one great places from nasa or noaa. some of the best scientific agencies in the world. this is a great example of the type of product they produced backed up by plenty of data and echoing research of other science agencies around the world. host: from the republican line, terry, you are on with our guest. caller: good morning. i have a couple of questions and i would like you to answer them for me. stateshe way the united measures climate change not very accurate? the one you should be using is the one in russia, which is more accurate? number two, if it wasn't for all the millions of trees in california that should have been cleared out, what a california just pass two bills that they will start clearing that out? thank you. guest: our science is the best in the world. the way we measure the effects of climate change are through our satellite system, put in nasa and data that comes in through noaa. we know exactly how climate change is affecting certain parts of the world. there are pieces of it that maybe less certain. this makes it clear. look on the internet and you

>> but the scientists tell us from noaa because professional crews were not able to examine the whale they don't know if all the rope or netting was cut away. >> that is amazing. he's lucky, so lucky. >> yeah. >> that tail could probably break every bone in his body. >> no kidding. we'll be right back. . plus: this massive migrant carvan is heading to the u-s border. the moves an east bay business is making to help those seeking asylum. tomorrow from 4:30 to 7. thanks so much for joining us. >>> a final check of our weather. >> had some really warm weather. it's going to stick around for the next several days even as we fall back this weekend. >> are you sure it's not november? >> i don't know. tomorrow is friday. we know that for sure. see you tomorrow morning. >> hi. >> hello. >> do you remember me? >> no, i'm sorry. >> i was in here yesterday. you wouldn't wait on me. >> oh. >> you work on commission, right? >> yes. >> big mistake. big. huge. i have to go shopping now. hnchts we know every wo . >> we all know every word. we all do. we continue to celebrate the decade when julia bec

this is a graphic from noaa. right to the east coast it's been going. the particles making for some hazy sunsets over the past couple of days. this was tweeted by one of our viewers from the hudson river in new york city. the particles of smoke there with the sunset. >> parts of the bay area saw some slightly clearer skies today. take a look at the golden gate bridge photo from today and yesterday. >> reporhen we talk about pollution, we're talking about cars and trucks. this is smoking not only residents but local businesses. the iconic cable cars began running today, pulled out of service last thursday because the air was so bad. >> you couldn't breathe. breathing was terrible. >> reporter: he said even some of his local riders stayed home. >> nobody wants to get sick. >> alka tras and muir woods are closed. but they are getting refunds. >> i assume that it's the air. , so can't really blame anybody. >> the agnme store was empty. business was way down. >> 30%, maybe a third. quite a lieutenant. it's affecting everyone on this street. >> not everyone.

this is a picture from noaa. >> the cal state system in the area closing all campuses. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live in san jose with the latest for us. >> reporter: hi there. it's being to be a couple quiet days at san jose state. you can see the haze hanging around the lights and over parts of the campus if you look in the right way. the cal state east bay also canceled classes. they tweeted out all activities are canceled. that includes work. san jose state will be closed day and tomorrow. san francisco university shutting down at 5:00 yesterday evening and saying they will remain shut down until saturday. my babysitter is a san jose student and she's worried about falling behind. the student wellness center handed out 200 masks alone on campus. they have more on order. they'll continue to hand those out for free through friday. students get an e-mail last night saying the air quality is so bad, they should stay indoors and away from the smoke. you might be wondering, how bad is it, really? some doctors are keeping people in the hospital who are well enough

a noaa spokesman calling it a dangerous move. the men said they knew the risk, but would do it again to help that whale. pretty brave. >>> when we come back, the american gymnast so good, she fell twice. competed with a kidney stone and still landed in the record books. how's that for america strong? stay with us. today, life-changing technology from abbott is helping hunt them down at their source. because the faster we can identify new viruses, the faster we can get to stopping them. the most personal technology, is technology with the power to change your life. life. to the fullest. >>> finally tonight, america strong. american gymnast simone biles vauting her way into history. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> she is a 4'8" giant. >> reporter: simone biles is the definition of america strong. doing something no other female gymnast has done before. winning her fourth all-around world gymnastics title this evening, at the international championship still underway in doha. this is her favorite event, the floor. and she's competin

there is the data from nasa and noaa that temperatures have been steadily increasing.t with is the fact amount -- with the output of mainly carbon dioxide, but also other greenhouse gases like methane, by a human population that is rapidly increasing in size, it would almost be -- it would almost be an conceivable -- inconceivable that we would not elevate the temperature of the earth a little bit. what is that? host: i just wanted to thank you for the call. lewis is next, newark, new jersey. caller: how are you doing? i just don't understand how believe thatt something is happening in front of their faces. orange and i work in east orange. at the end of my building, we have a park. in this park, we have wonderful birds that come from all different types of places. and for the first time in eight years, i have seen birds that i never saw before, migrating. they lost their sense. they cannot find their way back. they cannot go where they want. sometimes, they are dying right there, and you see everything around us right now -- in alaska, all these beautiful places that

a noaa spokesman calling it a dangerous move.n say they knew the risks, but would do it again to help the whale. pretty brave. >>> and when we come back, the american gymnast so good, she fell twice, competed with a kidney stone and still landed in the record books. how's that for america strong? stay with us. also a lot to know. like, it doesn't pay for everything. yep. you're on the hook for the rest. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, the only plans of their kind endorsed by aarp. a plan like this helps pay some of what medicare doesn't. so you could end up paying less. call unitedhealthcare insurance company today for your free decision guide. and i'm still going for my best even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'm up for that. eliquis. eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin

>> reporter: but the scientist from noaa tells you because professional rescue crews were never able to examine the whale they don't know if all the rope or netting was completely cut away. >> get it, sam. now, that fishing crew, they did call the coast guard, but they decided to try to free the whale on their own because they were told it was going to take several hours for anyone to get out to help them. reporting live in san francisco, i'm sergie quintana, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> police in the east bay are investigating a crash that killed a young girl. it happened monday afternoon on shepherd avenue in heyward. that's right near tyrell elementary school. a driver hit the 3-year-old girl. paramedics rushed her to a local hospital where she died. the driver did stay at the scene and is cooperating. >>> we also have new details about the deadly crash that shut down 880 for hours. this was part of our breaking news coverage last night at 11:00. this was on 880 in heyward. investigators say 46-year-old lamum bachlt richard and 57-year-old renee rodriguez died in this cras

and that would include civil space activities from nasa and noaa but also commercial space activities that the commerce department and the transportation department are so focused on. so that's an update, sir, and i'm honored to be here. [ applause ] >> thank you, jim. thank you for that good report. your energetic leadership is making a real difference at nasa, and i hope you will pass along our compliments to astronaut nick hage for being willing to get back on the horse. >> yes, sir. >> go right back up before compass. a courageous man. five years in training, i'm sure he's anxious to get -- >> to be clear, the mission before christmas is not going to be nick hage, but he is anxious to get back there. >> yeah, i bet he'll be crowding to the front of the line. >> you bet. >> after talking with him. great. well done. thank you very much. thanks for your leadership. and thank you for the way that nasa is working in such close consultation with our efforts in defense, our efforts in commercial space. it is a -- it's making a real difference. with that, we're honored to be joined today

it's my understanding that as of now, noaa has cancelled their tsunami warning. >> got it. got it. s that good news for folks in that area. michael west, thank you so much, the alaska state seismologist. nick watt, as we were looking at the damage, broadening out between edit-based, shattered and flooded newsroom, you see these pictures of highways and bridges damaged. don't have nick watt. brian stelter, i'm going to switch on over to you. you heard michael saying how widespread this is. it is unique in that you have earthquakes all the time but as severe in such a populated area in anchorage is quite newsworthy and people could feel it as far as 400 miles. >> also in anchorage suburbs like wasilla and areas like that. a lot of reports of damage within people's homes, glasses shattered, things off shelves, same things at stores. because of the time of day of this earthquake, about 8:30, remember the way the world works, it was still dark there. the sun had not come up there in anchorage. sun up was around 9:30. so it was dark and it made it scarier for residence. some people posti

would be a drought buster for us)(7:20) (track 7: 1st take) (imgó0298.jpg)(please burn a courtesy for noaainto the graphic)the waters at the equator have started to warm, and this year's forecast is for a weak or moderate el nino. so what does that mean for the bay area and the state? (bite - 6:15)(brian garcia)(in weak el nino years we typically see much more normal rainfall for the overall water year but we can get riods of heavy rain in any year. i don't think we've seen a strong rain year come out of a weak el nino) (6:32)(cover some of this bite with video) (track 8: 2nd take) (video of rain, then seasonal outlook graphic) computer models are ( john ) nobody knows exactly what causes el ninos, which make them nearly impossible to forecast accurately. all we can do now is watch, hope, and wait for the rain to return. ( james ) still ahead in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... michelle obama has announced a book tour for her memoir with a stop here in the bay area. ( james ) and after the break... a big announcement from petco as they are trying to revamp their pet food to be h

we also secured a grant from no noaa. that program will provide curriculum focused on pollution in the san francisco bay walter -- watershed. in 2014, the number of adults soared from 33 in 2014 to 456 this year. question utilize 200 volunteers, who provide about 1,000 hours of volunteer time. specific to treasure island, we've partnered with the life-learning academy to bring 13 students and provide 94 hours. we've also received interns and provided 210 hours of work experience for those students. we're hoping to funnel kids from swimming programs to sailing programs, as most underserved kids, don't have the ability to swim, which is a barrier to entering sailing. also specific to treasure island, we had four children from employees who work on the island. and we also had 11 students that work on the island. my program manager and i are taking advantage of the city services and we're in the university provided intensive, tailored, specific training from a program atic and financial standpoint we're working with the board

in the early 1970's, there was a lot of new agencies were created, noaa and e.p.a. and so that concept today, there are so many departments -- there are so many organizations agencies within the department already, it would be a very hard sell today. good questions. >> well, thank you again, so much. scott: thank you. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] >> this weekend on real america on real history tv, the series, a cbs news inquiry, the warren report anchored by walter cronkite investigating unanswered questions into john f. kennedy's assassination. >> sunday, november 24, the mob scene continues as oswald was brought into the police about the for the transport into the jail. and then in full sight of millions of television viewers, a man called jack ruby goes through the crowd and shoots oswald dead. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1971, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today we continue to bring you unf

would be a drought buster for us)(7:20) (track 7: 1st take) (imgó0298.jpg)(please burn a courtesy for noaainto the graphic)the waters at the equator have started to warm, and this year's forecast is for a weak or moderate el nino. so what does that mean for the bay area and the state? (bite - 6:15)(brian garcia)(in weak el nino years we typically see much more normal rainfall for the overall water year but we can get periods of heavy rain in any year. i don't think we've seen a strong rain year come out of a weak el nino) (6:32)(cover some of this bite with video) (track 8: 2nd take) (video of rain, then seasonal outlook graphic) computer models are now forecasting a 70 to 75% chance of el nino conditions this winter.(video of rain) (track 9: 1st take) (video of dry brown hills and reservoirs) but how much rain we see here and across the state is still unknown. (track 10: 1st take) (videos of light rain in puddles) a look at past 'weak to moderate' el nino events give us a little clue. the average of the last 25 weak el ninos brings slightly below normal rain for the state. (track 11: 1st

this study was backed by noaa- 's climate program office. (ken) now to our four zone forecast. you're looking live at the golden gate bridge.(pam) kron-4's chief meteorologist lawrence karnow joins us with a look ahead lawrence karnow: it was a beautiful warm start to november with temperatures soaring into the 70s and 80s. there were even some 70s along the coast. high pressure continues to dominate our weather pattern sending any chance of showers well to the north. highs tomorrow will once again be warm but cooler near the coast. highs will be in the 70s and mid 80s inland with patchy morning fog and cooler 60s at the coast. a few more clouds are expected this weekend with elevated fire danger in the north and east mountains. more sunshine and mild weather is expected next week. still ahead at 8 a new lawsuit following the death of soundgarden singer chris cornell. what his family is claiming happened to him before his suicide. plus. a school transformed into 'hogwartz' for a day. the special reason the wizarding school came to life. and next. oprah campaigns in the heated g

and as we continue to track the hues and how they stack up you, here is how the noaa average amount of hurricanes stacked upo 2018. so we three major hurricanes at category 3 or higher. this year we had two. on. >> a, we see about circumstance and canes cat 1 to cat 5 this year we had eight. and named storms, we were above average with15, and on average we seebout 12. kurnt currently our temperatures are in the mid-40s. 44 manassas. we're mainly dry. i can't real out ae bit of drizzle, but for the most part, we are looking dry. no rain rlly in the forecast. and as we look at future weather, starting you out tomoeow morning, we dry. some showers well back in parts of virginia and the panel handle of wt virginia. as we move toward 11:00 a.m., we start it see impacting northern virginia. and thenoon through southern maryland. toward the late afternoon hours, maybe a bit of a break. but skies stay cloudily. and overnight,ee we pretty steady rain. as we move toward about 8:00, 9:00 a.m. sunday, showers start to push out of the area and the sunshine breaks out and our temperatures warm up ni

because as the atlantic points out, the assessment endorsed by nasa, noaa and ten other scientific agenciesdicts ever issue taken by president trump. the report is 1600 pages representing years of work from hundreds of government scientists. the overwhelming conclusion is that climate change is real. it is here. we as humans are causing it. it's only getting worse. extreme hot weather. longer heat waves. more drought. the potential for double the devastation from massive wildfires. exactly what we saw in california. rising sea levels, rising to the point that will eventually result in mass migrations from coastal cities. what is trump doing with the report that his own administration released? nothing. so far the white house has dismissed the findings as largely based on the most extreme scenario. here is how the president's own party is reacting to it on the sunday shows. >> all the proposals i've seen so far that would address any of these issues would devastate the u.s. economy and have little or no ben fits. >> any time that we are putting regulation out, we need to always consider the

this is a picture from noaa. it's before and after pictures of the smokey air. >> thousands of college students won't be in school today. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez joins us in san jose. precautionary measure here, kris. >> reporter: yeah, definitely student health is paramount for the chancellor at san jose state. in addition to canceling the classes, the university handed out 200 of these n-95 masks yesterday and they'll continue distributing them through friday as well. cal state east bay tweeted out that all of their activities are also canceled. that includes work. san jose state will be closed today and tomorrow. online classes, by the way, also included in that cancellation. san francisco state shut down at 5:00 yesterday evening. they'll remain shut down through saturday. my babysitter is a student here at san jose state. she told me she's worried about falling behind but it's good for the university to consider student and faculty health. on all three cal state campuses in the bay area, students w

all the agencies this committee has jurisdiction, the department of transportation, the coast guard, noaa. i visited with those represents in the emergency operations center in florida just the other day. i want to make that statement before i'm taking off. >> thank you, senator nelson. be assured that you and our constituents and first responders will be in our prayers. god speed as you travel down there. senator markey, i think, has an opening statement. >> thank you for having this very important hearing. again, all of our thoughts and prayers are with the gulf coast and this incredible storm which is about to hit senator nelson and all the people and any of the adjoining states that might be hit by this storm, as well. i appreciate this opportunity to discuss a priority that i'm personally worked on for years, which is protecting american's privacy. data is the oil of the 21st century. it fuels all of the services the apps, the websites that improve our quality of life and make america competitive in today's digital world. while the data-driven economy has undoubtedly revolutionize th

would be a drought buster for us)(7:20) (track 7: 1st take) (imgó0298.jpg)(please burn a courtesy for noaaphic)the waters at the equator have started to warm, and this year's forecast is for a weak or moderate el nino. so what does that mean for the bay area and the state? (bite - 6:15)(brian garcia)(in weak el nino years we typically see much more normal rainfall for the overall water year butwe can get periods of heavy rain in any year. i don't think we've seen a strong rain year come out of a weak el nino) (6:32)(cover some of this bite with video) (track 8: 2nd take) (video of rain, then seasonal outlook graphic) computer models are now forecasting a 70 to 75% chance of el nino conditions this winter.(video of rain) (track 9: 1st take) (video of dry brown hills and reservoirs) but how much rain we see here and across the state is still unknown. (track 10: 1st take) (videos of light rain in puddles) a look at past 'weak to moderate' el nino events give us a little clue. the average of the last 25 weak el ninos brings slightly below normal rain for the state. (track 11: 1st take)(video o

the report is part two of noaa's climate assessment and will analyze the impact that climate change hasu.s. the first part released last november concluded that there is, quote, no convincing alternative explanation for the changing climate other than human activities. here with me to discuss further is the director of the earth system science center at penn state, michael mann. thanks for taking the time. i should also note he's the author of the madhouse effect. how climate change denial is threatening our planet, destroying our politics and driving us crazy. michael, as if we nide another reason to go crazy, but i hear you here. let me start on the wildfires if i can. one thing people have trouble with, with climate change, is it seems like this distance danger out there. is it really going to affect me? but you have said, and others have said, these wildfires are worse in part because of climate change. explain why that's the case. >> yeah, well, you know, you take unprecedented heat and unprecedented drought, which is what california has seen in recent years. and you're going to ge

. >>> the smoke from the "camp fire" created an impressive satellite image captured by noaa. you can see the huge plume of smoke spreading to the south from butte county to the bay area and to the west all the way to the coast. >> and the effects of the smoke lingered across the bay area all day long. take a look at this. here you see just how hazy and smoggy conditions are across the bay area from san francisco to san jose. >> in fact, air quality experts say the conditions are dangerous enough that they are urging people to stay indoors as much as possible. everyone. ktvu's christien kafton reports some school districts canceled outdoor activities while others canceled classes. >> reporter: the area around the bay area is smoky and dangerous. >> it varies a little bit from place to place. but for the most part, we have very unhealthy air quality. in the north bay, san francisco, even in the south bay. so it's region wide. >> reporter: one look outside the signs are obvious. this one saying, it's hellish smoky around the entire bay area. this san francisco school also postin

, we are -- we're in constant communication with the agencies, whether it's the usgs, whether it's noaacancelled. the coastal communities are not concerned about further impact to their areas. wove had a conversation with the vice president, with the administrator of fema. we have the regional head of fema coming up to the state as well as the second in command here who will also be on his way. so the response teamworking from the federal level working in conjunction with the state and the municipal, these are the integrated teams that needed to be put in place to begin the initial assessment. then we move forward from there. dan? >> just real quick. make no mistake, this was a big one. my wife was texting me. she's in anchorage, when this was happening. we've had a lot of aftershocks. some above 5.0. as congressman young mentioned so far, thank god, the good news, in loss of life. we wanted everybody in the country to continue to pray for people in our great state. senator murkowski mentioned, the damage is significant. if you see it on the news, seeing pictures and where it's very sig

working very closely with the agencies that are receiving the information on the ground, whether it be noaa working to advise communities as to the threat of a potential tsunami working directly with the usgs, working with the ear earth quake center. the monitor center, to make sure we are a prize. because this is still aunl go g ongoing. we are still seeing aftershocks. i just spoke with my son in anchorage, as we were speaking, he said, hold on, we are having an after shock right now. >> your family is okay? >> my family is all right. we have been sending texts wildly to make sure of that. but it is a time of the year where, again, we recognize that families can be vulnerable and we want to ensure that everyone is going to be safe. so, we need the thoughts and the prayers at the same time na we are working to do a rapid response. >> and i'm sure that you have them for everybody watching, especially around the holiday season and knowing that it is winter upon us especially in alaska. senator murkowski, i know you are probably making plans to get back to your home state. we appreciate you s

. >> and take a look at this satellite image from noaa: highlighting the huge petaluma of smoke from the "camp fire" spreading -- plume of smoke from the "camp fire" spreading south to the butte county to the bay area and to the west to the coast. >>> chief meteorologist bill martin was reporting live from the fire lines in paradise last night. he joins us now with more on these conditions. bill. >> the conditions have definitely gotten bet your but they are going to degrade as you get more wind coming in, in the area. so here's the zone up around butte county. you see the smoke coming into the region. air quality is bad. it's not going to get better anytime soon. i wanted to show you the current conditions. you can see -- let's go to jarbo gap. 4-mile-per-hour winds, 14% humidity. cool at 59. winds have died down. that's a great help to percent. the winds will come back up. i wanted to show you where paradise is. it interesting and dangerous. this is the feather river canyon. this is the butte creek canyon. right? and on this ridge, between the two canyons, is paradise. we used to g

. >> we just enjoy volunteering and helping out and we admire the work everybody does at noaa and justles are cute. i can't wait to hear the sounds they make when they strap in and enjoy the ride. >> reporter: because of a recent trend of warmer sea temperatures during the summer, the turtles get trapped in cape cod bay when they should start the migration south. >> this is a new phenomenon. >> reporter: they've had to rescue more than 200 turtles over the last few years and they've reached capacity. flights like these are imperative to get these turtles south so they can continue their rehabilitation and eventually be released. they can survive in water temperatures that are in the high 40s, when we get below that, not many survive that. >> reporter: today's flight is an all-day event. final destination stewart, florida. >> for them to be able to come in here and use a local airport and to be able to get down to florida in under a day is just the way to go. >>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> just about 7:00 eastern, 4:00 in the afternoon out west. live in the cnn "newsroom"

this is from the noaa satellite up above. take a look at the plumes of smoke. the hot spot in northern california. but then you see the smoke. it's going down to mexico, the wind shifts, it goes up to canada and the northern plains. we have been sharing that part of stothe story unfortunately across the west. no worse than california. how much rain do we need? half an inch of rain to stop the spread of the fires. that would be great. we need 2 inches or more to basically extinguish them. we're going to get that. i think it's going to be too quick. it's not going to be a light rain on and off throughout the day. it's going to come in rather quick on wednesday, one punch, another one on friday and then perhaps even through the early part on of next week. as that rain hits those burn scars, that's the concern there, it basically is going to fall on cement. and so that is going to trigger the mud flows that, of course, can be quite deadly in california. so we'll be following that part of the story next week. >> it's a big deal. ivan, thank you. >>> all right, turni

take a look at this photo from noaa. it has pictures of before and after there. this is the smokey air above california. >> thousands of college students won't be in class today. the cal state system in the bay area closing the campuses. kris sanchez with more on this. they don't want the students out there breathing this air. >> reporter: they don't. in fact, they not only canceled classes here at san jose state for today but tomorrow. they've been handing out these n-95 masks to anyone who needs them. cal state east bay canceling classes. they say they're canceling work obligations as well, asking supervisors to be flexible with their workers. san jose state canceling all online classes as well. on all three cal state campuses in the bay area, students will still have access to their dorms, their dining halls and health services. by the way, uc berkeley, if you're a cal bear, you have class today. the chancellor says we have decided the cancellation of classes is not at this point warranted or necessary due to air quality index levels in berkeley. however, camp

coast guard and u.s., north com and the interagency partners beforehand with all of the weather from noaasa and other places and with the machine learning behind it, it could be predictive with the storm surge. it could have given us insights and how were we to respond during and how would i save people afterwards and that was available, and today it was available across multiple different areas and none of it was kecked and as yconnected an learn, and the disaster response with a bunch of interagency partners with the right algorithms that's resilient and how does it connect to the cloud and how is that secured and what is the ecosystem that supports that and that's an example of what we're trying to do and think through this digital transformation and think the things that have been discussed here and apply that to a real-world problem that faces us today. >> just an additional comment. one of the things that i think is important and when you think of operationalizing data which is what you're talking about, rather than synergizing it and creating algorithms that create new insights fro

you can also call noaa's s.o.s. whale hotline number. we have that number posted on our website, nbcbayarea.com. that's the latest here in san francisco. i'm melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, melissa. >>> tracking you down in an emergency. a high-tech upgrade for a police department in the heart of silicon valley. >>> also perhaps you've already done it. a growing trend. voting by mail. how many more people have turned in their ballots for next week's election. and some of the insights we're getting from it. >>> i'm chief meet roll jicht r gist jeff ranieri. heading out trick or treating stick around. i have your full forecast coming up in six minutes. proposition 11 solves two issues. first, it continues to pay paramedics while we're on break. second, it ensures the closest ambulance can respond if you call 9-1-1. vote yes on 11. here are the facts.leading attacks against prop c. the city's chief economist says prop c will "reduce homelessness" by creating affordable housing, expanding mental-health services, and provid

this is from noaa here the last several days.ar away as the northern plains are seeing some of the smoke. the worst where it has been unhealthy is california. the red dots you see there, that's in the unhealthy stage. we were towards purple, one of the highest numbers we've seen as far as air quality index goes up to 500. we were in the 300s to give you some idea. how much rain do we need to help things out? we need at least half an inch to stop the spread of the fires, right? the winds are also going to help as they begin to calm down, but we need actually upwards of 2 inches to extinguish the fires. so i think, in fact, heading into thanksgiving, this thing is going to be put out because of the heavy rain and the heroic fire fighting efforts that continue at this hour. look at these weather systems. not just one. i'm counting three here. we have one that comes in on wednesday. this will be the first big rain event coming in, and that's going to be heavy at times, as all that moisture gets pumped in from the pau isk is. another

and take a look at this satellite photo from noaa. that's the national oceanic and atmospheric administration. it highlights this huge plume of smoke from the "camp fire" that drifted south and west down from butte county here to the bay area. and it is really enveloping our entire region. >>> joining us now to talk more about the poor air quality is lisa, the communications director for the bay area air quality management district. lisa, thank you so much for joining us. i mean -- >>outside anywhere in the bay area, and you can just see the entire bay area is covered in smoke. which areas are worse off right now, and we are worse off than we were yesterday when it comes to air quality, is that correct, in some areas? >> yeah. air quality is poor through the bay area right now. we are seeing a little bit of respite in some of the north bay stations but not all. the east bay is heavily impacted right now. parts of the peninsula are impacted in the south bay heavily impacted. it depends on the winds and which way the winds are bringing

david easterling of noaa, which released the report, suggested in a media call that climate change wouldage the untry's infrastructure, economy, and human health. >> that global average remperature is much higher and is rising apidly than anything modern civilization has experienced and this warmingon trend ca be explained by human activities especially >> yang: while almost no one will esce the effects of imate change, scientists say under-served and lower-income americans as well as coastal communities will feel the brtet most immed. >> future generations can expect to experience and interact with nareral systems in ways that much diftoday without significant reductions ino tfee greenhouse gas emissions, extinctions and transformative impacts on some ecosystems cannot be avoided. >> yang: the assessment contrasts starkly with the views and policies of president trump who often denies or dismissesle the ro of climate change. today, scientists dodged the question of whether the white house pushed to have the report released on the afternoon after thanksgiving. with me now is michael oppe

carolina itself has predicted a rise of 1 meter of sea level rise by 2100 data compiled and analyzed by noaa shows the worst case potential at about twice that, 2 meters. south carolina according to the fourth national climate assessment, charleston, south carolina has seen flood increasing and by 2045, charleston, south carolina is projected to face nearly 180 tidal floods per year. that's going to be a lot of properties that they're going to be making claims against this program. 180 tidal floods per year compares to 11 in 2014. so this is getting worse and it's getting worse fast. in texas, bryce wofort and texas -- university and text a&m compared flood damage from the storms that hit houston and they found that fema's flood risk maps only captured about 25% of the actual damage. so if you're a municipality in addition to the problems that you have trying to deal with protecting your tax base and of having people flee valuable coastal property as sea level rises, you also have the problem that when you look to the federal government to figure out, okay, what's my risk here, what are the

i wanted to give you a look at the shot from noaa, tracking this and overlaying different products to get the best view. this shows the video of the smoke plumes coming away from those flames that are from the camp fire in butte county. you can see the smoke spreading away from that, and that gives you a real visual of how think this smoke is, and how it's moving into some of our northern towns and counties in the bay area. i wanted to give you another view, this is from nasa, this was also viewed from space, as we go to our weather graphics, we can see that the smoke has been coming off just to the west of chico, and then down to santa rosa, and then we can see it coming down into san francisco as well as much of the peninsula, and as well as the north bay. so that's why you can see the smoke and all of those air quality issues canceling schools in santa rosa. i wouldn't be surprised if more schools were canceled or kept inside today. this is a look at the sunrise, and the smoke that lingers over san francisco this morning. this is not fog. this is smoke, and you may not see much of

she finished being the head of noaa. and cathy is another person who is just an amazing individual but also always there to help with advice when you need it. >> so the lunar landing gave us so many firsts. and so much human drama. in fact, i actually wrote a fan letter to neil armstrong. so now most space exploration is conducted robotically. how do you generate that level of excitement in kids today? >> you know, when i think about it, i love about space now, we have a really strong both human and robotic program. i actually think our robotic space exploration program does amazingly well. in fact, i find that discoverying tdiscovery of water, you know, possibly current water on mars' surface. when we discovered with the mission the seas on saturn's moon titan. those made the front page. i feel like the coverage that we've gotten of this amazing solar system and universe that we live in has kept system and universe we live in has really kept the public's strong support of nasa's scientific programs. i think the human ex

. >> second question, you go into it, i think it's called the chi noaa affair under nixon. we know he was tremendously troubled about this issue, and at certain points even played with the idea of confronting nixon or maybe even openly speaking about it, right? how do you see him not really -- [inaudible] and there's obviously complex reasons why he doesn't do it, right? >> i'll give you three. >> but how do you see that -- do you see that as a beginning as a kind of a potential fundamental corruption of what we have seen with the presidency? iran-contra affair, what is going on now, you know, declaring different wars without worrying about the war power act. do you see that -- if he had stood up and confronted nixon, right, with all the problems that that would have led to, right? do you believe that would have been a better idea looking back at it from now, or do you believe, you know, the complexity of the situation, the political cost and stuff like that -- >> can i give you my answer on that? and i'll give you my answer real simply. there's two major reasons lyndon joh

part of that was taking the noaa and moving it into the secretary's office. i'm proud to work with them to make sure we're promoting the kind of leadership in space based commerce and assets that the united states has in traditional 4 g wireless. we lead the world in 4g wireless. we should continue to talk up what we're doing with respect to space assets. >> that's interesting. you mentioned 4g. i don't think we can talk about this without talking about 5g. when you talk about ubiquitous deployment, what is commerce's role in the 5g, race to 5g? >> i think there's a couple things we do. almost half of the people that work at ntia are part of our office of spectrum management or our institute for telecommunications sciences. that's our lab facility in boulder, colorado. those people all day every day spend their time working to make sure that not only do our federal users have the assets they need to achieve their critical missions. it's the things you don't necessarily think about. when we think about what are the challenges to 5g, we don't think how are we g

representatives from noaa and the commerce department haven't responded to requests for comment. (anchor) taking a live look outside... at the san mateo bridge.(anchor) time now to check on our weather... with chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. karnow. lawrence karnow. lawrence karnow: it was mostly dry today but clouds and rain are now moving into the bay area. the winds are also picking up and will be gusty tonight. a wind advisory is posted for much of the north bay as winds could gust as high as 50 mph over the mountains. another storm will bring rain overnight spreading south tonight. rain and wind will be common across the bay area on friday. a few showers could linger into early before becoming partly cloudy. another series of storms is headed our way next week. (grant) turkey may be the centerpiece of your thanksgiving feast, but rapper snoop dogg says one of his recipes from his cookbook, "from crook to cook," is a must try. rick damigella has that and more in the hollywood minute. (nat cheers)snoop dogg received his star on the hollywood walk of fame earlier this week

this study was backed by noaa-'s climate program office.(ken) toyota is recalling a little more than a million vehicles because it found that the air bags could suddenly inflate without warning -- or fail to work at all in the event of a crash. the recall is for scion x-a vehicles from 2004 through 2006 in the u.s. worldwide -- more than a dozen additional models are affected. the good news is dealers will replace the air bag control unit and owners will be notified in decemeber. no word on any crashes or injuries so far. (pam) today, at the white house .. president trump announced more changes he wants to make to immigration policy.(ken) as alexandra limon reports the announcement comes just days before the midterm elections. president trump says there's a crisis at the border and he will sign an executive order to refuse asylum to migrants who enter the us illegally... president trumpunder this plan the illegal aliens will no longer get a free pass into our country by launching meritless claims in seeking asylum.the caravan of central ame

would be a drought buster for us)(7:20) (track 7: 1st take) (imgó0298.jpg)(please burn a courtesy for noaae started to warm, and this year's forecast is for a weak or moderate el nino. so what does that mean for the bay area and the state? (bite - 6:15)(brian garcia)(in weak el nino years we typically see much more normal rainfall for the overall water year but we can get periods of heavy rain in any year. i don't think we've seen a strong rain year come out of a weak el nino) (6:32)(cover some of this bite with video) (track 8: 2nd take) (video of rain, then seasonal outlook graphic) computer models are now forecasting a 70 to 75% chance of el nino conditions this winter.(video of rain) (track 9: 1st take) (video of dry brown hills and reservoirs) but how much rain we see here and across the state is still unknown. (track 10: 1st take) (videos of light rain in puddles) a look at past 'weak to moderate' el nino events give us a little clue. the average of the last 25 weak el ninos brings slightly below normal rain for the state. (track 11: 1st take)(video of heavy rain) while the average o

to be perfectly honest, with regard to noaa, has been hanging out there too long. this bill helps make sure that that vessel is going to be home ported where it should be legally homeported under the law and that's ketchikan. so, mr. president, those are just a few examples of the national aspects of this bill for the coast guard recapitalization effort, and some of the more important provisions that focuses on the coast guard's special relationship with alaska. this act also contains many important items for our fishermen and fisheries and our maritime industry throughout the united states, whether in the oceans, whether on the great lakes, whether in the rivers that we have very, very important to our fishing community, to our fishermen, and the maritime workers throughout the country. this, of course, is important to my state, mr. president. you know, is often refer to alaska as the superpower of seafood. the superpower of seafood. what am i talking about? almost 60% -- 6-0 -- of the commercial and sport fish harvested in the united states of america comes from

you look at amazon's open data repository which is rich in terms of mostly government from nasa and noaaand stamen data is hosted there one cannot seemingly search across all those different suppositories to say i want an image of atlanta, georgia which is where one of our competitions cities currently for state is. the fact that means that right out of the gate and analyst or end-user regard as a technical skill. through multiple functions just to make this data set together and then to answer questions or tools to make sure which model so if we think about what is key whether data sets or to standardization or just having basic evaluation metrics we agree upon for certain questions the court focus should be on how can we have the fundamental building blocks so we can start asking more complex questions and have even more complex analytical techniques as things .hich are >> thank you. i would agree on the geospatial side and the example we worked with right now and you think the government is not as far ahead as they are but there are certain areas in the dod and ic were busy interestin

repository, which is really rich in terms of mostly government provided satellite data for nasa and from noaaand our space and data is also hosted there, right now one cannot seamlessly search across all those different repositories to say i want an image of atlanta, georgia, which is where one of our competitions cities currently for spacenet. the fact is an end user can't do that, means that right out of the gate, an analyst or end user, regardless of their technical skill, is going to have to step through multiple functions just to put a data set together, to then start answering questions or use tools to then figure out which models. so if we think about what's key, whether it be data sets or tool standardization, or just having some basic evaluation metrics that we agree upon for certain questions, the core focus should be around, how can we have sort of these fundamental building blocks that we can start asking more complex questions and then , have even more complex analytical techniques as things mature. host: erin? erin: thank you. so i would agree on the geospatial side. an example