chris sanchez reports now from our sister station in the y area. >> reporter: already hard for these crews tohr siftgh the soot and ash. add the rain to it, and it's going to make for aery muddy mess. we caught up with the rescue, search and rcue team out of riverside, they were here with dogs just a few moments ago. they're going site by site and making w markings oft they find so that the other crews don't duplicate their efforts and they can keep moving irward. theres a risk of landsides, a a the soo the ash from the fire creates a water repellent layer, leaving that rainfall with nowhere to go, and a rainfall, again, makes the very difficult work of looking for victims even harder. >> we have very, very fine ash in many of the areas that we're searching.o you add water that, and now we're in a situation where we have kind of a muddy mixture. i think that may make the process of searching for remains,y especiahose almost completely consumed by fire more difficult. >> reporter: evera without the , working in this kind of debris field is dangerous work. a mountain view canine cut a

chris sanchez shares it on twitter.he writes in san francisco, your dog can't vote but they can get a sticker. follow kris at krisnbc on twitter. we have new details suggested pg & e will limit liability when it comes to fire damage. the utility may be on the hook from last year's north bay firestorm. but in its recent firestorm the ceo says it will continue trying to change california's strict liability standards. governor brown recently signed a new fire mitigation law allowing utilities to cover damage costs. but that measure also initially included language for liability laws, which lawmakers later removed so the bill would pass. police in mountain view are investigating a deadly accident. this is near google's headquarters. it happened a little before 7:00 at charleston and hough. police say a woman was struck by a vehicle there. >> that intersection was closed for hours so police could investigate. witnesses tell us a bus may have been involved. police so far are not giving us those details about the driver or the

i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds," next. >>> this morning, kris sanchez is reflecting on her afternoon with her daughter. this photo she shared on twitter, it's an epic game of jenga, go to her twitter page to see how many levels they made. it's pretty impressive there. follow her @krisnbc. it's time for sleep number's veterans day sale on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your movement and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. and now, the queen sleep number 360 c4 smart bed is only $1299. plus 24-month financing on all beds. ends sunday. parking ticket problem. >>> 6:23 for you right now and spn nbc bay area responds to a solano county man getting a parking problem. >> he's actually getting citations for a car he no longer owned. consumer investigator chris chmura looked into it and found a lesson here for all of us. >> good morning. when armando ramirez contacted us, he was fed up. he had received a dozen parking tickets from the city of san jose totalling more than $2,000. they were for an illegally parked bmw 323i, a car arm

chris chmura. "nbc bay area responds" next. >>> and this morning, "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is reporting from the camp fire zone.ck out this photo of her with the bags loaded up as she's headed to the town of paradise there. you can see the reflection on how the fire victims there escaped those flames the first day it all started. follow her on facebook, that that'that's that's @krissancheznbcbayarea. 6:20 for you right now. you're watching "today in the bay." the air-quality related cls continue .. for some of the bay >>> 6:23. happening today, the air quality related closures continue for some of the bay area's most popular tourist spots. it's all due to smoke from the butte county wildfire. the golden gate national recreation area closed many locations since late last week. including alcatraz, golden gate bridge welcome center as well. leaders plan to meet later today to decide if those locations can reopen tomorrow morning. >>> nbc bay area responds to a san jose woman whose designer purse wasn't holding up to its promise. >> consumer investigator chris chmura bagged a solution for you. >> good morning, lydi

sanchez. boris, what else? >> reporter: hey there, fred. yeah, this was a wide-ranging interview by chrisfox news with president trump. a number of topics related to the russia probe came up. the president notably, as you mentioned, saying he probably would not sit down for a one-on-one interview with robert mueller. this comes just months after the president actually said that he was looking forward to such an interview. it appears that the president has been listening to his attorneys, whom sources have told cnn, have informed the president that would be a bad idea. the president also opened up about his acting attorney general matt whitaker, who replaced outgoing attorney general jeff sessions. whitaker in the past has made statements very critical of the russia probe, at one point even suggesting it could be stifled by cutting off its funding. the president in this interview said that he didn't know that matt whitaker held these strong positions in the past. he also said that he would not intervene if whitaker decided to interfere in the special counsel's probe. listen to this. >> if

sanchez and what else did the president say about the mueller probe? >> this was a wide ranging interview by president trump on fox news with chris wallace speaking specifically the russia probe in detail. the president suggesting it is not likely he will sit down and testify in person with robert mueller. he suggested that he was interested in doing that, looked forward to it instead of saying he is going to hand in his written responses to questions from a special counsel within the next week. the president spoke openly about his acting attorney general, matt whitaker. they made statements suggesting that the investigation could be stifled from within the doj by limiting funding for the probe. the president was asked about the comments. he said he didn't know that whitaker made the statements and he held the strong positions against the special counsel before he named him as the acting attorney general to hold the fort for out going attorney general, jeff sessions. listen to what he told chris wallace on fox news. >> i did not know that. i did not know he took views on the mueller investigation as such. >> when you found that out? >> i don't think it had an