little league in history has gone. they won the runner up spot in the championship game. petaluma will go on to represent north cal next week to represent california in the little league world series. >>> meet zodiac, a cattle dog mix. she's ready to find her forever home. she would be best as the only dog in an active home that will offer her plenty of exercise. >>> let's check in with vianey with one last check of the weather on this first day of august. >> it's going to be a beautiful sunday fun day. go outside and enjoy it. fantastic air quality. let's take a look right now. the 7-day forecast here, you can get an idea of what to expect. morning drizzle and 65 degrees in san francisco, monday and tuesday and wednesday in the upper 60s. will get breezy heading into tuesday night and wedn

low population densities are common in the western half of the country and in alaska. this next set of maps will look at population change by decade for counties in the u.s. and puerto rico. with the redistricting data released today, we see that the slowdown in growth over the past three decades is more pronounced at the county level than for states. i will show maps for the last three decades, all with the same classes so you can easily see how patterns have changed over time. this first map shows percent change in population between 1990 and 2000 for counties. those counties shaded in dark green grew by 20% or more. those counties shaded orange had population decline. in the 1990's, most counties had population growth. many were in the 20% or more category. there were a number of counties that lost publishing that decade. most counties inclining in population were located in the great plains region of the country's midsection, along with parts of appalachia, interior parts of the northeast, and the mississippi delta. moving ahead to the 2000 to 2 010 decade, publish

go global with alaska airlines and oneworld. learn more at alaskaair.com/oneworld. >>> live look at the nations capitol. the senate made progress on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. moving to a final vote. the senate voted 68 to 29 to end a filibuster on the bipartisan bill. that starts up to 30 hours of debate before senators can vote on final passage. expected tuesday morning. unless all 100 senators agree to hold the vote earlier. funding for roads, airports and grid. >> ridership making a come back. transit is moving forward. restoring bus lines today. this is not going to happen over night. over the next 18 months. during the pandemic the agency says ridership went down from 190,000 people a day. to 44,000. facebook wants your prayers. rolling out a new prayer request feature. members create a post other users can tap an i prayed button. respond with a like. or other reaction. leave a comment or send a direct message. it's part of the ongoing effort to support faith communities. some say it leads to privacy concerns o

safety dance ♪ ♪ alaska safety dance ♪ . >>> right now at 4:42, as you're heading out in the east bay seeing clouds overhead but will clear out today. we'll be a little bit cooler compared to yesterday. nice trend to take a break from the heat before it heats up again. more about that in the forecast in a few minutes. >>> as you're heading out of the east bay, richmond to san raphael, a couple larger trucks getting supplies to crews that will be working as the sun comes up. we're watching for the commute and check a couple spots coming up. >>> good morning. i'm bertha coombs from cnbc. wall street looks like it's going to open slightly lower this morning. yesterday we saw stocks reverse their early losses to end the day at a record. the dow jumping nearly 280 points, the s&p 500 closing at its 42nd closing record high of the year. investors shrugging off a drop in the yield of the 10-year treasury bond amid concerns of the spread of the delta variant and comments from a fed official that central bank could start reducing its extraordinary financial support for the economy as soon as o

go global with alaska airlines and oneworld. alaskaair.com/oneworld. >>> the women's gold medal final, united states taking on australia. the serving has been outstanding so far! >> and she puts it away! >> in britain they call that a rip snorter! >> that is in. the united states has won the gold medal! >> the tokyo olympics brought to you locally on nbc by nissan. >>> the music world is a little more quiet today. a founding member of kool and the gang has died. ♪ celebrate good times, come on ♪ >> thomas played alto sax. he was 70 years old. it is said he died peacefully in his sleep. they played a month ago at the hollywood bowl in l.a. people have been tweeting all day long about thomas's death. jungle boogie, it goes on and on. thank you for all you did. rest in peace. >> that song was played at every wedding. >> got to have it. >>> we will have a lot more olympic coverage coming up as the games come to a close. >> a live look at the olympic torch burning there in japan. >> tonight -- it's sunday morning. >> tonight in prime

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dance ♪ ♪ alaska safety dance ♪ >>> right now at 11:00, up in flames.g news to the north of us. two fires raging on a path of destruction. one of them appears to have leveled a small town. >>> plus, what happened? the new clues that could help investigators unravel the east bay rummer's mysterious death. >> also, cable cars and sour dough bread and vaccines. why people are traveling here to get vaccinated. >> and the "a" team does it again. alix klineman and april ross have made it to the gold medal match. we'll hear from them fresh off their big win. >>> we begin with breaking news. a fast moving wildfire has destroyed a small town in northern california. this is the dixie fire. it is burning in butte and plumas county. it flared up again this afternoon and engulfed a large part of town of greenville. it is a town of about 800 people located in the sierra. about 120 miles northeast of chico. video shows large part of downtown area destroyed. several homes leveled. the dixie fire has been burning for about three weeks and is now one of the biggest fires

the battle of alaska god is well on the way at the moment. the situation right now is that overnight the government thought they made games. they certainly told the media that they've re control the heart of the city. it's not clear whether they that she pushed the taliban out to was a ton of on the gun to ground in some of the buildings that they controlled. but what is clear now from speaking local jan. this is the heavy fighting the taliban. all in the heart of the city. as fighting around the government governor's compound, around the police headquarters around the prison, around the key buildings in the center of the city and the gun fall we've told is pretty much non stop as the intense fighting continues. now, this of course is affecting civilians in last. good god, we're told most people including local journalists, a hiding in their homes because of the scale of the fighting at this stage. and clearly there are a great number of civilian casualties. different figures coming through one coming from the african ministry of health sayin

napa is feeling the loss of two community members who were killed while on vacation in alaska. they were on a sightseeing flight that crashed. no one survived. ktvu deborah villalon joins us now in napa with how that couple is being remembered, deb okay, julie, this loss deeply felt here in napa. the victims identified as mark henderson and napa native and retired public defender and jackie complement and accomplished nurse and educator. this is jackie. typical jackie during the pandemic nurse jackie com plain remembered by her boss at napa's meals on wheels program funny, happy, very dedicated to her job, and her profession's complained was a happy presence in this office and colleagues are stunned by news that a plane crash in alaska has taken their friend, 60 year old complex and her 69 year old partner, mark henderson, were killed along with three other tourists and the pilot. you just don't expect it. you never to hear the news was devastating. i mean, everybody is in the state of shock still complain and henderson. we're on a week long alaskan cruise on hall in america, t

we know that the african forces and the us forces have been carrying out as strikes in alaska. but clearly to get the taliban out of these houses in the center of the city, they're going to need to go from house to house because if they would just use as strikes as a real danger of civilian casualties. but i can tell you there are civilian casualties. so there's not just the fighting with out to the misery for afghans flash floods this week in the eastern province of noticed on the hills, at least 113 people. but the says continuous doesn't small or missing, the area is talib, uncontrolled province. but even if negotiated access with the group to support survivors. now, 6 months after seizing power in a coo and violently suppressing opposition, mammals, military gentle is naming itself a caretaker government the, the mental law will become the prime minister area. the problem is to lift the state of emergency by late 202223. pardon me and whole multi party elections. he led the crew against something suit. she's democratically elected government. more than 930 people had been k

go global with alaska airlines and oneworld. learn more at alaskaair.com/oneworld. there's a world where every one of us is connected. everyone. everywhere. where everyone is included. where everyone has access to information, education, opportunity. ♪ ♪ ♪ when everyone and everything is connected. that's really beautiful. anything is possible. good morning. cisco. the bridge to possible. >>> happy friday. as you're stepping out the door in novato, mostly clear now, temperatures in the low 50s and we will see it heating up today. it's going to be hotter than compared to yesterday and more smoke coming in. i will have more on the air quality in the forecast coming up. >> friday happy at the bay bridge where there's no backup, also clear highway 37 eastbound has reopened. i circled what may be a new crash, where we had clearing on 101 through san francisco. more coming up. >>> good morning to you. it's 6:14 on your friday morning. i'm going to talk about jobs and the return to work and electric cars and towards the end speak about

no mereció las costas de alaska eestá madrugada residentes todavía experimentan réplica cerca de laslos temblores como no se puede predecir donde los evientos que más atemorizan a la gente vamos a dar un viaje virtual hacia el área de alaska donde destaca el círculo amarillo que son sismos que han ocurrido estas últimas 12 horas magnitud 6.9 es bastante significativo oocurrió a las 4:57 de la mañana hora local al suroeste. vamos ala área de haití eventos 7.2 es uno de los factores que más están daños asociados al 129 de la mañana hora del pacífico tenemos un sistema qaque tormenta tropical grace que nos amenaza el lunes por la tarde pudiera estar sobre ti vamos estar monitoreando esta situación lo que va a complicar labores de búsqueda y rescate. vamos a movernos el pacífico tenemos actividad, este es un huracán asimétrico es el local linda categoría cuatro que afortunadamente este sistema se mueve sobre las aguas del pacífico mientras va perdiendo energía, mientes en el área local de precipitaciones en sierra nevada permitiremos la capa marina nuestra zona se mantiene calidad del ai

but when i have to get in 3 provinces, the security situation is critical, especially in alaska, the enemy had some movement security in defense, the forces of planning to intercept the enemy's movements 1st, then build defensive line and later launch offensive operations. one person was killed and 3 others injured when the afghan air force bond hospital in alaska gall, the owner of the hospital says they mistakenly believe taliban fighters are being treated that in are all the headlines. the international olympic committee has spoken with an athlete who is trying to stay in japan after falling out with team officials better russian sprinter, christina jim, and sky i was supposed to run in 20200 meters race on monday, but was seen at the airport in tokyo on sunday, asking japanese police officer for help. she told a john, as she was taken to the airport against her will, after making a public complaint about her coaches. mister, i'm asking the international olympic committee for help. there's pressure against me and they're trying to get me out of the country without my permission. s

go global with alaska airlines and oneworld. learn more at alaskaair.com/oneworld. >>> we are looking at some breaking news out of oakland. the police are investigating a suspicious package apt jack london square. the police have closed off the area and nearby businesses are being evacuate and the buses are being rerouted and the trainses are being rerouted. we will bring the latest to you when we learn something. >>> a family is calling for an end to gun violence. a 6-year-old girl was shot, and the gunman is on the loose. >> we are losing a young 6-year-old girl, and lord, we ask for your comforting spirit -- >> reporter: the supporters of a 16-year-old girl in the district today -- >> my daughter was a loving girl who embraced whoever she came across with a smile. >> reporter: the family chose not to release pictures or use her name for privacy reasons, but the father described the outpouring of love that they have had and addressed those responsible for the shooting. >> i don't know why, and i don't know what you are going t

now alaska mileage plan members can easily earn and redeem miles worldwide.means up to 1,000 worldwide destinations, and elite priority check-in and boarding, and elite international lounge access. that's a big deal for a big world of travel. go global with alaska airlines and oneworld. learn more at alaskaair.com/oneworld. soledad: welcome back to "matter of fact." it's been seven months since the deadly january 6 insurrection at the u.s. capitol, an invasion that could have stopped the counting of the electoral votes. the house select committee is investigating the capitol riot, focusing on the intelligence failures -- why the capitol was not defended and protected adequately and why so many warnings from the intelligence community were overlooked. daryl johnson was an analyst with the department of homeland security's office of intelligence and analysis. he authored an internal report warning about the rise of right-wing extremism. in the past year i would say, have you seen a change in how national security and government forces and law enforcement have t

. >> all: anchorage, alaska. >> all: ohio. >> all: miami, florida. >> all: we love you, jade carey and congratulations to the u.s. women's gymnastics team ♪ >> all: usa! >> suni. >> gordon. >> simone! >> welcome home! [ cheers ] >>> welcome back thank you for starting your thursday with us hey, guys, we've got a special day on the plaza don't we >> on this day, the u.s. women' gymnastics team returned to the u.s., returned triumphant and decided to make their very first stop right here to this plaza. >> shall we give them the introduction they deserve as they arrive? ladies and gentlemen -- grace mccallum [ cheers ]

three areas pertinent to alaska and rural areas. we have included a measure that i had introduced, the protect act, which authorizes funding to improve our cyber defenses in smaller communities. i think we recognize we have a big focus on the bigger communities but your utilities in your smaller communities still have to provide for the cowboy protection -- cyber protections. we need to enhance resilience, hardening of the grid. this will help in wildfires that could be affected. we are talking about weatherization installing equipment underground maintaining utility poles and power lines. we provide support for rural and remote areas in many communities in the state for -- for the modernization for generation for transmission an distribution. so this will help with cost effectiveness, it will help with energy efficiency, microgrid as we shift to cleaner sources of energy. so again i think it's important to recognize that we are -- we are working to not only address the transmission but distribution, generation, and what we're reall

now alaska mileage plan members can easily earn and redeem miles worldwide.means up to 1,000 worldwide destinations, and elite priority check-in and boarding, and elite international lounge access. that's a big deal for a big world of travel. go global with alaska airlines and oneworld. learn more at alaskaair.com/oneworld. emergency planning for kids. we can't predict when an emergency will happen. so that's why it's important to make a plan with your parents. here are a few tips to stay safe. know how to get in touch with your family. write down phone numbers for your parents, siblings and neighbors. pick a place to meet your family if you are not together and can't go home. remind your parents to pack an emergency supply kit. making a plan might feel like homework, but it will help you and your family stay safe during an emergency. >>> right now at 4:41, kids still have a couple more hours to sleep before the first day of school in oakland, but the weather is going to be really nice today. drop-off time will be in the upper 50s and upper 60s by the time yo

we had a gold mine in alaska took almost 20 years to permit.. we're trying to get in a lot of serious permitting reform. the trump administration did a great job on this. we worked with them. one federal decision, timeline on permits. you don't want to cut corners. just want to do common sense permitting. you know that can actually help bring a lot of capital in the private sector off the sidelines into infrastructure as well. so it's a huge part of what i'm looking at right now and it is really important. charles: we know that is an area for a lot of bureaucracy as well. i have got a minute but i got to talk to you about this. you were on tv talking about the sec enforcing rules, investing in chinese stocks more transparent. the chief there, sec chief gary gensler tweeted at you saying that investor protection is at the heart of our work. i'm happy to collaborate with senator dan sullivan and his colleagues to insure working families have the investor protection they deserve. what do you want to sigh from the sec? >> well, look, a couple thing

>>> breaking news, a sightseeing plane full of passengers from a cruise ship excursion crashes in alaska with no survivors. >>> privacy questions. apple announces a plan to scan all iphones for images of child pornography. how the scan will work and what the company says about the privacy of pictures on your phone. >>> happy homecoming. olympic champ simone biles back in the u.s. her answer when asked, what does she want to do now. >>> defying gravity. the ultimamate bike ride. >>> good friday morning, everyone. we'll get to the new images from the california wildfire emergency in a moment, but first new information about booster shots and the fight against coronavirus. >>> the fda could reveal its plan for vaccine booster shots by early next months. it comes as the number of people in the hospital hits a new pandemic high in florida. the white house says florida and six other states are fueling the current surge in cases. >> more hospitals are reporting staff shortages and infections among children are spiamong chi. abc's alex presha is here with the very late effort. alex, good morning

is lasker, gar james the battle for alaska has got even more intense. in recent hours. we heard from the government that they thought they made progress. they said the special forces had pushed the taliban out of the heart of the city just a few hours ago. it's not clear whether that was true or one of the taliban had taken refuge in some of the buildings. they controlled in the center. but either way, the latest reports we have from local journalists on the ground is that the tal about are fighting right in the heart of the city right now. we understand the fighting has got worse in the last few hours. non stop guns were told the most intense fighting that has happened at any time. in recent days we understand that around laska ga that have been as strikes carried out by the african air force, we believe also by the u. s. we believe that u. s. b, 50 twos have been used in recent days. of course, all of this is leading to a rise in civilian casualties. the latest information we have from the emergency hospital, lots of italian, n g o. it's operated for a long time, all

go global with alaska airlines and oneworld.ore at alaskaair.com/oneworld. >>> the olympics are over and "early today" is back. this morning breakingnews surrounding embattled new york governor andrew cuomo as his top deputy calls it quits late last night. new details just ahead >>> the covid surge continues, with new mask mandates, more children testing positive, and possible news the fda could be closer than ever to giving full approval and authorization to vaccination. >>> california's so-called dixie fire is now historically the state's largest single wildfire, and it remains largely o

in making sure that we create more jobs in alaska, that we approve more folks, -- recruit more folksdventure. amanda: not a ton of time, but on that front, you would imagine wage pressure to attract talent. commodity prices are also high. are you seeing prices go up, what is it doing to your pricing? jan: like everyone, we are seeing inflationary pressures in select locations, also access to goods and services. some places are constrained. but i think our team is doing a good job adjusting menus, offerings to balance the guest experience with the cost increases that we are experiencing i'll be in temporary basis. amanda: so good to have you with us. that is jan swartz, president of princess cruises. before we go, kaylee, i have to acknowledge, it is a special day. not just 13% increase on the s&p, but kailey leinz's birthday. i hope you have big plans. kailey: it is hard to have big plans when you wake up at 2:00 a.m., but i think there is some kind of sugary food in my future. amanda: for kailey leinz, i'm amanda lang. this is bloomberg markets. ♪ (announcer) back pain hurts, and it

compliments of this low out of the gulf of alaska in the winter months.lking about here comes another winter storm and all that business. unfortunately, it's not going to bring us any rain. but we'll get some cooling from it. so we'll bring those temperatures back a little bit here. and that's we expect when it comes on through. you'll see the temperatures kind of slide a little bit in the seven-day will recover towards the end of the week in the monsoon. looks like it's trying to come back again. but good news is it's not going to impact our weather is going to stay off towards the far east from our vantage point temperature checked today, though, still getting plenty warm in the interior one. '07, for bakersfield central valley here, for fresno 99 sacramento 65 san francisco. but even san diego coming in about 84 there. so not bad for the beaches. 75 for big bear, which we had a story on just recently. all right. so 65 san francisco at the coast will do the lower to middle 60's pacific about 64 expect overcast to be around pretty much until at least noo

according to one news analysis, this meeting was a mini alaska.voice minister blamed the u.s. for the tense relationship for turning the chinese into an imagined enemy. he went on with a not so subtle jab. it is as if when china's development is contained, america could become great again, he said. as after alaska, there was no cooperation or collaboration on view. part of the biden administration's motivation for this confrontational strategy with china is probably that it works well domestically. donald trump's castigation of beijing played well and the republican party is now all in for a hardline on china. public attitudes toward china have soured considerably over the last decade, but china has domestic audience as well. recall the last high profile summit chinese diplomat went on a 15-minute rebuttal to blinken, railing against american con desengs and overreach of power and his audience at home lapped it up. clips of his speech went viral on social media. this line in particular. america does not have the qualifications to say it can speak

, alaska. the gateway is here for the united states. if you look on a clear day, you can see moscow home anchored instead of the pleasantry blinking comes then. and just inside the chinese thing, you don't understand the rules based world order, no rules based world or where now listening to this from the country, the prosecutor, the illegal walk in iraq and eccentric counselor, one just hit back hard at that meeting and then what are you talking about rules based on what the rules of you followed. one reason for this confidence in the china has been able now finally to be able to defend its border. very important, this psychological aspect. you see, you see, not only us shipping doing the so called freedom of navigation moves in the south china sea, but now the h m, as queen elizabeth, is going to join. you have german ships, french naval vessels in the, off the course of korea. so on the chinese, the thing we're going to defend a border, we're not going to dig this lying down. they used to be

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the, we know that the african forces and the us forces have been carrying out as strikes in alaska. but clearly to get the tongue about out of these houses in the center of the city, they're going to need to go from house to house. because if they would just use strikes, there's a real danger of civilian casualties. but i can tell you there are civilian casualties. you've heard about the hospital that was hit in part of laska gar. whether doesn't seem to be many casualties. but in the other hospital, the main hospital that is operating in alaska, it's a very impressive hospital. i've been there myself, run by italian and joe called emergency while they have 98 beds, at least 90 percent capacity right now appoints in the last 24 hours. they've been over capacity treating people in make ship beds as well. in addition to the normal hospital wards trying to deal with this influx of casualties. the situation in kandahar is serious to fighting going on in the city. and we've also had rockets canada air field. and that means that the runway seems to be not operating right now. and all flig

safety dance ♪ ♪ alaska safety dance ♪ i'm so glad you're ok, sgt.es, thank you, that was fast. sgt. houston never expected this to happen. or that her grandpa's dog tags would be left behind. but that one call got her a tow and rental... ...paid her claim... ...and we even pulled a few strings. making it easy to make things right: that's what we're made for. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. get a quote today. >>> welcome back. 4:56 right now. as we watch the olympics right here on nbc bay area, we have seen athletes push hard for the gold medal and now the games are inspiring a generation to work hard and hopefully become olympicans themselves. >> look at this strong little girl. a weight lifter in the making. and there's a little boy clearly on his way to the olympics. look at that. got the winning pose down, which is cute to see. my kids used to do that, too. >> really? >> oh, yeah. with skiing and all those things, they would cut out things and make it. >> yeah, still in the future. >>> coverage continues right here on "today in the bay

safety dance ♪ ♪ alaska safety dance ♪ >>> okay.st medals now at 52. that's because we won so many swimming events, followed by china and russia. china has brought in the most medals at 22. >> we got 19. >>> after a 16-month shut down, the iconic cable cars are back. >> can you believe this? they're free. i tell you. >> the bell ringing. >> i love when they have that competition. >> i've been in it twice. >> how did you do? >> i placed second twice. >> what song did you play? >> probably some rock 'n roll, pop, rap. all. >> monday, everybody can get in on this. the public will be able to ride for fr back. it's part of the testing process as operators get handling a fully-loaded cable . do they need to practice that? they should know. service gets back under way in the fall. september you have to pay again. it's free in august. >> the lines are running again. i'm sure it's like riding a bike. they have to make sure all the kinks are out. >> thanks for joining us, have a fantastic night. >> bye, folks. who could have known that the ri

this will help tribes in alaska be able to generate for their communities, the country post-pandemic with recovery just as they did successfully 10 years ago after the great recession. thank you for this time to testify. >> thank you very much to all of our panelists. we will begin with a round of five minutes questions good -- questions. i will start with mr. shepherd, which is the unique challenge we have on -- with housing and tribal lands which is that properties are far more likely to have significant, severe, physical defects than the rest of the u.s. housing stock. on tribal lands, plumbing -- homes on tribal land like eating at a rate of more than 100 times the national average. let me turn to you to, and you can talk about why you think these difficult challenges are so much pervasive on tribal housing and, is this primarily a funding issue? or are there other things we need to be doing to address this challenge? >> i want to address the -- go back in time a bit to address this. there is an idea that tribes are on --have been placed on marginal lands, they having limited lan

safety dance ♪ ♪ alaska safety dance ♪ i'm so glad you're ok, sgt.thank you, that was fast. sgt. houston never expected this to happen. or that her grandpa's dog tags would be left behind. but that one call got her a tow and rental... ...paid her claim... ...and we even pulled a few strings. making it easy to make things right: that's what we're made for. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. get a quote today. >>> right now at 5:30, final approval by fall. as covid cases continue to rise one drugmaker is pushing to fully authorize its vaccine sooner than expected. we're going to break down the latest timeline. >> will you or will you not need a booster shot. the debate raging on. some now seem to be taking matters into their own hands. >> a major san francisco street shut down this morning. how it could affect your commute for the rest of the week. this is "today in the bay." >> welcome to wednesday morning. 5:30 right now. thanks for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. well, first this morning, movement on th

the, we know that the african forces and the us forces have been carrying out as strikes in alaska. but clearly to get the taliban out of these houses in the center of the city, they're going to need to go from house to house because if they would just use as strikes as a real danger of civilian casualties. but i can tell you there are civilian casualties. mentors, ruling general has announced the formation of a caretaker government, its leader min liang will become the prime minister and has promised multi party elections. 6 months, author seizing power and a 2000000 dying says the vote will take place by late 2023. toni chang is monitoring developments from bangkok, exactly 6 months since the military sees power from the democratically elected government of anton sushi. a lot has happened in that time. i think there was perhaps a perception from the military that this would be a clean and relatively bloodless queue. it has been exactly the opposite, very from the, from the very onset. there have been strong objections on the streets, from the people all across the country, and the

go global with alaska airlines and oneworld.com/oneworld. >>> right now at 5:30, a town engulfed by flames. the dixie fire is raging on this morning with no signs of slowing down. we're following the latest and tracking the new air quality concerns here in the bay area. >>> new concerns over coronavirus mutations in the south bay. what experts are saying about the delta plus variant. >>> good thursday morning to you. thank you for joining us. it's 5:30. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. a dramatic new turn this morning, an entire downtown gone in one community. this is from the fast-moving flames in the dixie fire, and ashes now in greenville. >> and bone-dry conditions took a turn for the worst when winds started surging up to 40 miles per hour. thousands of homes are still threatened. you can see little is left of even their downtown area. since the fire broke out in mid-july, 67 homes and businesses are confirmed to have burned before last night's huge firestorm erupted. the dixie fire is still listed at just 35%