tracy: thanks.s mentioned, markets and a holding pattern this morning as they await the federal reserve policy decision later today. the fomc is widely expected to lower rates yet again, having already cut in july and september. the key will be the tone of chairman jerome powell's news conference later in the day with investors try to ascertain the trajectory of policy heading into next year. meanwhile, speaking at the future finance initiative in react, blackstone's stephen schwarzman voiced his concern about central banks not having enough ammunition left for whatever the next downturn actually comes. >> we sort of run out of effectiveness from lowering interest rates. i think negative interest rates really make no sense. when we have a downturn, it is going to be challenging and needs a lot of physical stimulus. >> i think in the next 10 years, we have a risky situation, very risky because in that 10 year time period, we will probably have an economic downturn, almost certainly, while there is a

[applause] >> i'm from tracy. theconcerned about prospects of a huge bomb blast of that are supposed to be, proposed to take place at site .00 [inaudible] to 1000 pounds at a time. these detonation routes -- these detonations will have no air pollution control, for our kids to breathe, and it comes from tracy all the way down through the valley. so congressman, i would like to ask you if you could do things to keep your constituents in our community safe. one, if you could contact the san joaquin valley air pollution control board and express your concern about these tests. and we all want to invite you and your staff to a special community meeting that will discuss these blasts. that will be in tracy november 13 at 4:00. thankentative harder: you. for folks that aren't as away -- aren't aware of this issue, the lawrence livermore lab does a lot of great tests. they test bombs, they test activity -- they test radioactive activity, and they test it pretty close to tracy. and maybe this was an idea that maybe made s

and to live in tracy and buy a house in tracy because of the conditions there, will you do whatever you can to work with local politicians, local, you know, governments and cities to make sure that young people and renters in general aren't priced out and kicked out just for people to come here from the bay area to continue to push us out more and more? and when you go to tracy, there's a brand new division, like subdivision. literally, the sign says, move to los banos. that's just kind of sick to me. will you do whatever you can to help us out? >> absolutely. thank you for that question. i think you've hit on what is probably the core challenge that unites the valley, which is we are a region that is already growing two to three times faster than the rest of california. people can't afford to live anywhere else. they can barely afford to live here. but even though this is a little bit better off than other areas, so folks are moving in, our population is continuing to expand. the quintessential challenge is how do we upgrade our services and our infrastructure to accommodate that.

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frances. >> we're seeing delays through the tracy area. that's where we are seeing the slowest traffic because of an earlier crash on i-5 near 580 that has been cleared. it's been jammed on westbound 205 as well. the drive time has grown. tracy to castro valley is almost 58 minutes. no problems on northbound 101. and no problems on 280. if you're heading to the bay bridge toll plaza, things are getting crowded on the upper deck. i think the metering liblghts wl be turned on soon. the san mateo bridge has a min wait at the toll plaza. checking out 680 in walnut creek. there was some earlier road work which has been cleared. the taillights are on southbound 680, looking good right now. if you see a few minor taps on the brake there as you approach highway 24. 24 is problem-free. >>> thank you very much. warriors star klay thompson just released his new sneaker. abc 7 news was in broadway at oakland where the new kt5 shoes were sold. only 200 pairs were available to buyers in the u.s. >> it's all about klay. even though he's not playing for t

i was wondering, a young person in my generation to live in tracy and buy a house in tracy. will you do whatever you can to work with local politicians, local governments and cities to make sure that young people and renters in general aren't priced bay peopleked out as continue to push us out. there is a brand new subdivision . [indiscernible] >> will you do whatever you can to help us out. mr. harder: i think you hit on what is the core challenge that you fights the valley, which is we are a region that is already growing two to three times faster. people can't afford to live anywhere else and barely can afford to living here. our population is continuing to expand. the challenge is how do we upgrade our services and infrastructure to accommodate that. and that means our transit infrastructure has, education and health care systems, but probably more than anything else, it means our housing situation needs to be dramatically upgraded. e have less than one percent vacancy rates. you see rents going up 50% in tracy the last four, five years. that's a huge challenge. and so i

the tracy commute is slow. northbound 101, from gilroy through san jose, it looks good and including highway 25 pushing in and these freeways are doing okay and getting into san jose looks very good and it's quite this morning with northbound 280 looking very nice with no problems at the bay bridge toll plaza. >>> today is whether at 4:19. >>> it will be the warmest day by far and the surface, the fire danger has cool inland temps and then windy but cooler with low humidity. we will have another round of high fire danger and today, 90 degrees and there will be a few near 90. santa rosa, 88 and oakland, 86 and livermore 89. 40s, 50s and cities having a balmy 65 and berkeley, 66 with the upper lakes, 59. east warm degrees. danville and san ramon, some big differences. el sobrante and el cerrito in the 60s with easterly breeze and high pressure off eureka with the low pressure system bringing in high clouds. not much of a breeze at the surface but in the oakland hills and east bay, an offshore breeze that is easte

tracy: this is "bloomberg daybreak: middle east." u.s. stocks hit a record high and solid earnings boost sentiment. mario draghi hands over the reigns of the ecb to christine lagarde and makes one final plea for better fiscal policy across the eurozone. boris johnson fails again in his bid to trigger an election in the u.k. will he have any luck when he gives it another shot later today? the boeing ceo is set to admit the plane maker may design mistakes on the grounded. we will have the latest. it is 9:00 a.m. across the emirates, 1:00 p.m. in hong kong. i am tracy alloway, this is "bloomberg daybreak: middle east ." manus: i am manus cranny. this is where wall street meets politics meets investment. somewhat say the big opportunities. -- some would say the big opportunities. in politics, we have steve mnuchin, jared kushner, and a man close to politics and business joining me shortly, anthony scaramucci. what will he say about the current administration? joins me dmitriev later. you have dollars to spend, where do you want to put them to

morning long seeing issues out of tracy.arted with the stalled vehicle, then a crash, now another one. and if we take a look at the san mateo bridge, starting to fill in there. but moving smoothly. brake lights on the rating hand side of your screen, otherwise it's okay. >>> seems google has a little work do after the launch of the pixel 4 phone. the bbc discovered the face recognition software can still unlock the phone while your eyes are closed. why is that a problem? imagine someone comes over to you while you're sleeping, points it at you and can open your phone. i don't know who you have around that would do that, but it's possible. google is promising a fix in the coming months. if you have a pixel 4 and you want to avoid the feature, turn down the lockdown mode in display settings. >> not worried about that? >> i'm not. i'm sure some people -- >> that's why you need to choose more carefully who oversleeping next to. >>> what happens when a test on autopilot comes across a >>> good morning. the time is approaching 5:5

things are getting ugly in tracy this morning. we first had that stalled car, that's been cleared. now we have a two-car crash there in the backup. making things much worse. the speed there's at 7 miles per hour, this is westbound 580 before grant line. be aware if you're making that commute. let's head down to the south bay, we're still following this rollover at southbound 880 at bascom. we know there are injuries reported there. we have not gotten word about a person being entrapped in the vehicle. we hope to get more information on that. let's move over to the east bay, looking at emeryville, 80 is smooth. starting to fill in. as far as that goes, looking good. >> thank you. >>> okay. for the first time since 1990, the bay area is waking up with a 6-0 49ers team. they beat the redskins on what was basically the giants slip and slide field. this defender tried to chase down jimmy g. and you can get a better idea of this. all the 49ers had fun. look at that. yeah. including their defense. they would shut out washington and win 9-0. next sunday they face the panthers in santa clar

in tracy, there was slow traffic near the altamont pass. a much better commute to dublin and considering through san leandro, the interstate traffic looks pretty good with no r issues at

tracy has been a huge part of the success tracy has been a huge part of the su ccess we tracy has been a huge part of the success we have enjoyed a tremendous abbasid orfor the sport. you're going to give her the time that she needs to be a mum and the time whatever it is right for her we would love to have the backing in the game in some shape or form. that's all from sportsday. coming up in a moment, the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are anand menon, who's director of uk in a changing europe, and the political strategist, jo tanner — who was an adviser to borisjohnson when he was london mayor. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. let's start with the telegraph and it reports that the brexit party is considering pulling out of hundreds of seats in the election, in a move that could boost the conservatives. politics on the front page of the guardian too. the newspaper sasteremy corbyn is kicking off his election campaign, with a promise to represent the people.(ani)the times warns of, what it calls, an

it's already impacting the commute from tracy. you can see i put 10 miles p th ihat ts b youo a f t pict w getting information that there is a crash on the upper deck. this is westbound 80 on the fifth street off ramp approaching the city, so be aware of that as you head in. >>> all right, thanks, jobina. happening today in the palo alto or menlo park area do not be concerned if you hear a loud siren noise. they are testing the campus safety alert system. the noise will last about 30 seconds some time between noon and 12:30. a verbal message will then play from campus sirens. they do this every year to make sure everything is working well for an emergency. >>eady forhe final chapter in a galaxy far, far away. >> disney dropped the last trailer for star wars episode 9, the rise of skywalker, last night. the movie picks up one year after the events of "star wars: the last jedi." they are preparing to face off in their final battle against one another. the movie i knnoknow people are pretty excited. >>> what safeway is about to give

you are very slow out of tracy on 205 and on 580 until that te minutes west on 580 from tracy into dublin/pleasanton. northbound 101 near moffett field, the right lane is blocked with an overturn. car on its roof. i'm starting to see slow traffic in the area. we'll come back and check on this in a bit. >>> thanks. take it from a 25-year-old woman who walked the walk, it is possible to save $100,000 while working regular entry level jobs for three years. she said she a strict budget and macs out her roth ira every year. >> automate your savings. that's the easiest thing you can do. automating your savings means you don't have to think about it. you're taking the hardest part of your financial life and doing it first. >> as a side hustle, she started her own company called her first 100k to teach young women how to pay off debt and save money. you can hear all of her tips coming up on "good morning america," right after abc 7 mornings. >>> coming up, why more students will be able to sleep in longer. >>> and the planned pg&e power e ap fro com a a wning to stoms. i'm anser has the pumpkins

nbc's tracie potts has the latest from d.c. tracy, good morning. >> hi there, frances good morning, everyone of focusing on the impeachment inquiry, the phone calls, ukraine, whether there was pressure which the ukrainian president has ed be focusing onn which is the president's intent in this conversation, or was his intent in this conversation. with ukraine he argued that the media and democrats are ignoring what was going on with joe biden and his son in ukraine meantime president trump also baring down very specifically on democrats involved in this impeachment inquiry. >> the clutches they finally convinced her to impeach the president. all of you know your constitution the way that impeachment stops is when a senate majority with me as majority leader. >> donald, you used to own a casino you know the house always winsy. let's talk about that new and second whistle-blower. we found out more than about that today we do know according to the attorney representing both whistle-blowers now that person does not plan to file a s

some slowing out of tracy.etter news on the westbound 580 ride that earlier accident has been cleared. it was causing hour-long delays. now delays are about a half hour. all lanes reopened. westbound 205 and westbound 580 into the altamont pass are still slow. the drive time, tracy to dublin, 33 hey, shaq. it's a 30 second tour. no man it's like... now it's 26. welcome aboard. ocean! skyride. mini golf. relax! relax! relax! you take this man to be your husband? i do. married. no time for basketball. pool. carnival. choose fun. to the wait did frowe just win-ners. prouders everyone uses their phone differently. that's why xfinity mobile let's you design your own data. now you can share it between lines. mix with unlimited, and switch it up at anytime so you only pay for what you need. it's a different kind of wireless network designed to save you money. save up to $400 a year on your wireless bill. plus get $250 back when you buy an eligible phone. call, click, or visit a store today. >>> we're not alone in the

is tracie potts tracie, good morning >> reporter: phillip, good morning. so nbc confirmed overnight as this news developed that this review by the justice department of how the russia investigation began has now itself turned into a full-blown criminal investigation. and in the last few hours, we have already started to see reaction to that from the democrats who are heading the committees in the impeachment inquiry. they released a statement, a joint statement overnight, saying that these reports, if true, raise profound new concerns that the department of justice under attorney general william barr has lost its independence and become a vehicle for president trump's political revenge. they go on to say that this criminal investigation of how the russia probe got started could be an attempt to try to help the president win reelection here on capitol hill there is thoughts it could be an attempt to distract from the ongoing impeachment inquiry. that continues tomorrow. on the weekend, with testimony from another career diplomat, as republicans continue to

trump lashed out at democrats online and on camera >>> let's turn to nbc's tracie potts who joins us with the latest from d.c. tracie, in a tweet the president's comments using choice words we have to warn our viewers about. >> rte look. the president tweeting about what he called do-nothing democrats and this impeachment inquiry using an expletive to show his frustration with what he says is just a made-up probe. and this also spilled over into his news conference with the president of finland, where president trump was visibly angry and frustrated at the media. but also at democrats, including intelligence committee chair adam schiff. >> we don't call him shifty schiff for nothing he's a shifty dishonest guy. he should resign from office in disgrace and frankly, they should look at him for treason. they have been trying to impeach me from the day i got elected. i've been going through this for three years. >>> nancy pelosi hands out subpoenas like, you know, she has to approve it. she hands out subpoenas like they're cookies. >> reporter: but clearly democrats think there is some m

that is disturbing tracie potts for us, thank you, tracie >>> the parents of a uk teenager who was killed in a wrong-way crash have landed in the u.s their 19-year-old son harry dunn died after allegedly being hit by 42-year-old anne sacoolas, the wife of an american diplomat this morning sacoolas is speaking out and apologizing, and has offered to meet the policeman in person. here is nbc's kathy park with the latest >> reporter: dara, good morning. after weeks of trying to seek justice for their son, harry dunn, the parents are bringing their fight from the uk this week and now the diplomat who fled the country under the cloak of diplomatic immunity is breaking her silence. an apology from anne sacoolas, the wife of a u.s. diplomat suspected of driving the car killing 19-year-old harry dunn in a wrong-way crash in england, and then leaving the country under diplomatic imcommunity sacoolas in a statement issued by her attorney says she is devastated and would like to meet with mr. dunn's parents so she can express her deepest sympathies and apologies for this tragic accident dunn's mothe

and according to traci, it was just the beginning.as assaulted while she was pregnant? >> no, it wasn't. >> reporter: traci told police that in 2002, when she was pregnant with their second child, she was attacked again. >> she was knocked to the ground. and the assailant tried to kick her in the stomach. >> that person was never caught? >> right. >> and whoever cut her throat in the previous incident was never caught? >> that's correct. >> reporter: traci now told the cops she believed derek was behind both attacks. she also said in both cases he wanted her to have an abortion, but that she had refused. after you're pregnant by one guy and you get lured to the back of your apartment building and then somebody tries to kill you, why you continue your relationship with that guy? >> you have to understand mr. derek smyer. and one thing he is is, he is a manipulator of women. >> reporter: cops saw a pattern. one that was reinforced by something else they learned. >> as the investigation continued, we discovered that derek had been to pri

we are seeing slowing out of tracy and 205 merging on 580 westbound, tracy into dublin, pleasanton.peaking of which, that commute for your ace train is running on >>> amazon wants to bring the tech that runs its ghost stores to movie theaters. >>> a garbage can that can take itself to the curb. >>> in today's "tech bytes" amazon's cashierless technology may be used by others. >> they are in talks to bring the service to airport shops, movie theaters and baseball stadiums. that technology detects when a shopper takes an item from the shelf and automatically charges an app when they leave. >>> the hit netflix show "stranger things" will be back for a fourth season. >> the creators set in the 1980s reportedly signed a nine figure deal. no word on a start date for season four. >>> and a new self-driving garbage can will save you a trip to the curb. >> it comes with an app that allows you to preprogram your trash day schedule. it drives itself to the correct drop-off point and heads back to its storage spot when empty. >> let the trash talk begin. those are your "tech bytes." >> we are d

we're seeing some slowing out of tracy from 205 to the altamont pass. we'll have more drive times and we'll update you on some road >>> here's a look from mt. tamalpais. look at the clouds encroaching on san francisco. you can barely see the sal salesforce tower through that. i want to focus on the air quality. we don't have a spare the air today. we have that air alert around the area of the fire yesterday because of the fire. around the state, mid to upper 70s. clouds increasing everywhere. 84 in fresno. warmth to l.a. 88, 97 in palm springs. it will be in the mid 60s today. the cold front that hits will bring extremely dry air and 55. another cold front drops us to 48 onatlight. he's a morha coming tt street insco. >> supervisorsave p cars. here's lauren martinez. >> reporter: market street will be closed to private cars. rs rallied in support of better market street. a project to ban private cars and put safety at the forefront. >> over market street alone. >> reporter: a chorus of public speakers expressed support to bring in bike lines and sidewal

slow on westbound 580 out of tracy to dublin.e's 680 once you get past that accident, it's lightakg your way towards highway 24 through walnut creek. >>> we are still trying to figure out this delivery thing. >> it's still on ourlizzo may n truthful. ♪ i just took a dna test turns out i'm 100% ♪ >> we had to censor her this morning. it's one of the biggest lines of the year in popp music. so much so lizzo is a worldwide star, expected to be a contender at the grammys. now a pair of song writing brothers say they have a beef with her. they say they were involved in the initial writing phases of that line but were left off the credit and they want recognition. lizzo's team denies getting their help. >> who are those people? i don't remember them. who? >> i don't know them. if they're walking down the street, i wouldn't know a thing. sorry to those brothers. >>> coming up at 6:00, video from the fuel storage facility fire before firefighters got to the scene. >>> litteof e one at the bottom of the screen, it's here's 10:00 tonight,

westbound 580 tracy to castro valley, 45 minutes. looking good in the south bay. 101 in the north bay, san rafael, traffic is on the right-hand side moving past 508 and the golden gate bridge. also highway 87 in the south bay looks good towards the san jose airport. >> thanks. >>> a trendy san francisco bar has been voted one of the world's best. world's 50 best bars ranks trip dog as one of the best. they opened in 2013 in an old mission district warehouse on mission street. trick dog always had allure because of the cocktail menus which change every six months. >>> the justice department is reigniting tensions between tech companies and law enforcement. here's your tech bites. >>> a new effort to limit encrypted messages. >> william barr and international law enforcement officials are calling on facebook to give authorities access to encrypted messages on its platforms. they say it would be an important tool against criminals. security experts say back doors create vulnerabilities that can be exploited. >>> more uber users can book

before we go a quick lookt our drive times, tracy to dublin 50 minutes.ntioch to concord, 24 minutes. nice and green from san rafael to san francisco at 17 minutes. >>> jobina, thank you. to a medical breakthrough. a new treatment approved by the fdald impact almost everyone living with cystic fibrosis. it impacts the lungs. it's rare but potentially life threatening. and there is no cure. abc's dr. jennifer ashton is talking about this new drug on "gma." >> in terms of this drug it targets that defective protein and thought to be a possible option for 90% of people suffering with cystic fibrosis. it is approved for patients 12 years of age and older and the price tag for the drug a year. >> dr. ashton will have a full report on the cystic fibrosis breakthrough coming up on "gma" right here after abc 7 mornings. >>> cvs is saying why not us with its own drone delivery. the pharmacy wants to deliver medication through the air by partnering with u.p.s. the plan is for the drones to make quick free program routes as quickly as five or ten minutes. i don't kn

a quick look at our drive times, tracy to dublin 1:07.an francisco looking good at 17 minutes. >> thank you, jobina. developing this morning parts of the bay area getting ready to go dark. >> abc 7 news reporter live for us in half moon bay. amy? >> reporter: the san mateo county ad is a new one and we are finding people in half moon bay didn't know this was a possibility so we need to help spread the word. talk about it throughout your day if you live in san mateo county this could be happening. we did talk to some people who are frustrated to hear this is coming. pg&e says it has not decided yet whether it will be turning off the power. they are watching the weather. they took marin county off the list but added parts of san mateo county. the ceo says he understands this creates hardships but this is the new reality as they try to prevent fires. if the power is turned off here in san mateo county pg&e says it would happen around 2:00 a.m. on thursday. >> i have a generator, i'm all set. i have power. people who don't have power but the

tracie potts, nbc news washington. >>> washington this morning pulling politics on the back burner ait for baseball. >>> that's because for the first time the washington nationals are going to the world series. last night they swept st. louis out of the championship series, winning game 4 by the score of 7-4. it set off celebrations in the streets and a party that went late into the night. ♪ >> i had had a lot of friends i was on the trip with who live in d.c. so i know they were excited. imagine this, what happens if the nationals win the world series? >> get the band out. >> the nats have some time to kill before the world series starts. houston yesterday took a two game to one lead over the yankees. the world series starts six days from now. >> tubas at 4:22 in the morning. >>> find out what made prince harry choke up while giving out an award in london. his emotional moment coming up next. ♪ ♪ (squirrel noises) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (fake squirrel noise) jif peanut butter. it's that jif'ing good you'd dress up like a squirrel for it. >>> well, tomorrow officially marks 30 years since the devas

[applause] >> and now let's talk about tracy k. smith. you can give it up for tracy.applause] >> when pulitzer prize winner tracy k. smith published "wade in the water" during her tenure as poet laureate of united states, critics were amazed at the ambitious and sweeping scope of her topics. upon reading the collection for the first time, i was struck by its echoes of walt whitman song of myself and its range of concerns. and i'm not alone in this thought. the atlantics review asserts smith's work contains multitudes. it is first among her experiences of mother and daughter are poems that speak truth to power in the american context including a breathtaking -- a heartbreaking section confronting slaveholding and the civil war. throughout the collection, nature permeates the imagery, not surprisingly. smith has reported in the "new york times" interview, i was an aspiring transcendentalist from a young age. explaining her fascination with the transcendentalists, smith cites the excitement that she felt on reading emily dickinson. enter college admission essays to harva

and, tracie, on top of all of this, the house has also issued another round of subpoenas >> reporter: right, phillip. they want more evidence from th, from the secretary of defense about whether or not there was an attempt to withhold aid from ukraine in exchange for investigating joe biden. now, sunland, who you just saw, is set to talk to lawmakers today. they want answers about a series of text messages, including exchanges between sunland and another diplomat who was skeptical of this idea of withholding aid. in fact, in those text messages, you can see where sunland is defending the president saying that there was no quid pro quo of any kind. also suggesting that they stop the back and forth texting meantime, lawmakers are still trying to figure out when or if they will hear from the first whistle-blower as news of a second emerges and president trump says neither the first nor the second whistle-blower really should be heard or have anything to add to this conversation. >> are you concerned what the second whistle-blower may reveal about -- >> not at all, because the call was a

potts joining us with the latest from d.c tracie, good morning so, how did the attorney general get wrapped up in all that >> reporter: so, turns out he was in contact with several foreign officials, but specifically asked the white house to connect him with australia's prime minister as they tried to figure out investigation part two after the russia mueller investigation how all of that got started. that request to connect him ended up with president trump making an introduction between barr and the australian prime minister, something that's inappropriate. some of the president's supporters on capitol hill saying there was nothing wrong with that. barr was doing his job so now he's wrapped up in all of this meantime, president trump is focusing on that whistle-blower yet unidentified who revealed one conversation that the president had with ukraine's president, talking about joe biden and whether or not that country might be digging up some dirt on him. here's what the president is saying about the whistle-blower. >> we're trying to find out about a whistle-blower we have a whist

nbc's tracie potts joining us with the latest from d.c tracie, what does today's vote mean for impeachment inquiry in general? >> reporter: corey, it means it goes forward and it goes forward in a very public way in a few weeks. this vote today is laying the groundwork for what those public hearings will look like. republicans will get to ask questions, but not call witnesses. the trump administration, the president's attorneys will get a chance to be involved as well if these rules pass today but republicans are still concerned, even though this will lay public testimony out there, the evidence that democrats have been collecting. they still don't think these rules are fair >> the president has no means of defending himself against these allegations. >> republicans are getting to ask questions. democrats are getting to ask questions. it's in an arena involving the intelligence community >> reporter: now, former national security advisor john bolton has been called to testify next week, but his attorney says he won't do it without a subpoena bolton reportedly had concerns about the preside

for folks heading to tracy, hour-long delays through the area.ut of tracy in the altamont pass. here's a live look at 680 in walnut creek. things looking good here southbound towards highway 24 and down towards the sunol gray. right now at the bay bridge toll plaza, a minor wait for some of the cash paying lanes. >>> firefighters are working to put out a brush fire in napa county. >> the american canyon fire has burned 500 acres. amy hollyfield is live in american canyon with more on that. amy? >> good morning. we have good news this morning. firefighters telling us this fire is not moving forward anymore. they have stopped the forward progress. the latest update is that it burned 526 acres. we can smell smoke in the air, but we don't see any signs of flames. we have some video shot by a resident. he shared it with us. this was his facebook live showing what a joint effort this was. residents in the vintage ranch neighborhood grabbing hoses to work on the ground near their homes, while firefighters attacked from the air. the residents were under

now it is my honor to bring up roberto hernandez and tracy brown. we go back to mission girls from a long time ago. [speaking spanish] >> you know when i get up here, you have to do that response. today, it's an honor to be here in city hall. i got to drive my low rider and park it right out in front. i got the sheriff as my security watching my low rider. now that wouldn't have happened 30 years ago because 30 years ago i would have probably been ticketed or my car would have been towed. you know what i'm talking about? we have come a long way, low and slow. there is a lot that has been said about what's going on in this country. i just want to thank all of you that came out to the march that we had to protest about children being encaged. i want to thank you because you're standing up to close those camps. i want to thank you because you're standing up to keep families together, because in our culture, the number one thing that's most important to us is family. so the first award is famed after an incredible, amazing woman that was born in 1930, a

nbc's tracie potts joins us now with more from d.c tracie, what do those messages >> reporter: there was a big thing overnight, frances, about 20 pages of text messages between state department officials, diplomats, president trump's attorney rudy giuliani and at one point an advisor to the leader of ukraine. these text messages provided to the committees that are investigating during the closed door testimony of former envoy kurt volker. what do they reveal? well, they reveal that after president trump's phone call with ukraine where he is accus investigation into biden, there were conversations, for example, between the ambassador to the european union and volker where they discussed drafting a statement to help the ukrainians announce that they were launching this investigation at least one top diplomat expressed concern, threatening to quit, saying that it was crazy to hold aid from ukraine for what he considered at that point a political purpose. and then the e.u. ambassador encouraged him to stop texting about that the same day. the inspectorgeneral informed congress about this

the backup there into tracy on 205 and also the 580 merging on to the 205 interchange there.very slow and go for about an hour drive now. an hour and four minutes westbound on 580 from tracy into dublin. highway 4 sluggish into ncord. not bad san rafael into san francisco south on 101. >> thank you very much. >>> we're excited to announce phil matier will be joining the abc news team. he will contribute to building a better bay area with his scoops, insights and investigative reporting on our issues. will enhance building a better bay area as we search for solutions to high cost of living, environment, transportation. phil also will be the abc7 political analyst. can read him wednesdays and sundays. we want to give a warm welcome to phil. >> you guys will talk on midday? >> he will be on midday live today. his first appearance, i believe. >> nice. >>> coming up at 6:00, construction suspended. why one of san francisco's largest projects is on hold for now. >>> first spend the night at >>> all right. it is thursday. good morning to you. waking up to mild conditions. a little d

slowing from tracy up 205 merging on to 580 westbound. we have the right lane blocked northbound near 680, marina vista. fire is on scene. the accident is on the shoulder but they did this have to block off the right lane. better news over to san carlos, an overturn accident there, south 101 near holly street had the right lane and the holly exit blocked. everything is now cleared out of lanes. we'll come back in a few with an update. >> thank you. we'll start with breaking news from southern california, this 4,000 acre wildfire burning in los angeles right now. >> the saddleridge fire stretches from porter ranch to sylmar. right now all of porter ranch is under an evacuation order. our los angeles sister station, kabc has been covering the fire all night. here's part of their coverage from about 20 minutes ago. >> let's go to scott right now over a flank of the fire burning out of control. scott? >> yeah. no doubt. we wanted to give you some perspective of where this is. this is porter ranch. i want to open up a little bit. we'll bring u

the drive time from tracy to castro valley is 49minute minut. elsewhere it's pretty quiet. >>> the u.s. and north korea are set to begin working level nuclear talks in sweden. north korea says it test fired a new type of submarine launched ballistic missile on wednesday. the launch is a departure from the shorter range missiles that the country has done in recent months. sources tell cnn that the north sees an opportunity with president trump being politically vulnerable and may be flexible to bring a favorable result. >>> on "gma's" first look, we will hear more about amber guyger. >>> an abc news exclusive. for the first time we are hearing what went on inside the jury room at amber guyger's murder trial. >> you were really thinking about him? >> we had to. it was like a wonderful, innocent person who should still be here. >> reporter: this morning they'll reveal the turning point in the vile. trial. what did she say that made you decide she was guilty of murder? how they decided upon that sentence. >> prosecutors were asking for 28 years. >>

however, we are seeing delays as we head out of tracy this morning. typical conditions, we have a trouble spot westbound by the 580 bypass. >>> halloween celebrate today annual rocktober lip-synch war. kelly osbourne at the singing showdown there will be stevie nicks, rupaul, when stephani and more. we can a sneak peek before it airs, take a look. >> reporter: welcome to the lip- synch war >> i love lip-sync battle scum it is so fun. it's also for halloween. >> i'm not going to lie. it is competition. obviously he wants to have fun. that is my goal for today. have fun and make sure the people at home watching and in the audience have a good time. i feel great about my performance. we rehearsed re tomake me then brithe essence ab ow. hannelsteviecks right now. it was just fun, i love the song . >> i am new and very excited. the dancers are fantastic. everybody is so great. >> i love it when gwen has a strict about it. the dance you want to capture that and make it sweet and cute. i think it's a nice combination of all of it. >> i had to try, this is th

tracie potts joins us live with more. tracie? >> reporter: laura and marcus, this will lay out the ground rules for how those public hearings play out. republicans still think the rules are unfair. democrats say they're giving both sides equal time to have their attorneys ask questions. republicans say they want the ability to bring in their own witnesses specifically people who they think informed the whistle-blow whistle-blower, their motives. they also say president trump isn't getting due process although his attorneys will be allowed in the public hearings, some like intelligence hearings, may continue to be private. that's happening now this morning. we may have an answer on that in a few hours as lawmakers try to rush the process before political primaries begin next year wondering if people are going to vote in dealing with impeachment, at the same time if they might blame democrats or republicans or both when they head to the polls. >> tracie, will former national security adviser john bolton testify? >> reporter: well,

thanks >>> let's go to tracie potts in washington tracie, despite the good news about the success ofrs are not entirely happy. they're demanding more information from the trump administration because they say they were simply left in the dark about the raid. >> right especially democrats democratic leaders typically when something like this happens what they call the so-called gang of eight, these are top democrats and republicans on both sides in key committees would be briefed in advance. that didn't happen the president hand picked a couple of republicans that he wanted to brief and that was it. nancy pelosi said russia knew what was going on here before she did and that top democrat say is a problem it shows a breakdown here in washington president trump, you see him here during that announcement, says the issue was he didn't want any leaks there were american lives at stake. and his explanation of that is that telling democrats in advance he believes may have led to leaks that could have threatened those lives before the operation concluded. as you said, as hadley explained, the

where we are seeing the biggest delays is out of tracy and that's heavy right now westbound 580, tracyo castro valley is 53 minutes. the slowest part is up to the altamont pass. 11 minutes and northbound 280 also looking good into san francisco. highway 1 is nine minutes and green. >> a driver suspected of leading the highway patrol on a chase in l.a. >> a reporter at our sister station in l.a. describe the danger posed to other drivers. >> one wrong move, one swerve to the right and to the left and that vehicle loses control, runs into another car. someone can be killed. chp will get on this. >> wow. you can see sky map 7 clocked that suv traveling anywhere between 120 and 130 miles an hour during yesterday's pursuit. the driver eventually exited interstate 5 and surrendered to police. >>> still ahead, disney unveils its programming lineup for a new streaming service. >>> it could be the most expensive piece of real estate in san francisco and the views almost justify the price. >> reporter: how are you going to select your next credit card? i'm michael finney, this is a 7 on your sid

prosecutors say the tracy man was looking for sexual images and videos. he used his access at work to target mostly younger women, including friends and colleagues. he faces a sentence of five years in prison and a $250 million fine. >>> attorneys for derick almena, the defendant in the deadly ghost ship warehouse fire are pushing for a reduction in his bail. his trial on manslaughter charges ended in a mistrial earlier this month. another defendant, max harris, was acquitted and released from jail. now almena's lawyers want a significant reduction in his bail at $750,000. they say prosecutors have provided no evidence. he poses a danger to the public or is a flight risk. a judge will consider the motion on new trial for almena. >>> last night e-cigarette giant juul announcing it will end its support for proposition c, a san francisco ballot measure that it spent millions promoting. protesters rallied against prop c earlier this month. it would overturn the city's ban on e-cigarette sales. juul poured more than 11 million into the yes on c campaign but no

tracie potts in washington, d.c.e, thank you very much. >>> so let's get a check on this morning's other top headlines outside of the world of money and business and get you set up for the news day nbc's francis rivera with those. >> good morning. we start with breaking news overnight. police arrested one of the two suspects that left four dead in the kansas city bar. they first responded to a fight at tequila kc and mass shooting just after last call sunday morning. four people were killed and five others were wounded. one suspect is in custody and police are still searching for the second. >>> in a major policy shift, turkey is moving forward with a military operation in syria. turkish military convoys have been bringing troops and equipment inside the country's northern region. the white house says the u.s. will not be involved more than 1,000 u.s. troops are deployed in northeastern syria and work with kurdish troops against isis it's now up to turkey to figure out what to do with isis fighters that have been cap

tracie potts, nbc news washington. >>> 4:52.oming up on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> reporter: prices are headed higher. i'm chris chmura, nbc bay area responds. >>> but first, happening now, breaking news that we've been covering since 2:30 this morning. a fire burning in moraga. now 60% contained. it's about a mile away from st. mary's college. the fire burning in the sanders ranch community of merrill drive and sanders ranch road. at least 100 homes evacuated this morning. many people gathered at st. monica's church. the fire started a little after 1:00 a.m. we spoke to at least one evacuee. they have a lot of power alerts but none about evacuations. more news ahead. 4:53. >>> welcome back. yesterday the county of santa clara declared a state of emergency, and that triggers a vital protection for consumers, protection from price gouging. >> consumer investigator chris chmura has been in touch with the attorney general's office. >> reporter: good morning. price gouging isn't illegal until there's an official e

[applause] now let's talk about tracy k. smith when pulitzer prize winner tracy smith was in the water during the two-year tenure as the poet laureate of the united states, critics were amazed at the ambition and the sweeping scope of her topics. upon reading the collection for the first time, i was struck by its echoes of walt whitman and its range of concerns and i'm not alone in this. the atlantic's review is for the work contains multitudes among the gorgeous meditations and experiences as mother and daughter they speak truth to power in the american context including a heartbreaking section come from thing slaveholding and the civil war and throughout the collection it permeates the imagery not surprisingly. smith has reported in "the new york times" interview i was in aspiring transcendentalist from a young age explaining the fascination, smith cites the excitement she felt on reading emily dickinson and the calling mission essay to harvard was on. the author notes that she has been moved, changed, deepened and inspire

we're seeing a little bit of a few brake lights westbound 580 through tracy. the drive time to castro valley is 42 minutes. >>> developing news, u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo just confirmed he was on the call between president trump and ukraine's president. >> this comes as the state department's inspector general is expected to give an urgent briefing to staffers. it has do with documents related to the state department and ukraine. tomorrow closed door depositions from two former u.s. officials who represented the trump administration and ukraine are set to take place. on twitter, president trump called the impeachment inquiry a coop. >>> happening today more than 12,000 seiu workers will go on strike. there's no indication how long the strike will last. the union represents hospital janitors, social workers, clerical staff and employees in parks, law enforcement and libraries. county officials tell us they've been preparing for a strike for several weeks and will fill essential positions in essential services and county hospitals and jails. >>> this m

most delays are concentrated right around the tracy on to 580 connector. dublin interchange a live look at the freeway here, you can see it's starting to load up a bit. speeds are okay at least through this portion. a trouble spot along 80. >>> right now here is vern with sports. >> good morning everybody, i have baseball to throw at you. they are sending starting pitcher to the bump, this is it. one game, american league wildcard game the tampa bay rays are in the way 5:00. the take the tarp off mount davis in the upper deck. it's been six years since the a's hosted a playoff game. the coliseum tonight should be aware. >> it's going to be, you know, a football type crowd. mount davis is going to be open, can get raucous here. >> i don't think the raiders are playing until november. going to be a full month of baseball here for sure. >> yeah, we'll see. meantime victor roles fired up the nation's capital. wildcard game against milwaukee. second batter of the game. a two-run blast. by the bottom of the 8th brewers led 3 to 1. bases load meltdown. overran th

a blip in tracy. new accident on northbound 680 near marina vista. not a lot of slowing but could be some debris in lanes. they're calling for a tow truck. >>> some businesses are not letting darkness stand in the way of getting the job done. >> wayne freedman was at a salon in sonoma county where hair was top of mind. >> this isis salon 12 in santa rosa, the lights are out but look at this, they're still doing work. rachel sandoval, you're the owner, right? >> i am. >> you're doing this without lights? >> i am. >> reporter: what else don't you have? >> no hot water. no phones to check appointments. no blow dryers, curling irons, lights. >> reporter: lights. but you're still doing this. >> i'm still doing this. >> rachel said she didn't want to cancel on our clients and wanted to make sure all of them got needed. >> don't you need the hair dryer? air dry? >> just run fast. >> okay. >>> next at 5:00, a break-in at a home near lake tahoe. the surprising guests found inside. >> and breaking news, wind fueling these massive flames in southern california