mike martin speaking to us, russian journalist, marina of scanner, cova, famous for interrupting a state television news broadcasting protest of the war in ukraine is facing criminal charges of santa cove is lawyer says she's been charged with spreading false information about russia's armed forces. she appeared in court following police rights on her home toward him home. it was a moment which captured the world's attention. a journalist interrupting a news broadcast at the russian state tv channel. she walked out to protest the war in ukraine. days after the invasion began. marina of jenny cov dramatically defied the kremlin narrative of a special military operation. don't believe the propaganda. they're lying to her post or read. many feared for her in the aftermath. but after being fined, she continued to protest the war despite the kremlin increasingly draconian laws aimed at suppressing descent. last month, she held a solo anti war picket directly in front of the kremlin, holding a poster calling russian president vladimir putin a murderer and russian soldiers. fascists, according

that was mike martin from king's college london. mike, thank you so much for your analysis. thank you. all right, let's turn our attention now. to some of the other stories making news this our u. s. officials say you ron has easy demands that have been blocking the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. this includes iran allowing un inspections that nuclear facilities. indirect talks between the u. s. and iran have been deadlock for more than here. washington is expected to respond to through you, mediators. the international criminal courts. chief prosecutor has expressed frustration over the lack of accountability for crimes committed during the dar for conflict in sudan. addressing the un security council via video link, the prosecutor said survivors of the armed conflict needed quote, action not well known journalist and mexico have been protesting the death of a colleague calling for justice and an end to a culture of impunity columnist freddie roman was shot dead in his car, he was the 12 medium worker to be killed in the country. this year alone. germany and canada had s

i spoke earlier with mike martin and a military analyst and complex researcher in the u. k. i asked him about the military implications of those explosions at the russian air base and occupied crimea. almost certainly, it was the training forces, whether it was a missile strike. or some people are talking about special forces activity or whether it was simply partisans. so ukrainian civilians attacking the bass. i'm almost certain it was the ukrainians that had a hand in it. and the reason that denying it is very clever, it creates ambiguity, and it creates doubts in the minds of the russian commanders. unless, of course, is what russia's use is a tactic for many years now. so it's really very clever. in terms of military significance, 9 will play. that's a lot, but perhaps more important is the fuel and the ammunition, if you look at the videos of the secondary explosions, huge mushroom clouds. and so that will set back russian forces in the south of ukraine quite significantly. ok, let's, let's go to supper risha that nuclear plant chip is accused moscow using that plant t

mike martin will have to leave it there. thanks so much for that. really fast. thank you with us. thank you very much. now, ban on imports of russian coal into europe has now come into effect. you countries agreed on the embargo earlier this year as part of sanctions over russia's invasion of ukraine. almost half of the coal imports have come from russia, with germany, among the most dependent countries are now turning to domestic mines and increasing imports from countries, including the u. s. columbia, south africa, and australia to make up the shortfall. and as european countries seek out new energy sources summer increasing their use of nuclear power. but finding locations to store radioactive waste has been a consistent problem. finland is pioneering. a system to permanently contain all its spent nuclear material and some communities there are embracing the waste. as d w, terry schultz found out who wants to live next to a new clear sight? well, this guy for one, and evidently most of the other, some 9000 residents of the town of elder yaki finland. it's the proud home to 3 n

retaliation including strengths on key iv where i spoke to military analyst and conflict research and mike martin and asked him who he thought was behind the explosions. oh, almost certainly it was the kind of armed forces throughout the war. things have happened that haven't gone moscow's way. for example, i'm sure you remember the sinking of the mosque of a they're all sorts of stories about how that was being towed broken down. and then it sank, and of course, what had happened was the ukrainians, it's something with a missile. what's happened here is that the grains of either launched missiles to attack it or use partisans to get over the fence and do some sabotaged. what's very interesting is that the ukranian government is saying are what we did that roll up that we weren't aware that was us and what they're doing there is a creating confusion and playing the russians at their own game. it makes it much more difficult to the russians to respond if the situation is ambiguous. as european countries scramble to find new energy sources to replace russian oil and gas sama turning to nuclear powe

strengths on key if i'm to i now why from london by military analyst and conflict research and mike martin, mike, it's good to have you with us. thanks for your time today. i'm. we've seen these denials for throughout the war. who do you think was behind these explosions in crimea? oh, almost certainly, it was the kind of armed forces throughout the war. things have happened that haven't gone moscow's way. for example, i'm sure your viewers remember the sinking of the mosque of a. they're all sorts of stories about how that was being towed broken down and then it sank. and of course, what had happened was the ukrainians, it's something with a missile. what's happened here is that the trains of either launched missiles to attack it or use partisans to get over the fence and do some sabotaged. what's very interesting is that the ukranian government is saying, are we, we was to roll out that we weren't aware that was us and what they're doing there is a creating confusion and it playing the russians at their own game. it makes it much more difficult to the russians to respond if the situation

mike martin who survived the czu fire appreciates the proactive approach. >> once the fire gets into the woods and goes, it's horrible. there is no way to get in there with a truck. and it goes so fast. >> reporter: in the santa cruz mountains, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >>> well, this high heat this week has prompted a statewide flex alert as of tonight. that means you're being asked not to use your washer, dryers, and dishwashers and ease up on your air conditioner until 9:00 p.m. a the blessing of the grapes today in livermore, we talked to farmers and wine makers about the challenges they're facing with the combination of this heat, the deepening drought, and flex alert so close to harvest. >> the winery is air conditioned. so we are keeping it at about 70 degrees. a lot of wine cellars are much cooler. we're not keeping it as cool and that conserves. we also have a lot of solar panels on the roof. >> have to take care of the wine. they say they're resilient, noting at least they don't have to deal with the smoke-stained grapes from wildfires this year as they've dealt wi

in some areas like concord reaching 92 today. 86 in santa rosa. 75 in oakland, low 90s for san martin. mike, you have the alert continuing for mountain view. >> we do. they closed all the lanes again after i said one lane was open. what's going on here, the crash south 101 at moffitt, it involves a small honda. the fit, if you know what size car that is, it's a very small car. i believe that's the one where a driver is being extricated from the car. a wedged door frame is probably what's causing the issue. it can't say that for sure. they are working on the car and that's why they stopped all the traffic. past that in sunnyvale, another crash around fair oaks. no slowing there because all the folks held up at 85 and moffitt. you can get down to middlefield, a surface street. be patient and use the signals. the rest of the bay is moving smooth. tracking a crash on highway 4. we'll track that coming up. >>> santa clara county public health officer expected to be under the microscope. she's answering questions about covid restrictions that left one defiant san jose church owing hundreds of tho

martin. >>> thank you, mike. happening now, a big move for families trying to make it in the bay.ffordable housing project for farmworkers in santa clara county breaks ground today. the multi-family complex is in morgan hill along watsonville road near monterey road. royal oak village features 30 units for farmworkers and 24 for those facing income challenges. 18 are set aside for those experiencing homelessness and families with special needs. >>> a quick look at the top stories on "today in the bay," including pushing for a new trial. convicted killer scott peterson returns to the courtroom. we're live with legal experts and what they have to say may be his last best chance to have his case heard again. >>> plus, governor newsom may be ready to lay out a new drought strategy. what it may entail and where californians believe he's doing enough to help our climate in crisis. we're back in two minutes with much more this morning o"today much more this morning o"today in tn he 7 day old tuna casserole! how'd you know that?! even my nose is strong! you need hefty ultra strong! it has

martin. back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. >>> the sinking of the millennium tower is one of the most expensive mistakes in san francisco and they're still trying to fix it. a new building permit was issued. nbc investigative investigator jackson van derbeken reports on the luxury tower. >> reporter: as you could see, construction crews behind me are digging on this side of the northwest side of the building. they've already installed 18 piles to bedrock and the city now says that's enough. those 18 piles go down to bedrock, to anchor the high-rise to something solid and immovable. engineers believe that should finally stop the millennium tower from sinking and tilting and reverse some of the lean but each time crews started drilling and digging to install each of the piles, it caused the building to lean and sink even more, so fix officials eventually scrapped the original plan to install 52 support piles and submitted a new one that relies on just the 18 already in the ground. the plan is now to extend the foundation and acatch one corner of the building to some of those 18 piles, but that requires ev

to martin brennan, like mike lynch. has been with me since i started being senator. and they have just such rocks in our office. incredible. the probability the team of husband and wife who have done more to save the earth this year than just about anybody else, and that is jerry petrella, and megan. they met, got married on my staff. they have a beautiful little boy george. and when you two people so important, policy director and legislative director, and a little child at home, it is tough. but they manage to be great parents at the same time as being great and amazing staffers. and they're brilliant. they're just brilliant. my executive team is world class, emily sweet and kelly carney, rabbi and abbey shaw, who just left a few weeks ago. an amazing press team, justin goodman. >> listening to senate majority leader chuck schumer giving thanks to a lot of people who helped make this happen with now legislation being passed, the inflation reduction act there getting full passage there with the vice president's tie-breaking vote in the u.s. senate. thanks for julian

san martin and morgan hill. mike, you've been watching several issues and now it's the south bay. >> we're back to normal but having slowing typical in san jose. the mountain view crash has cleared. great recovery, quick recovery past moffitt boulevard. if you heard about that earlier. looking really light right now. as we move the map, a slower drive into contra costa county. the arrows show a typical pattern as you get over into through highway 4 and 37. the circled area, west 80 approaching the carcinas bridge, still slow after a crash and debris toward magazine. the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights are on. back to you. >>> happening today, santa clara county public health officer expected to be under the microscope answering questions about covid restrictions. that left one defined san jose church owing hundreds of thousands in fines. >> kris sanchez has the latest on this legal battle. >> reporter: good morning, marcus and laura. this fight has been going on since the start of the pandemic. the fines d

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martin and morgan hill. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> okay, so roku owners, nbc bay area is your streaming device servicechannel 133. it's just a click away. watch it on your schedule with your tv or roku app. to watch "nbc bay area news" on roku turn on the live tv tile on the home screen and scroll down to channel 133 and watch nbc bay area from anywhere in the u.s. >> 6:52. >>> happening now, house speaker nancy pelosi is making lower health care and prescription drug costs the focus of an event this morning in san francisco. she and public health leaders are going to share how san franciscans will help provisions in the inflation reduction act that will lower drug prices, it takes place at the southeast health center clinic at 10:30 in the morning. >>> next a look at top stories we're following. the new approach for treating monkeypox. we'll talk about the new trial testing under way now to help patients with the most severe cases. we're back in two minutes. you'reatching "today in the w - you okay? - there's a flex alert today so i'm mentally preparing for the power outage. oh, well we can help stop

just three weeks after tilly's death, martin heard about mike, andy and tim, andjoined them as they walked not let it out sort of thing, which is, you learn now, is the completely wrong thing to do, really. tracey�*s son charlie had just finished his a—levels. he talked to his mum about struggling mentally the day he died. but again there were no signs he was having suicidal thoughts. he had rang the ambulance service. he'd rang the police to tell them exactly where he was, so we didn't find him. he had so much to live for. and i think that's the tough bit. in fact, he did get into two universities, which he didn't know about. it was too late. like tim and mike's daughters, charlie's death came near to the beginning of the first lockdown in may 2020. tracey decided to join the dads as they walked near to where she lived in lincolnshire. did it help to be able to talk to them? massively. it was just lovely to talk openly and not have anybody say, "oh, well, that's what he wanted to do." they understood. what they've done and raised awareness isjust brilliant. i can't thank them enough, to b

interview you're going to be doing in just a second >> mike tirico, and scottie scheffler, big weekend of golf. >>> and popular fall accessories, jill martinense plate readers. the city installed them in april t monterey road and curtner avenue. the city plans to roll out new devices perhaps as soon as next spring. the meeting starts at 6:30. >>> with a look at the forecast this morning, meteorologist kari hall is tracking the numbers for us. >> fog will remain over the bay and keep temperatures down. we're headed for about 70 degrees today. inland it's going to be reaching 90 in napa, 95 in concord. palo alto will see a high of about 85 degrees. the rest of the week, our valleys are staying hot, but there will be a significant cooldown between sunday and monday as we get a lot more ocean breeze, bringing some of the cool temperatures in san francisco inland. >>> we'll have another update in 30 minutes. i'll see you here then. what's the difference between prop 26 and prop 27? 26? not one dime to get people off the streets and into housing 27 generates hundreds of million to help solve homelessness. the choice is clear yes on prop 27. ♪ th

white after trayvon martin i with you like it was successions of killings like over the years. there was tamir rice soon after that and then mikewn and freddie gray. i was in baltimore and 2015. that was in maryland, a lot more protests around that and then sandra bland and philando castile anthologies, all at lot of cases just happened short time span anything it was so frustrating and really heartbreaking. there was a poll that i saw right behind the pandemic, so was number one before the pandemic but like the cause that shapes our generation was a black lives matter movement. whether it was positive or negative reaction the thing that shaped things the most, like interesting and can increase to see but also and made a lot of sense especially seeing the impact back and they come probably one of the largest thing sews on people's minds was a domestic issue in 60. >> definitely. i'm really appreciative of you mentioning those cases and the way they shake people. social media is very much a part of this story because when people, especially in summer 2016, when alton sterling, terrence crutcher, philando castile all killed and t

martin: andrew, how do you think about that? do you think that trumpism can survive trump? andrew: i think it can. you are seeing it carry on in people at ron desantis, mike pompeo, who are trying to piggyback off of donald trump in some way without sort of getting ahead of themselves and -- they are trying to wait to see what and when or whether donald trump announces. republicans in congress want a donald trump to not announce a presidential run before the midterm elections because that would suck all of the energy out of their efforts to take back the house and potentially the senate. and what the mayor lago investigation does for donald trump is it really emboldens him. he can use this as another example to say, i am the victim of a witchhunt, the democrats, and the fbi and doj have been going after me for years. and he is using it to his advantage already, that is why he was the one to make public the fbi search in the first place because he believed, and i think correctly, that this helps him with his voters. but i think that republicans, the elected officials and people running for office this year, are very wary of the possibility that donald trum

but you head down to san martin, it reaches 86 degrees and 6 in concord and low 80s for much of the north bay, but we'll talk about some warmer temperatures in our forecast. mike tracking traffic now and later. >> kari, right now we're looking at a little more slowing highway 4, not a surprise coming into concord. we had that 37 slowing for vallejo toward merritt island. a little better through petaluma, farther north, the carpool lanes completed and today is the first commute day where the carpool lanes are fully open they've been working on through petaluma. you don't have the construction there either. you have construction here, this easing tonight actually from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., the following morning, all week we'll have the off-ramp at second closed here off of northbound 101. they're continuing to work on the harbor bridge. we know that project in the area t shouldn't be a major problem but note if that is your specific exit. a's game time at 6:40 tonight, traditional slowing before and after the game after rush hour. we're continuing to follow the crashes in fremont, no slowing shows up, got a little more detail to show with you coming up. back t

martin. the continued cooling will be in the forecast as we go toward the middle to end of the week. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. mike, what's the update on highway 17? >>over all things are moving smoothly. 17 was the scene of a crash with the northbound side closed earlier this morning, then things cleared after a long traffic break and we did have some slowing. looks like everything's now recovered. the summit road off-ramp was closed for a few minutes. that may be a factor. it looks like the southbound side shows slowing, maybe some distractions as the crews remain on scene on the shoulder. looking over here toward dublin, traffic feeding in out of the altamont pass without any major problems. this is a nice, smooth drive coming in through the area, the tri-valley moving nicely. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> new eye-opening look this morning at the devastating impact on california farmlands from our climate in crisis. it includes a huge jump in the agricultural land that's barren due to dry conditions. >> bob redell, this is the latest sight of how deep this trout is affecting farmers. >> reporte

martin but the bottom, you see that orangish? the road weather index registers fog but we don't hear about any problems for drivers. >> hope it stays that way. thanks, mike. >>> fighting for better wages and rights. the bay area outdoor sporting goods store where workers are unionizing and the reason they say it was a necessary step. >>> you're probably not taking the day off to listen to jay powell's speech but people in wall street are going nuts wondering what he's going to say. >>> plus -- >> an old jingle in need of a new summer remake? well, clear out your freezer. we'll hear it and the new frozen treat that may have some people saying woof. we'll figure it out all when we we'll figure it out all when we comek. here at city of refuge, we house up to 26 families. we reduce homelessness, address mental health, provide spaces for addiction to be broken, create spaces of healing and restoration. for the first time ever, prop 27 will provide permanent funding for organizations like ours. saying yes to prop 27 means more people get the assistance that they nee they get someone to partner in such a way to see transformation come to them. yes on prop 27, b

martin and san jose will reach 93, while san francisco will be in the upper 70s. we do have hot temperatures today but it does get better by the weekend. we'll talk about that. mike, it looks like you have a clear view of the golden gate bridge. >> beautiful. there was a quick traffic break as they moved some cones and equipment. now everybody's moving once again. as we take a look folks, the same shot this is a beautiful view. you can even see the north bay, a nice clear -- kari talked about a hot day because there's no fog here, you could tell that's warmer. a smooth drive across that span and as we looking athe rest of the bay something is held up on the sensors here so my maps are not moving. we'll tell you everything is moving clearly here and kari, from the temperatures my daughter is very glad she has pe for first period because it could get hot. >> that is always key. smart, smart girl. >> there you have it. 5:03. >>> one of the biggest political heavyweights is stepping up to san francisco's monkeypox outbreak. this comes as the city and the state for that matter are seeing a number of cases grow. >> "today in the bay's" ginger conejero saab is live in s

martin, 97 in fairfield and still in the 90s and even upper 90s for santa rosa today. we're looking at still wide-ranging temperatures going into the weekend, so it's all about the microclimates. >>> mike, where can we find lower gas prices? >> usually friday prices go up because well that's what happens before the demand raises as well for the weekend. today prices 30 and 40 cents cheaper than we did yesterday. cheap gas prices, we'll start in the east bay where gas is $4.69 a gallon at great gas station on round bull boulevard. we'll see what your opinion is. north bay it will be arco on redwood highway, gas there $4.73 in the middle and lapsely driving through the south bay, golden eagle gas on monterey street, gas there $4.57. that's a great price. we're looking at great speeds as well, at the speed limit, that's what we love for a great drive except here the early slowdown starts in antioch into pittsburg. right now it's getting out of antioch, a crash over on the shoulder now, blocking a couple lanes. you're clear by the time you get into your pittsburg and bay point and the rest of contra costa county moves smoothly. back over to you. >>> thanks, mike. all m telemundo 48 are cle

to martin brennan, another, like mike lynch. mike lynch and martin brennan have with me just about since i started being senator, and they are just such rocks in our office. incredible, probably the team of husband and wife who have done more to save the earth this year than just about anybody else, and that is jerry patrella and megan tyra. they met, got married on my staff, they have a beautiful little boy, george. when you have two people so important, policy director and legislative director, and a little child at home, it is tough, but they managed to be great parents at the same time as being great and amazing staffers. and they're brilliant. they're just brilliant. my executive team is world class, emily sweeter, kelly carney. an amazing please team -- justin goodman, alex wynn, monica lee, alice nam, jazz minimum harris, and everyone on the digital team, the senate media who worked day and night to record, edit, finalize photos, graphics, videos of every sort. they are a blessing. and i want to recognize my press staff u