i )m scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. >>> good morning everyone. thanks for joining us. let's start with weather and a monday morning forecast. >> yeah. it looks pretty good out there. the only thing we'll have to 2k50e8 with is the wild fires across northern california. we get a live look outside. we will have moderate air quality today. also for the north bay and south baynd santa clara valley. where we have moderate air quality it will be at times. highs reaching into the low 90s inland and 65 for san francisco. we'll talk about what's ahead for the rest of the week how is it looking out there? >> all right off to a rather busy start. the rest of the bay area is off to a fairly good start. this is in san jose along 101. you can see plenty of traffic flow out there. no major znts a bit. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we have breaking investigat triple shooting. we have video from the scene outside the applebee's he's raun -- restaurant. it happened a little after 1:00. no update on either of those victims. we'll have a live look coming up in half an hour. >> we dech ni

scott mcgrew: this week, we delve into car technology. what safety device makes your car the most valuable on trade-in? we'll ask the guy who literally writes the "kelley blue book." plus, christy wyatt tries to find some good in all that data that corporations collect. all that, and venture capitalist hemant taneja, with reporters laura mandaro of "usa today," and joe menn from "reuters," this week on "press:here." ♪ scott: good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. we're gonna start with the story of a close call. this is bill ley who was driving his car you see there, when a pedestrian suddenly jumped out in front of him. bill ley: then the car flashed two beep in front of me, and then it just applied the brake for me. scott: now, the car stopped itself, nobody hurt, nothing happened, it's really the least exciting story ever. that's kind of the point. the lack of an accident, thanks to the computer in the car, kept two people's lives from changing for the worst. now, this idea, to prevent accidents before they happen, also saves money.

. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the day off. let's start with kari, kind of foggy. >> still all clear for the south bay, and it starts out warmer with low 60s as you head out the door. let's go to campbell and check out the temperatures for the rest of the day, at least for early afternoon, we're going to reach into the low 80s and it will be a little cooler in some spots. for parts of the south county, we're still heading to the mid 90s. morgan hill, 93. for the east bay, up to 99 today in antioch. we'll look at all of our microclimates coming up. mike, you're starting with a bridge update. >> earlier this morning, 1:00 in the morning, had a crash. this is westbound. you'll see cars going westbound. that's fine. it's eastbound, getting away from the san rafael side, to richmond, you watch, and hopefully as i talk, we'll see tail lights. we got word from chp, there you go, wanted to show you traffic is flowing over. traffic has been reinstated just a few minutes ago. chp gave us the all clear. we confirmed it. all lanes have bee

i )m scott mcgrew. >>> good morning everyone. >> that's the freeway. we call it empty. >> good morning everyone. i'm scott. >> nice sleeping weather last night. it. >> it was nice and cool. it took forever for that smoke to clear out yesterday it seemed. we are feeling cooling air and breathing a little bit better as we take a live look outside in san francisco. a low layer of fog. it is due to wild fires farther to the north. as we look at san jose and our temperature trend a nice cool start with upper 50s and low 60s. reaching the low 70s today. today is one of the nicer days of the week. so far you have two minor crashes. >> yes. we are effecting the spot where we have the most traffic. easy drive. look at this. very light. we take you autoto the -- out te pass. really the volume of traffic and picking up of cones over there causes the speeds to slow the most there. top of your screen there there is another minor crash. a smooth drive getting over towards the bay bridge. here is a look. that's an easy one. back to you. >> thank you. >> 4:32 now. poli

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. >>> and we are getting word that authorities th authorities stopped an attack. it was planned for downto

i'm laura garcia. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus is off.he garlic festival this weekend, let's start with kari. >> hot this weekend for parts of the bay area but we're coming down a few degrees compared to the sizzling temperatures we had just a couple of days ago. here's a look at part of the reason why. we have the low clouds sitting right over san francisco and this will linger for several more hours throughout the morning, as we look at our inland areas, if you're on your way out the door to the dublin b.a.r.t. station, dublin temperatures will be in the upper 50s through about 7:00, and then we start to heat things up once again to 83 degrees. as we head through the weekend we'll talk about the wide range in temperatures and what's ahead and mike the bay bridge metering lights are on. >> the metering lights are on, look at that! yes, all right, they cleared up, now we're holding steady. the morning commute just has that first burst and then things will ease in now over the next half hour. we'll track this but so far it's a great drive

you can follow me at scott mcgrew. >> sounds good, thanks, scott. >> it's 6:47 right now.pening today, a four-day lego convention starts in the south bay. it's called bricks by the bay. lego builders, enthusiasts, and fans will gather at santa clara convention center. the public exposition starts saturday morning at 11:00 a.m. and runs through sunday. >> looks like a lot of fun. >> okay, 6:48 right now. this morning, a group of south bay students flying to texas to compete in the national spanish spelling bee. >> we have new video of them showing up for their flight. just in to our newsroom. they're students in the alum rock union elementary school district. bob ridill jest talked to one little boy. >> are you nervous? >> i'm not that nervous but i'm also excited to be with my flendz. >> is there one word you have found to be most difficult? >> what is it? >> which means? >> i don't even know. >> okay. adorable. full disclosure, that's our own -- our very own damian trujillo's son, michael. good luck to them as they head out. the spelling bee is on saturday. >> saying it w

good morning, i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off. aura garcia-cannon. kerry h bay area which i we take a live look outside and palo alto, some clouds moving by overhead as you start out. we'll get clearing as we go through the next few hours and start out with some cool temperatures in the low 60s, heading into the low 80s. look at our microclimates for our high temperatures today, reach up to 91 in livermore and 66 in san francisco. napa today 85. also 85 in san jose. we'll talk more about what's ahead for the weekend coming up, and mike has a look at the morning drive. >> which is very calm right now. overall you see almost everything green. we of course have your slowdown has been for the last two weeks. eastbound has that paving work and overnight roadwork westbound. the roadwork should be picking up. the last couple minutes good for 280 southbound. one lane was blocked for almost two hours but the speed sensors are back to green in the last five. south 280 minor vehicle crash. getting across the bay bridge the speed sensors move fine, live camera f

i )m scott mcgrew. >>> good morning everyone. >> that's the freeway. e sleeping weather last night. it. >> it was nice and cool. it took forever for that smoke to clear out yesterday it seemed. we are feeling cooling air and breathing a little bit better as we take a live look

and i )m scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. starting in the south bay... >>> fog and bit of smoke 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

scott mcgrew: this week, we delve into car technology.your car the most valuable on trade-in? we'll ask the guy who literally writes the "kelley blue book." plus, christy wyatt tries to find some good in all that data that corporations collect. all that, and venture capitalist hemant taneja, with reporters laura mandaro of "usa today," and joe menn from "reuters," this week on "press:here." ♪ scott: good morning, everyone, i'm scott mcgrew. we're gonna start with the story of a close call.

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i'm scott mcgrew. i have been covering silicon valley since the '90s, and in that time i have come up with a few rules. conclusions based on what i've seen. one of my top rules is don't build the box. you will not make money making hardware. case in point, go pro. the camera company went public to great fanfare in 2014 and since then go pro shares have fallen by 75% in the company's laid off hundreds. now there's nothing wrong with go pros except their hardware. hardware gets cheaper, copy cats spring up and that's why you don't build the box. apparently san francisco startup was not aware of my wisdom because they're building a box, a camera, a great one that has all kinds of features. it records all angles simultaneously allowing you to choose later in editing what to feature in the video, and amazing image stabilization. the company just got its first foothold in retail debuting at best buy stores nationwide. now we have the co-founder and ceo of rylo. one of us has a ph.d. from stanfo stanford, i w

good morning, i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off.

i )m scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. >>> good morning everyone. thanks for joining us.nd a monday morning forecast. >> yeah. it looks pretty good out there. the only thing we'll have to 2k50e8 with is the wild fires across northern california. we get a live look outside. we will have moderate air quality today. also for the north bay and south baynd santa clara valley. where we have m

. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the day off., kind of foggy. >> still all clear for the south bay, and it starts out warmer with low 60s as you head out the door. let's go to campbell and check out the temperatures for the rest of the day, at least for early afternoon, we're going to reach into the low 80s and it will be a little cooler in

i )m scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. 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.

let )s bring in scott mcgrew.. scott.. this is not "stormy daniels" we )re talking about. that )s right. good morning. no, it )s another woman.. karen mcdougal. she )s a former playboy model wo claims to have had an affair with the president. it )s not clear who leaked the existence of the tapes.. but we know they came from cohen. he made the recordings. they were discovered as part of that fbi raid on cohen )s office.. and they )re in the hands of both prosecutors.. and donald trump )s lawyers.. wo just recieved them. cohen is turning out to be a problem for the president. it )s been speculated he )s cooperating wit cohen turning out to be a problem for the president. it's been speculated he's cooperated with prosecutors and really there's no bigger nightmare for a defendant than his own lawyer cooperating. you'll remember cohen was involved in the stormy daniels payout, as well. and now you've got the karen mcdougall pay yacht. mcdougall alleges an affair before trump was president. the phone calls were taped about two months before the campaign started and we don't know

and i )m scott mcgrew in for >>> good morning to you. thanks for joining us. >> i'm scott. let's get your monday morning started right with kari. >> yeah. here is a live look outside in dublin. we will see a few clouds moving by. a lot of people are already up and out the door. >>>ville >>> i'll have a look at our micro climates coming up. >> a peaceful commute so far. we have our speed sensors only picking up slowing on our traffic cameras. speed sensors looking good there. i want to show you a look at your drive times. it is getting busy. westbound 95 about 11 minutes. chp reporting what appears to be a minor fender bender that is off to the side along westbound 580. it could be causing slowing. don't be that person. you'll be the next person that could cause an accident. no major accidents to report. back to you. >> thank you. >>> let's get you the latest developments on the fires burning across california. many communities on edge as flames continue to grow. we are talking about 19 active wild fires burning. let's get to complex fire. evacuations are expanding this morn

i )m scott mcgrew in for marcus washington. and i )m laura garcia. now to the latest >>> looking at a wide range in temperatures this morning. it is cloudy and we have to deal with moderate air quality. the bay and the coast should be good as well as south bay and santa clara valley. dublin our temperatures start out in the low 60s. we'll be at 82 degrees at noon today and heading into the upper 80s for this afternoon. look at our micro climates with high of 85 degrees. san francisco only reaching about 66. we'll talk at the weekend ahead coming up in about seven minutes. we have been tracking the morning commute. the only problem looks like it is now in the east bay. >> and believe it or not it's 5:30. no major accidents to report. let's hope it stays this way. a speed sensor check. you can see no major slowing any where. we did have one that popped up. you can see no heavy delays because of that earlier accident. i want to show you a live look at the golden gate bridge. not seeing sunshine yet but plenty of fog. we have a couple cars out. i'll brin

and i )m scott mcgrew-- in for marcus washington.for you. >> marcus washington has the whole week off. kari is monitoring your weather. >> we start out with clouds and a nice sunrise as we take a nice look outside. also cool. we'll get a lot of sunshine today. let's head to willow glenn. temperatures will be at 59 degrees at 8:00. a nice little warm up. the south bay will be comfortable with near normal temperatures and highs reaching up to 85 degrees. it is still going to be hot in the delta and in the tri-valley and parts of the north bay. oakland expect a high of 71. check this out. we are back to 100 degrees. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. you a problem for drivers flene south city. >> yes. there was an accident. it is involving a big rig. it spilled diesel fuel out here. this accident happened yesterday evening. they still have the onramp closed off as they work for that. they are reporting that it will be reopened and it will be 7:00 a.m. as of right now it's the onramp that's closed off. i don't see any majo

scott mcgrew has more >> reporter: that's right. a returnship.s nichols who just got a job after years outside the workforce raising her daughter. she is part of a new program in san francisco, in silicon valley, called a returnship where people c,pany getting back up to speed and then maybe are offered a job. >> where ist th is untapld au untapped and how do we bring that into the organization. tapping a pool that has been larging overlooked in the u.s. >> the ceo offered her the job. we will talk about returnships on press here sunday at 9:00 right after "meet the press". i'll see you then. >> we have several questions. i guess we will have to watch. sounds like a great program. >> it does. we'll tune in. let's tune into our weather. the air is drying out, right? >> slowlily, but surely. >> and it's friday. >> i can tell you're amped up. there's a lot happening across the bay area. have you heard of it? rugby world cup sevens. it is coming to the bay area. nbc is going to be airing some games next friday through next sunday at at&t park. more o

. >> but scott mcgrew, the president says that the russians will help the democrats. >> the democrats. because he's so tough on the russians, marcus. here's the tweet sent out as if president arrived in kansas city this morning. i'm very concerned that russia will be fighting very hard to have an impact on the upcoming election. based on the fact that no president has been tougher on russia than me, they will be for the ery hard democrats. they definitely don't want trump. reminder, president putin was standing right next to president trump when he said he supported trump in the last election. specifically, reporter jeff mason of reuters asked president putin, did you want president trump to win the election and did you have any -- did you direct your officials to help him do that and putin said, at that press conference, yes, i did. yes, i did. because he talked about bringing the u.s. relationship back to normal. we don't think putin admitted to interfering there, not intentionally but answering the back half of the question. did you want trump to win? we're just getting word that p

i )m scott mcgrew -- in marcus washington. and i )m laura garcia. facebook says it found what could be the first attempt at meddling in this year )s midterm elections. nbc bay area )s bob redell joins us li >> facebook says it found what could be the first attempt at meddling. what did facebook discover? >> good morning. facebook says within the past several hours, it has taken town 32 pages and accounts from facebook and instagram. the company believes the people behind those accounts were engaged in coordinated, unauthentic behavior to spread divisive political messages. facebook has released screen shots of the four most popular pages that have been deleted. you can see they went by black elevation, resistors, one of those pages had over 290,000 followers. the people behind those had created more than 9,500 pages on facebook including about 30 event notifications including this one. this resist fascism rally scheduled for the second week in august. the company says it is trying to figure out who is behind these pages. but that whoever it is, they

scott mcgrew, a lot of angry words. >> you are talking about peter strozk one of two who were secret lovers, one text message said we will stop it. strozk was dismissed from the mueller investigation as all of that came out. the fbi agent has testified before congress today but this morning was the first time we saw him in open door testimony. this was a very partisan hearing. republicans accusing him of unprofessionalism, democrats largely defending him. here is what strozk had to say about his own behavior. >> personally what i believe in what i did i understand why people may or may not have doubts or believe that but then i would say look at the entirety of the rest of the organization of the men and women who make it up, of all the things in place to ensure that our jobs in the fbi is to independently pursue the facts wherever they are and i cannot stress to you enough that is exactly what is done day in and day out and that is exactly what has guided my behavior for over 26 years. >> president trump demanded an investigation into strozk and fbi agent lisa paige which was carrie

scott mcgrew joins us.. scott.. the president apparently surprised by people )s reaction. the washington post quotes insiders as saying he thought the press conference in helsinki went quite well on monday. it wasn )t until he was aboard air force one on his way back to washington that he realized what the reaction was. the president has been urged by both sides of the aisle to reverse himself.. and make it clear he believes the russians interfered with our election.. and then do something about it. at the press conference in helsinki the president acknowledged american intelligence agencies told him the russians did it.. but that putin denies it.. and that he quote "sees no reason why it would be russia." that stunned lots of people.. including the president )s supporters. republican senator ben sasse says trump gave putin a propaganda win. republican lindsey graham called it a "sign of weakness". republican justin amash says something )s not right here. republican bob corker.. says trump made us look like a pushover. republican liz cheney.. says she )s deeply troubled by

you can find me at scott mcgrew. >> thanks, scott. >> 5:48.s they say, something is always happening at the zoo. but today, at the oakland zoo, it is a day literally decades in the making. today's the grand opening for the zoo's massive california trail expansion. we're talking 56 acres of new terrain, more than doubling the zoo's size. the work took more than three years to complete. the zoo leaders started putting this together 25 years ago. oakland mayor libby schaaf will be among those attending the ribbon cutting ceremony. it takes place at 10:30 this morning. >> nice and fun to go out there. >> bring a bottle of water, keep filling it up. you have to stay hydrated even if you don't feel thirsty because we'll have higher humidity and that's going to make you break out in a sweat a lot easier. our temperatures are already fairly mild with low 60s across the bay area. we're taking a look at three of our microclimates with the live cameras, and the current temperatures in the microclimates. in the tri-valley, looking live from sunol, 62 degr

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scott mcgrew, secretary of state is trying to sort that out. >> we know mike pompeo landed in north korea where he's set to talk to the kim regime about the agreement to denuclearize. as you mentioned, u.s. intelligence tells nbc north korea is still developing nuclear weapons and it's feared president trump's much fan fared summit may have been for naught. here's the president last night at a rally in montana. >> so remember they said he's too tough. he's going to cause a war. it's too tough. now they say, he's too nice. he's too -- he's too nice. i got along very well with chairman kim. i long along very well. that's a good thing. >> trump made fun of past president george h.w. bush, senators mccain and warren and congresswoman and praised vladimir putin. the u.s. instituted tariffs as promised on china. we expect to return tariffs against american products, mostly allal and the labor department this morning said the u.s. economy added 213,000 jobs in june. unemployment up to 4%. people are coming back into the job market. nothing to be alarmed by. wages tonight to stagnant. >>> happeni

. >> scott mcgrew, the lawsuit said the president is violating the law. >> something he doesn't deny and constitutional scholars say is prohibited under the emoluments clause. we never had a modern president keep businesses and deals with unchartered territory on this. never had to deal with the emoluments clause. a federal judge in maryland said the lawsuit filed by the attorney general of maryland can go forward. meanwhile, president trump is meeting right now with the head of the eu to talk about tariffs. president trump has sent out a bunch of tweets about tariffs. both drop all tariffs, barriers and subsidies. now you're aware that president trump likes very long hand shakes. junker likes to slap people. a lot. all the time. so this will be an interesting interaction. he has not slapped the president yet. he just does it all the time. >> wow. that's interesting. >> a way to say hello? >> yes. i guess you get used to it. >> depends on how hard. >> i guess so. i don't know how endearing it is. oh, my boy. no thank you. >>> here's the other top story this is midday. oakland police

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 scott mcgrew. let )s start with the latest developments on wildfires - raging across california. let )s start with the latest developments on wildfires - raging across california. cal-fire is fighting 19 fires.. let )s talk about the big ones. first - the mendocino complex fire... in mendocino and lake counties. as of this morning... it burned nearly 56-thousand acres and is 10-percent contained. it did force new evacuations around )clear lake ) yesterday. now to updated numbers on the carr wildfire .. in shasta county. a few hours ago... cal-fire said more than 98- thousand acres burned. the first is still just 20-percent contained. and mo hours agost cal fire said more burned.000 acres most tragically, six people have died.he a jay gray is live in redding with the ongoing firefight and the afterma aftermath. that's up from overnight, but still a lot of work to be done here. a thick haze and this home behind me almost completely gone at this point. this one dozens across the state dealing with the

scott mcgrew has analysis... and looks at the confirmation fight ahead. plus: trying to break up - with your dating service? advice if you want to (stop ( your search for )the one. ) share our weekend fun with you on facebook. >>> well, welcome back. you know, we always like to share our weekend fun with you on facebook. this morning laura and i told you what we did. kari posted, as well. go to her facebook page to read about the family time at the fair, as well as her date night. >> hmm. soap operas starting later. >>> we are staying on top of what's trending online and nbc bay area.com. mike inouye with something special of the weekend. >> not just kari's family at the fair. this on the website, though, it may sound dark. stick with me, folks. this is on our website. we're talking about dwight clarke. this guy right here. 49er fans know the legend. dwight clarke passed away suddenly after battling als. the ashes on the montana ranch of former 49 owner eddie bartolo jr. and also on the post we have this. twitter video basically from the coach mariucci. i

scott mcgrew - the president said that during a very quick press availability. this was just a short time ago. the press let into the daily cabinet meeting - they call it a "spray".. where the cameras are allowed to take some quick pictures of the president at work with his various cabinet members. sometimes he will answer a few quick questions.. and of course everyone has questions following yesterday )s unusual announcemet where the president reversed himself about russian interference. here )s the president this morning. you )ll recall at the nato summit.. president trump shocked even his own supporters when he talked about election infterference.. when he said "i don )t see how it (would ( be russia." the president says.. he misspoke. he says he meant to say "i don t see how it (wouldn )t ( be rus. now.. one of the reporters at the spray you just saw asked "is russia still interfering?" the president says no. take a listen. intelligence leaders don )t . . . >> the president saying, no, they don't agree. this is a blue door. this is the white house's first br

scott mcgrew says the vote could be tight. >> yeah, good morning. we are trying to estimate who says yes, who might say no and though to be fair we haven't had the first question yet. right? the president as you know nominated brett kavanaugh for the next associate justice of the supreme court to replace retiring justice kennedy. the president says he chose from a long list of candidates. though nbc white house correspondent jeff bennett is reporting this morning kennedy himself asked the president to tap kavanaugh. kavanaugh used to clerk for kennedy. bennett said it was a deal and would step down if kavanaugh was the replacement. fox news tried to nail down whether the president decide on kavanaugh. >> when did he make up his mind then, yesterday or sunday or can you nail that down for us? >> i could but i'm not going to do that because i'll leave it to the president. what's the point? it doesn't matter. the matter is where he landed. >> we'll talk more about kavanaugh as the week progresses but the basics, yale law school, on the federal circuit

i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus. >> i'm laura garcia. we brought you live breaking coverage of the fire all morning long on "today in the bay." we have learned a firefighter from the city of redding died in the fire fight. earlier this week, a dozer operator was killed new this morning, three marin county firefighters were injured. the fire burned more than 44,000 acres, that's 75 square miles. >> it's only 3% contained. we just called that out of control. 65 structures gone. nearly another 5,000 threatened by flames. so far, thousands of people evacuated from their homes. nbc's pete suratos is live in corte madera. >> reporter: you're seeing the containment number go down and why a number of firefighters from the bay area including from here are heading up there to battle the growing carr fire. i want to show you the video. this is what they're facing and the residents evacuating from. frgt fire officials, saying it began on monday with officials say it was called by a mechanical failure of a car. fire officials say it's the wind, the h

. >>> and we do also have a developing story for scott mcgrew. we are talking about that missing thai soccer team found in a cave so far away. the boys and the coach safely got out of a partly flooded cave in northern thailand. nbc's janice mack i cey frayer there and has more. >> how many of you? whole team? brilliant. >> reporter: prayers answered by a miracle. all 12 missing boys and their coach found alive after being trapped in the flooded cave system for nine days. their first words to the two british diver that is found them more than a mile underground -- thank you. the boys ranging in age from 11 to 16 still wearing their soccer gear sitting on a mound in a cave tired, hungry, barefoot. in almost total darkness. but alive. >> you have been here ten days. ten days. you are very strong. >> i am very happy. >> we are happy, too. >> reporter: on dry land, jubilant cheers from relieved family members and rescuers. finding the children is just the first step in what is still considered a very risky rescue effort. none of the boys know how to s

then i find out some of our friends in the newsroom, including one scott mcgrew and also -- >> he plays it? >> he does. >> so does the gentlemen who's fwh charge of this show, tony is a player as well. >> he was pretty excited about it. >> very excited. he wants to play my son. we'll meet you online and here as well, guys. nbcbayarea.com. where you can always find the latest information about all the "fortnite" updates, i'm sure. >> tony also plays the pokemon. >> it was research. >> yeah, research. >> thanks a lot. >>> coming up, mayor london breed is on the job. she has a full agenda. we actually talk to her about the goals she has for the city. - these are among >>> cleaning up streets and affordab affordable housing. these are among the two biggest problems san francisco mayor london breed faces. >> in her first interview as may remember -- mayor, she sits down with investigative reporter abatchi ghaun. >> a new study finds that san francisco has the most expensive rent price in the world. how can your administration make housing more affordable? >> we are only going to be able to m

. >> scott mcgrew, president trump now says he did confront vladimir putin over election interference. >> this is a bombshell claim. good morning, laura, from the president, who on monday, remember, stood next to putin. never mentioned any such confrontation. in fact, you recall over the last few days, the president's been fighting off criticism he was too deferential to putin, saying several times during this press conference that putin had denied interfering with our election, and never once mentioning that he, trump, had confronted putin in private during that unmonitored meeting. nor did the president mention it during his explanation of that whole would/wouldn't controversy. it wasn't until last night president trump said absolutely, i stood up to putin. he said it on cbs evening news. >> you hold him personally responsible? >> well, i would because he's in charge of the country, just like i consider myself to be responsible for things that happen in this country. certainly, as the leader of a country, you would have to hold him responsible, yes. i let him know we can't have this

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. >> i'm scott mcgrew in for marcus.'s get you out the door and start with kari. >> what we're seeing over san jose, a lot of clouds, and cool temperatures, with a live look outside right now. going to south san jose, santa teresa at 63 degrees at 8:00 this morning and then the skies will clear, as we'll get a lot more sunshine, temperatures go from the low 60s to the low 80s by early afternoon, and that morning drive through brentwood will be in the upper 60s, a little bit warmer there and really heating as we go through the day, back in the 90s by this afternoon. microclimates and the high temperatures reaching 96 in antioch, 85 in napa and 66 in san francisco, with palo alto reaching 80 degrees and mike you have more on the traffic break in palo alto. >> it's gone and the backup quickly cleared as well. it hasn't been ten minutes from start to finish when they moved the equipment north 101 fully recovered at willow, a slowing just north of there as the cluster of traffic hits up toward san bruno area. farther north ar

. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus has the day off, but not kari.he's in here working on a forecast that look pretty heated. >> yeah, hot again this afternoon. as we start out this morning with a live look at all the cloud rolling by. i wanted to give you a heads up about the spare the air alert day and the moderate air quality we'll have. that means we should all carpool, catch public transit if you can. for the east bay, locally dense smoke coming by from the marsh fire near clayton valley. if you're on your way out to the b.a.r.t. station in dublin, it will be nice and cool as you get ready to head out the door. our dublin temperatures will be hot again for the day, with our temperatures going from the upper 50s to the low 90s by 1:00 today. we'll look at our microclimates and the weekend forecast. mike is still tracking that problem in emeryville. >> a traffic alert issued by chp because of this box truck right here. the good news, that flatbed tow truck showed up, the second tow truck that can hook up to the box truck is now there. two law enfo

. >> i'm scott mcgrew. marcus washington has the day off. let's get a check of your weather as we come closer and closer to the weekend. >> let's go back to at&t park. >> i thought you were going to say monday. >> no, absolutely not. we're making it to the weekend. and we're celebrating friday eve, as we take a live look outside at at&t parb. this is where you'll find cooler temperatures. we talked about this, finding the police officer at the gate serving up lemonade. first pitch at 61 degrees. make sure you're wearing something nice and warm as you're making your way to san jose. here's a look at our temperature trend for the morning. low 60s, heading into the low 80s by noon. we'll look at all of our microclimates coming up. and mike has a look at the morning commute. >> bad news, good news. first, bad news. this crash is blocking two -- well, basically three lanes. 2 1/2 lanes of westbound 80. that's your commute direction right here at ashby. this is in emeryville. it jams up berkeley, traffic coming past golden gate field to about carl

i'm scott mcgrew. we have an update to the news we've been covering all morning.re started yesterday afternoon in whiskeytown, but last night it roared into redding. it's burned about 45,000 acres. we have crews headed to redding. we're posting updates as we get them to twitter as well. look for the latest on the 11:00 news. >>> two people are dead in oakland at bancroft and 73rd. two more people are injured. police are not saying if they know the motives. >>> and russian president vladimir putin indicating he not only plans to meet again with president trump, he's hoping that something happens in russia. the white house says they may go. more local news coming up at 11:00 a.m. fire danger - high ac california.. monday morning - we )ll update you on all the wildfires burning. plus: our consumer team plays "guitar hero" for a north bay music shop. how they strung together some missing instruments! )today in the bay. ) 4:30 to 7. ♪ strummed guitar you can't experience the canadian rockies through a screen. you have to be here, with us. ♪ upbeat music travel through

i'm scott mcgrew. good news for evacuees in clayton where the marsh fire is threatening homes.sterday destroyed one home along with two other structures. started yesterday afternoon in an area around marsh creek road and brag don way. firefighters putting the number of acres burned about 250. that's good news, because that's the same number they were giving us last night. >>> happening now, we're talking to evacuees hoping to return to their homes. he'll have a live report in the midday newscast. of course, you can go to our twitter feed for updates. >>> $100 billion wiped out almost instantly for facebook. at least in market cap. the stock is tanking. shares down 19%. the company posted lower than expected active daily users yesterday and cut growth forecasts. >>> today is the day the court ordered deadline for the trump administration to reunite migrant families. 2500 children over 5 years old were ordered to be reunited with their families. it looks like they won't be in time. >>> more news coming up in a bit. kari says - it may (not ( be a scorcher as you enjoy your garlic.