i )m kris sanchez -- in for laura. and i )m marcus washington. let )s get straight to it. a health advisory for people living in martinez and pacheco. officials say there )s been an (incident at the shell refinery in martinez. this is the alert that )s going out right now. it says people with respiratory sensitivities could be affected. there )s apparently an issue wih a unit at the refinery. and a potential for odors to leave the refinery. however most will not be affected. no word yet on what the incident is. our sharon katsuda is heading to the refinery. we )ll have no word on what the incident is. we are heading to the refinery right now. we'll have a live report as soon as she arrives. we want to go to see what the a area. it will keep any of the chemicals or issues that could effect the air quality to stay close to the ground. the winds will pick up as we go into the afternoon at about 10 to 15 miles per hour around that area. we'll continue to monitor that throughout the day. we also have low cloud cover. we'll talk about that coming up in the forecast. >>> and as f

kris sanchez, today in the bay. >> very interesting. thank you. >>> more fallout for the trump administration this morning for the second time in two days, the white house is explaining what president trump meant to say about russia interfering in the 2016 election. a lot of people not happy with his explanation. tracie potts joins us live from washington this morning with a widespread protest now across the country. good morning. >> good morning. we are seeing those protests and also new this morning, an explanation from both president trump and president putin about what they think is happening here. the president tweeting that it's the media's fault, putting a strain on u.s./russian relations. president putin in a speech this morning said powerful forces against the president inside the united states are throwing a wrench into their plan. >> what do we do! >> there were anti-trump protests in washington and new york last night. after another do-over. here's what president trump said. >> and here's how the white house is explaining it

kris sanchez in the nbc bay area technical operations center with our question of the day. we're still talking about whether or not mark zuckerberg should have used the holocaust deniers as his example of what content facebook chooses to leave up and take down. i posted a poll on twitter. you can take a look at it here asking whether or not holocaust denial posts should be removable under facebook's takedown policy. so far about 74% of you say, yes, delete it. 26% so say no. one commenter does say, hey, he used a really bad analogy. perhaps he should have thought of something else. we like it when you join the conversation. you can find me on twitter, instagram, facebook. i am where you are. kris sanchez, nbc bay area. >> a lot of people are talking about this, thanks. >>> emotional night at the espy's. most moving, tributes to victims of school shootings and sexual assault. here's nbc's craig melvin >> reporter: bravery and heroism taking center stage at the espy awards. hundreds of athletes who accuse larry nassar of sexual assault abuse honored with the arthur ashe award

i )m kris sanchez in for laura garcia. and i )m scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. starting in the south bay... >>> fog and bit of smoke. >> yeah. we have to deal with it all today. we have had poor air quality over the weekend. we could see the drifts of smoke coming by. we see a shift in the wind and the clouds and the fog we are seeing over san francisco right now. air quality will be moderate for the north way, east bay and fir mainly aloft. we'll see temperatures from the low 60s to upper 70s. you'll notice more cooling. you're also starting with what's happening in the south bay. this is reading in north from san francisco. it will be more visible during the daylight hours. we had a lot of slowing southbound. not a lot of folks know where that is but it is off of the freeway if that's what you need to know. there may have been a vehicle because there's no construction scheduled for that area. over here coming up from san martin your limit for the south county. this is equally light through s here. back to you. >>

i )m kris sanchez in for laura >>> good morning. thanks so much for joining us. 4th of july a lot of people excited ability getting -- about getting out, seeing the fi fireworks. >> the only issue will be the fog in

our kris sanchez bought her dog a new travel bag... and her daughters trie >>> all right. welcome back. our kris sanchez bought her dog a travel bag and the daughters tried to make him feel at home inside but he didn't. go to kris' page to share that video and see that full video. pretty cute there. >>> on top of what's trending online and nbc bay area.com. >> mike is here with one of his favorite topics, basketball. specifically golden state warriors. >> that's right. warriors fans, the dub nation or the marcus and dub nation, i guess, recognize this guy here on my shoulder. actually so will chicago bulls fans, i guess. the story on our website. look at the title. warriors coach steve kerr receives contract extension. you talked about how much money? i'll tell you. we don't know. they didn't give a lot about the details and we do know that coach kerr got an extension to the contract which expires this year and will have him around. doing pretty well, i guess. on the basketball front, they played against the team where some accused maybe of lebron of whining about fouls an

i'm kris sanchez with the question of the day from the technical operation center at nbc bay area. it springs off the story that bob redell was reporting this morning that contra costa county may approve license plate readers and surveillance cameras for the area of the pleasant hill center b.a.r.t. station. i put this up on twitter. wanted to know what you had to say about it and right now it seems like overwhelmingly folks are either i like or i don't like -- rather i like or don't mind categories. 36% of folks say i don't like. a lot more comments on the facebook page. ed says in this day and age of crime we need to put these in to just stem the rising tide of crime. some folks wonder if there's a privacy concern. some folks saying, hey, as long as they're just surveilling the license plate numbers and not capturing that data and saving it for another use at another time. we'll follow the story and always much more fun when you join the conversation. you can always find us on twitter or on facebook. have a great day. marcus and laura? >> thanks so much. >>> now to our other top

i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >> i'm marcus washington. and of course, vianey will have the traffic for us, and now a update on the weather with ke expect this weekend. >> yes, the coast is going to be nice, and outside of the san jose areas, we will see that it is partly cloudy and we will talk about what is coming up for the weekend in a few minutes, and vianey is tracking the light drive this thursday. >> maybe some people got the fourth and the fifth off, and if you did, lucky you. but if you are headed out to work, it is no major issues there, and the speed sensors are looking pretty good, a although on my way into the report, i did notice that something popped up along the bay bridge which we know can become a very big headache. so let's go ahead and check in on some of the other bridges. theere

i'm kris sanchez and laura is off. >> we are also talking about the heatup to start the day. >> yes, not only heat headed into the weekend, because slight increase in the humidity as well. this is a live look outside in san jose this morning. going to santa clara to check out the temperatures for today. it is 63 degrees at 8:00 and then some upper 70s by early afternoon. we are going to reach into the low 80s for the south bay today and the temperatures are starting to the spread out, and low 60s for the coast and some low 90s for a few inland areas. i will talk more about that coming up in a few minutes, and vianey is going to the give us a look at what is happening in santa cruz this morning. >> yes, a minor issue, but enough to cause possible delays. looking at the bay area here not too bad, but zooming in, you can see that there is a are reported road hazard at sohboundported t hb

kris sanchez is live for us at facebook headquarters in menlo park. what did he say? >> well, he was trying to use facebook, rather holocaust deniers as a way to explain the facebook policy of not removing all false information on facebook, but instead using the algorithm to push it down farther in your news feed. in case you didn't hear it for yourself, here's a clip. >> i'm jewish. and there's a set of people who deny that the holocaust happened. right? i find that deeply offensive. but at the end of the day, i don't believe that our platform should take that down because i think that there are things that different people get wrong. either -- i don't think they're intentionally getting it wrong. >> in the case of the holocaust deniers, they might be. >> that was kara swisher, in case you couldn't make it out, she says in the case of holocaust survivors, they might be getting it wrong. zuckerberg said facebook can't determine the intent of the poster. he did follow up with an e-mail to kara swisher, the host, clarifying he wasn't defending holocaust deniers. the cha

i )m kris sanchez -- in for laura. and i )m marcus washington. let )s get straight to it.ving in martinez and pacheco. officials say there )s been an (incident at the shell refinery in martinez. this is the alert that )s going out right now. it says people with respiratory sensitivities could be affected. there )s apparently an issue wih a unit at the refinery. and a potential for odors to leave the refinery. however most will not be affected. no word yet on what the incident is. our sharon katsuda is heading to the refinery. we )ll have no word on what the incident is. we are heading to the refinery right now. we'll have a live report as soon as she

i )m kris sanchez in for laura garcia.on. starting in the south bay... >>> fog and bit of smoke. >> yeah. we have to deal with it all today. we have had poor air quality over the weekend. we could see the drifts of smoke coming by. we see a shift in the wind and the clouds and the fog we are seeing over san francisco right now. air quality will be moderate for the north way, east bay and

and i )m kris sanchez in for laura garcia. >>> we want to get to the forecast. tomorrow is a holiday. >> it will be a great day too. we are enjoying cooler temperatures around the bay area. it is breezy and cool. nice warm up by early afternoon. we'll help you make plans on where to watch parades and fireworks. you're taking us to the bay bridge. it's starting to back up? >> except for a look behind me. it's not as bad as we often see. we are talking about how bad it will be later today. the morning commute will be lighter. we are look to go register. it should be any second as well. >> a light backup here. if you bring cash you can get out of the fast cash lane and maybe have a food drive. it cleared up very quickly. looks great. no delays. back to you. go thank you. >> back to a developing story in thailand crews working to rescue a youth soccer team that was found alife after more than a week trapped in the caves. it may take them months to get out of the cave. we have the latest. >> they are calling this a miracle. the fact they were found alive inside the c

and i )m kris sanchez in for laura garcia we continue following breaking news out of the east bay right now.. a health alert for communities in martinez and pachecho.. and this is all because of the shell refinery there.. >> good friday morning to you. >>> there is a health alert. this is a area on your map here. it is because of a shell refinery issue happening while we speak. today we continue to track what's going ochbn. i know you said you could smell and taste something in the air. what's it like now? >> it is not so much the case. i don't really take that metallic taste in my mouth but you can see the refinery is still functioning. there is steam coming out of it. we have not heard any along-terma -- alarms necessarily. it looks like normal day here. let's take a look at video from earlier this morning. people with respiratory sensitivities might be effected due to a unit upset. it's not clear what that means exactly. they say it's an incident. no details on that. eye, skin, nose or throat irritation. people experience any irritation. they could go inside and rens any irritated ar

our reporters write about their stories - including kris sanchez sharing new child reunification numbers. and on instagram - we share beautiful photos - like that rainbow you see from >>> welcome back. getting ready for day. >>> hundreds of people are still out of their homes this morning after an 86-year-old steam pipe exploded. it was in new york city. we brought you this story on today in the bay. that pipe was lined with asbestos so most of the people in and around the area haven't been clear today ed to go home yet. oo only a few have been deemed safe. >> telling people to stay out of the water. this is east of gilroy. they say toxic blue-green algae is growing in the water. you can still go boating but it will not swim. warning signs are posted. >>> imagine if your shoes could make your run faster. nike claims the running shoes which cost $250 can do just that. ni nike seize they make runners up to 4% more efficient. the measurement is based on the amount of enaergy runners spend. it is worth about 6 minutes for a three hour marathon. >> my dad used to always tell us that. >>> you

i )m kris sanchez in for laura >>> good morning. thanks so much for joining us. 4th of july a lot of people excited ability getting -- about getting out, seeing the fi fireworks. >> the only issue will be the fog in san francisco. if you'll be in the inland areas it will be perfect. red white and boom celebration. it will be about 74 degrees cooling down to the upper 50s later in the evening and in concord we also have great weather. today it will be in the 60s and dropping back to the 60s again in the evening. as we head over here you're keeping under the circumstances updated on the roads and rails. >> i think a lot of people got day off. not seeing as many accidents but we are seeing this issue. lanes three and four remain blocked but they are working to clear that out. i want to give you an update if you're heading out to see -- or taking the mass stran sit. they will be running no service because of the 4th of july. bart will be on a sunday schedule. we are expecting it to be on a sunday schedule as well. if you're wondering if

i'm kris sanchez.ad of the next round of hot weather. authorities now lifted some evacuations from the county wildfire burn area east of lake bariesa. now 30% contained, which is up 25% from yesterday. the fire burned about 86,000 acres so far. meanwhile, in lake county, firefighters say the pawnee fire is almost fully under control. this morning, it's listed as 92% contained. it burned 15,000 acres. though no homes were destroyed. and now all evacuation orders are lifted. we want to get a look at your traffic picture this morning. >> we did have a couple of incidents earlier. now the roads are overall pretty good in terms of your morning traffic. we are seeing the typical slow spots along 880. also some slow spots around 85. for now, your east bay drive doing well. southbound 680, looking at about 11 minutes. a live look outside at the toll plaza. you can see there are no metering lights on at this hour. which means we've got some free roads out there. bridge drive times, westbound 580, looking at 10

i )m kris sanchez.. and i )m scott mcgrew. laura and marcus have the morning off. let )s get you up o speed on this breaking news we )ve followed all morning. police say this man - demetrius >>> on this breaking news, that we have been following all morning, police say this man told an undercover fbi agent he planned to blow up the fourth of july parade in cleveland. the fbi says he scouted out the downtown area. he reportedly wanted to kill military families and law enforcement. now, the fbi says he expressed allegiance to al qaeda. as we read through the charging documents we also learned he might have considered the bay area, as well. our reporter is live with that part of the story. >> reporter: yeah, you guys as we all know thousands will gather here along the embarcadero for the fourth of july celebration. what the court documents show is that he allegedly told undercover agents to do reconnaissance for al qaeda. here's what the documents reveal. june 30th of this year, undercover agents called pitts and told him his planned attack for cleveland on july fourt

. >> i'm kris sanchez. do you have already the smoker started? the meat marinading? if not you might be behind. we'll take a live look at two bay area icons now. bay bridge and golden gate bridge. in a moment. >> there we go. >> we turn to meteorologist kari hall because we see the fog in the distance and i saw a tweak of carl the fog saying high chance of disappointment. >> i'm joining the party, too. so that means that everyone's view is blocked. as of right now everything is nice and clear and getting clearing throughout the day an expecting carl to join the party and this means that we see the low clouds and temperatures in the 60s. you will have to bundle up out there. it is going to be windy and cool. let's check out some other places where you will be able to see the fireworks. it's going to be very nice in livermore. 4:00, the block party starts. temperatures in the mid-70s and then dropping back to upper 50s and cool in livermore, too. if you're grilling, we talked about this. you might be a little late but at least we have cooler temperatures, not fresh bre

in half moon bay, kris sanchez, nbc bay area. >> she's asking of what you think of granny units. follow her on facebook and tell us what you think. >>> online and on nbc bay area.com, mike inouye now with more talk of gas? gasoline? >> housing prices. i shouldn't set you up like that. >> thanks, mike. >> over here toward some buildings. housing prices and the cost of living here in the bay area. a great deal, someone got, a longer commute, about, well, three hours, maybe more. i want to show you some pictures over here of a story from the website. a just finalized friday for $1.4 million, the entire mining town was sold to new owners as of friday the 13th, by the way. ghost town. now, we're talking about these pictures. look. they have a news truck there. >> what's that movie? "cars." >> "matrix"? yes. they have a bathroom. other luxuries like amazon delivery. i think that's what that is. >> a luxury? >> make a western. >> totally. >> a movie set. >> it's got preserved items of the old mine town days. it is there. it is a great set for the movie or for a newsroom. look. that woul

i'm kris sanchez.s a protest planned similar to ones we've seen at the i.c.e. detention center. the only one in the bay area. organizers plan to hold a prayer ceremony to oppose family separation and arrests along the mexico border. >>> meanwhile, if you're going to take in a south bay fireworks show tonight there's a pretty good chance you won't see any airplanes at the same time. san jose is working to make sure no flights take off between 9:30 and 10:00. so the fireworks are uninterrupted. getting you ready for the fourth of july festivities in our midday newscast. if you want to find out what to do tonight head over to n nbcbayarea.com. with a list of events. firefighters a short time ago did update the countywide fire burping east, turns out more homes are threatened. right now that number is 1300. fortunately, no homes are destroyed. for a premium airplan. but they wouldn )t let him sit in it.. our consumer unit investigates the )bungled booking. ) and - kari gets us ready for another hot weekend