professor tracy parker. you are working on a book that includes the 1950's, working-class americans and black americans. all tied into sears roebuck and company. what is -- what is the research been like? traci: it looks at department stores. i focused on department stores because they have touted consumption as a means of realizing democracy. places, department stores allow anyone, black, white, regardless of age or gender to enter and buy. these are sites that are often jim crow establishments. african-american workers are jobs, anything behind the scenes. they are not permitted to work in sales or managerial positions. for black consumers, they are allowed to purchase, but they cannot try on, use the restroom, eat at the lunch counter, eat at a restaurant or use the ute parlor. it is the contradiction of democracy that shows up in department stores that allow them to challenge workplace discrimination. steve: shopping is so different with amazon. what was it like in the 1950's? explained the importance of

the negatives library to be of tracy leanne foley when she was in her 20s. on all of the negatives of the youjser foley save one, the name of the company that produced the film on which the negatives were printed had been excited meaning it had been cut off the negative sheet but on one negative "the name of the film company remained visible. they missed one. the fbi later published pictures of these negatives that they had photographed inside the safety deposit box. you can see where the red arrow is? on just one of the negatives there's this is blurry little tiny reference. looks like tachma. if you google that now, that means nothing. if that is what looks like tachma but 80s in cyrillic, if it's in the al an fa bet in which the russian language is written, then the c is what we would think of as an "s" so that single blurry mark that looks like tachmac and it means nothing. in cyrillic that means tasma. it means, hey, i think these guys are russian. that is probably why they cut that identifying tasma reference almost all but one off of all but one of th

tracy's gift didn't stop with him. her donation inspired four other people to donate kidneys including adams' wife. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. let me get a mulligan on the start time for the a's game, it's 6:05. let's talk about what's going on. a sliply lope we're sliding down of reversing these temperatures going below average by about 1 degree in oakland at 71, to nearly 6 degrees cooler with an average of 80 in livermore, and redwood city at 66 degrees. we'll hit the mid to upper 90s starting friday and into saturday, but look at what happens at the beaches. south facing beaches of marin and santa cruz counties, dangerous rip currents and sneaker waves so you have to be careful if you're heading that way to get away from the heat. getting away from wherever you're going this morning, let's find out how the traffic is. hi, alexis. >> nice and light. you should not have issues if you're just about to head out the door with one exception. not here, the bay bridge toll pl

there were photos of tracy leanne foley at that graduation as well. ultimately a decade later, in 2010, when a federal indictment was unsealed we would get tons of detail on what this spy couple was assigned to do here in the u.s. by their handlers in russia. we learn the goals of were they were spent, we learned their specific assignment, we learned how well they did, we learned how they communicated with their handlers back in moscow, we learned their codes, their spy technology. we got all of it in the indictment. this is from the indictment in 2010, quote, from in or about the 1990s up to and including the present the defendants and others known and unknown, unlawfully and knowingly did act as agents of a foreign government, specifically the russian federation without prior notification to the attorney general as required by law. the fbi has conducted a multi-year investigation of a network of united states based agents of the foreign intelligence agency. the targets include covert svr agents who assumed false identities and were living in the u.s

tracking it all is tracie potts. >>he president threatening a shutdown.hat can we see in the next few days? >> probably not a lot of action in the next few days. but in the next couple of months, keep in mind, there are 60 days from today, two months from today, congress has to come up with a budget or the government shuts the president making the threat. >> tracie, did we lose you? okay. you there? okay, good. tracie, real quick, another question. the president's team seems to have turnedn micha cohen. we saw the president tweeting about this over the weekend, as well. there's a report that he plans to tell the special counsel that trump new about the tour mewer meeting with the russian lawyer. could those get worse? >> they're wonderi what michael cohen has and what he will say to the specialor prosec if anything. at this point, 183 secret recordings are out ther trump's attorney says he has seen them, he's heard them and he doesn't think there's anything in them that would implicate the president or show they did anything illegal in the campgn. >> trac

westbound 580 tracy to dublin heavy. sounds like we have onlooker delay due to the grant fire, though all lanes are open. you are up to 1:01. southbound 680. dublin to mission, 18 minutes. 101 to cupertino looking great at just 15 minutes. >>> music filling the air in san francisco. abc7 news was in golden gate park where the flower piano festival is underway. 12 grand pianos are placed in the botanical garden. anyone can sit down and play. on the weekend there are scheduled performances. this is the fourth year for the event. organizers decided to add something new. >> the 12th, 13th, and 14th we'll open the garden at night for special performances and we will illuminate the garden paths in certain sections. it is really a special opportunity. >> mark your calendars. that's this weekend! 'sre t get in for san francisco residents. otherwise, entrance costs $8. the festival ends on july 16. >>> a man in alberta, canada, became a little too focused on taking video of a family of bears. that situation quickly turned from aw

tracy 56. 63 in walnut crnd ak cooler. it's about 54 in heelsburg. your commute this morning, it's going to be a lot like yesterday morning. the closer you are to the coast, the more likely you'll hit patcofs hedrizzle. there's a little bit of fog out there. that will be present on the water during the morning commute. for mass transit, it's going to be hot in neighborhoods. as we look into the east bay valleys, we'll be in the mid to upper 80s most of the afternoon hours. some of the thermometers on your cars will hit 90. it's not going t totally sunny day. high clouds will roll in during the afternoon hours. same thing in the south bay where we've got 66 at 8:00. and then we hit temperatures that will jump up intohe td-80s afternoon hours. then about 74 at 8:00. ca o getting thicker with that chance of thunderstorms. i had to laugh of thas walking w over here ande didn'te you. youndne pathdop the desk. >> surprise. here i am. >> there she is. >> my little stepping stool here that i have. i have low shoes on today. we'rthe giving away all our secret

nbc's tracie potts joins us from shington with more tracie, good morning. >> reporter: frances, good morning. new numbers from the nbc news wall street journal poll. 26% approving 51% a slight majority disapproving of how president trump is handling russia. that is breakin down par lines with most republicans proving. it shows that his overall job approval is steady. people like how he's handling the economy but since the summit last monday, a week ago, they do not like how he's handling russia. also over the weekend, the justice department has released a warrant, a secret scout warrant that they useo do surveillance on former trump campaign adviser carter the president also responding to that and sob is p cartere who says he was not working with russia. >> i've never been an agent of the foreign power in any -- by any stretch of the imagination. >> reporter: the president responding tt this was political. take a look at his tweet. the president saying it's looking mor and more like the trump campaig for president for being legally spied upon. he makeseference to crooked hillary, the

tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 right now. a secret service agent died in scotland yesterday.er he su a stroke on sunday and was rushed o to the hospital. he died yeerday morning. a statement, the secret service says he was a19 year veteran and was surrounded by family and co-workers. this was the first to die on duty since 2005. >>> out flaf fla, when the sun comes up, search crews will be back in the everglades lking through the gator infested drain for a fourth victim in aouble plane crash. two small planes collided and rashed yesterday. we're learning from miami-dade officials that bothre planes training flight students. the victims so far have been identified. they range i0 age from to 73 years old. >>> a family iney new jer says they feel deceived. a woman allegedlyh tricked into thinking she was dying of brain cancer. kylie white stayed with the evans family for five straight weeks. the family met her through a mutual friend lasmonth. white even posed as her ownsp ice nurse giving medical instructions by text message. >

coming up, news 4's tracie potts will break down the latest poll numbers. >>> the recount begins today. david brair lost toark el rich. the board of elections suggests that recounts will only take one day. the processegins at 9:00 this morning and i doubt anyone will come to watch. >> everything is done carefully. it's opened for observers. mr. blair will have his represents there. >> the winner of the democratic nomination will twice two others. >>> today will be monica goldson's first day of a jobunf schools. goldson isoonger to the school superintendent for teaching andearning. goalman kevin fax well stepped down in may. >>> still ahead, riders recorded. privat conversations andpe onal information brought last nine. why secret cameras streaming uber and lift rides are t.perfec >>> we hear from lin-manuel lir rond >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >> a "hamilton" favorites is returning to the stage. we're dogging about ttalking ab nda. >> he is going to his home country -- he's going to do the pow inrto rico. he sat down with "today's" savannah gultry to talk about his return. >> t

tracie potts from the hill, thanks so much. >>> 4:49 now. the oganizers of last year's g unite the ht rally will not be back for the one-year anntlersary. pary because they want to bring it to washington. they asked for a court order to make the city of charlottesville give him permit on the date of last year's rally.cl ims the refusal violates his free speech right. he posted a messa on twitter and say they will focus exclusively on a rally outside the white house in lafayette ark on august 1. >>> ten minutes before 5:00. scrapping the swimsuits is just beginning. leaders of the miss america organization vowed to include women of, o, all shapes and rdy sizes, end quote. the groupleased a full list of updates to the pageant. they're calling i missmerica ea0. it's a pag focusingn less o oloks and more on personality and schships. this new version of miss america is designed by the organization's new board. they were installed after an e-mail scandal last year forced board members to resign. >>> it's all about the head to head battle happening

tracy at 60. most of us in the mid to upper 50s. look at the yellows, what you're seeing up around both fires. up in the hills they're still in the 70s even though most of us are cooling nicely this morning. that warm air rises and that makes things very dangerous for the firefighters. especially during the overnight hours. so let's talk about temperatures today. 12-hour planner for the south bay waking up at about 63. mostly sunny conditions. 77 at noon. low 80s for the better part of the afternoon. 71 at 8:00. a look at san francisco. 50s through 10:00 with incrngunshine and thenow to mid-60s through the afternoon. in the evening the clouds will start to roll back in. and our east bay valleys, a little more comfort here for some of us. 63 at 8:00 to about 78 at noon. low 80s for the afternoon hours. back to a nice 71 by 8:00. there's going to be a lot of it today but it will improve. >> glad to hear that, mike. looks pretty quiet in the hot spots. >>> well, we have a couple, but nothing major. one vehicle. we do have a crash repor

want to go out to tracy. i know we have some of our earliest commuters from tracy. it's 73. once you get through the altamont pass, roll the windows down and enjoy t in the 50s and 60s as you head throughout the rest of the bay. a look at part of the commute, the western side of the bay bridge. use that as the backdrop to talk about we have foggy spots this morning around santa rosa and along the coast and into san francisco. it's going to be gusty everywhere on the water today for your ferry ride. and mass transit, yep, a huge summer spread from '60s in san francisco to possibly triple digits back into the east bay valleys. sunshine and 66 at 8:00. already 75 at 10:00. mid 80s by noon on our way to upper 80s for the afternoon hours. down to about 77 degrees by 8:00. a few high clouds filtering with that sunshine. east bay valleys air conditioners running hard once again. maybe a skip that five or six or $8 coffee and breakfast this morning because you will need it to apay the air conditioning bill over the next couple days. your 12-hour planner for the east bay where there

for those friends coming in from tracy or leaving and heading out to the tracy or month december toe or stockton, you will see the traffic is going to be busy if you're driving on 580 west and east after the altamont pass. you can see traffic is busy and there's still road work to be picked up. no major problems here as you drive into livermore and continue out towards san leandro. no problems on the bridge as steve and i have been talking about, a little bit of fog in marin county near the golden gate bridge oofrment staying on top of the developing story near the oakland coliseum where police are investigating a homicide. detectives were called out to 66th avenue overnight. police have not said how the man died or if there's an active search for suspects underway. >>> john lee cow well, the man accused of stabbing a man at mcarthur bart station is due in court today. he's facing charges of first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon. he's being held at the jail in dublin. sunday night he came up behind wilson and fatally stabbed her also seriously injured her sister. he wa

slow traffic here coming in the tracy area. it's not slow over the actual pass itself but before that you can see a lot of slowing in tracy on interstate 205 and also on 580 where the triangle meets. if you're getting on the road in livermore very much easy into castro valley. this say look at interstate 880, at the bay bridge, not much going on. of a delay but that's about all. san francisco, we're checking with transit and trains are doing okay on systems here. no major delays. it's 4:48 let's bring steve in with today's forecast. >> thank you kindly sir. we have two forecasts today. so double duty here. one for the morning and one for the afternoon. the one in the morning includes the usual fog and low clouds. it will be sunny for a while and then we get high and mid level clouds coming off the sierra and the south. some of looks favorable for more cloud cover. sunset pictures. a lot water temperatures went up. san francisco bouy 54. monterey is 60. that's a big jump. some cloud cover coming off the central sierra. the flow

and tracy who voted for the president said she has her own concerns. wasnreall an issue frominofview? >> right now, yes. >> retaliatory tariffs against the u.s. threatened about a billion dollars in u.s. exports. >> meanwhile vice president mike pence is standing behind ice. he visited the agency's headquarters this morning and delivered this message. >> in this white house, let me be clear, we are with you 100%. >> the trump administration now says that immigration agents have separated hundreds more children from their parents than previously revealed. that number may be as high as 3,000 now. federal judge in san diego has given the administration till unthe families. of the month to those numbers come as protests at an ice office in san francisco enter its fifth day and protesters calling to abolish i-c-e and have been camped out since monday and blobbing traffic across washington street. >>> san francisco police stepping up traffic controls along the embarkadero one week after a petty cab operate was seriously hurt by a hit and run. they're looking

. >>> an angry bull nearly killed an army veteran as he shopped for a car in tracy. reporter mark thompson explains how the victim's own body may have helped save itself. >> reporter: with severe wounds to both sides of his stomach, dean king rests and recovers as he reflects on the bizarre encounter that landed him here, an encounter with a bull and its horns of wednesday morning king went to look at a used car on this rural property near tracy unaware that an aggressive bull roamed nearby. the next thing he remembers he was being knocked to the ground and gored twice. king said he hid between a bush and the house on property while the bull stood over him and snorted for some 20 minutes. finally king heard a car honking and called out for help. he was rushed to the hospital and underwent surgery fortunate to be alive. >> even at that point i couldn't really see, see the bull. i heard him snorting. i heard him breathing and he was down by my feet and it like would smell me and then he would snort. and i thought oh, i'm in for it, you know. i thought he was going to g

tracie good morning. >> hi there, good morning. there was quite a testy exchange between president trump and the cretary general of nato. mostly on the side of president trump where he talked about their fair share of dense. he talked about that before. even saying that they were delinquent what he really honed in on this morning was paying russia for gas. this is a big issue for germany. a sident trump said there's problem sending billions of dollars into russia to pay for natural gas while asking the u.s. and other countries to defend against russia. it was an unexpected exchange as they sat down together for breakfast. more meetings happening later today. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. thank you. >>> the bill to crackdown on noise fr the street performers in d.c. has been withdrawn. they can be fined upo $3 for not turning down the music. the chair said the bill aimed to limit noise levels, not get rid of street performers altogether. the bill could return for council consideration in the fall. >>> all-star game ex

tracie potes has the l from capitol hill. tracie, we watched a lot of the hearings. they're a snoozefest normally. i've nev seen anything like this. >> reporter: rarely do we see something devolve so quickly as this one did. lawmakers tak at each other, taking aim at the witness, peter strzok, who exchanged text messages with a colleae, who he had a relationship with, former fbi attorney lisa page. she testifies today but you won't see the fireworks because hers is ndbe closed doors. yesterday, lawmakers, particularly republicans, were going after some of the things that he e. they made him read some of those messages. a trump is disaster. we'll stop this. and explained what h meant. he say it was off the cuff. had nompact on his work, the clinton e-mail or the russia investigation. re blicans were not buyin that. and there were ten hours of contentious back and forth. it may not be the last we hear from peter strzokr o lisa page. >> tracie potts, live on capitol hill for u >>> 4:46. as states prepare for november midterm elections, marylandnt to make sure its polls

every democrat and republican in the senate voted against that. >> tracie potts, live for us on capitol hill. thank yo >>> new details on the woman accused of being a secret agent for ruia. mariia butina was arrested for allegedly working with the russian government to gain influence in americanlitics. people who knew butina during her time at american university, said there were some red flags, like her support for vladimir putin and guns. a neighbor said she saw nothing suspicious until one night when a swarm of fbi agents showeup. >> i hear a banging. the man says, please, miss, stay inside. so, i did. andthen, i heard -- they continued to bang really loudly. they said, we know you're in there. >> butina has moved out of that now, she faces charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent in the unistates. her lawyer says she has done nothing wrong. >>> if maryland governor larry hogan wins re-election, he says he will do i without the help of the nra. he told student w that held reject a potential endorsement from the national rifle associatio that's according to "the washington p

. >> next, afro-american studies tracisor tracy parker -- parker discusses the 1950's and 60's and the effort to integrate the workforce. american history tv had the interview in sacramento, california. >> professor traci parker of the department of afro-american studies at the university of massachusetts amherst, you are working on the book that includes the 1950's, working-class americans, and black americans, all tied into sears roebuck. show less text -- what is the premise of the book and what has research been like? >> the premise of the book looks set the immigration of the department stores by employees and workers. they have touted consumption as a means of realizing democracy. unlike >> you are allowed to -- you are not allowed to eat the lunch counter. or eat at a restaurant or a --ter -- a beauty it shows up in the department sure and allows them to workplace and consumer discrimination in the 20th fact -- 20 century. >> shopping today is so .ifferent in amazon explain the importance of the sears company. the 1950's were right after world war ii, so we are in this postwar e

bart police identified the man as 42-year-old tracy daniels of oakland. many riders have complained of being exposed to dangerous secondhand smoke. i actually took one of those s that. officers arrested him for an outstanding warrant and found him after getting a call from an oakland resident. the resident saw daniels harassing merchants near the lake merritt bart station. >> he needed to go to be evaluated at this point. seems he needs to be somewhere where they can do an evaluation of what his needs are. >> he was wanted for being an accessory to a crime, a felony. it's not clear how long he's going to remain in jail. >>> a driver in critical condition after a crash with an amtrak train in newark. abc 7 news at saint isabelle avenue after the collision yesterday morning. witnesses say the woman drove around the crossing gates as the train approached. amtrak says nobody on board the train was hurt and it was a san jose to sacramento bound train. another train picked up the 24 passengers after the crash. >>> new video shows the damage done by a fire at a

tracy? solano? we are looking at solano county. having a little trouble talking sometimes which is rather unfortunate but here we go. vacaville, fairfield, vallejo,. >>> this commute looks good out to the bridge. there was a little bit of road work in the area but that's been picked up and traffic is moving well on 80 across the bridge and on 37. we are looking at the traffic andinto richmond. it looks good. a 16 minute drive. once you get to the bay bridge you will see traffic is light. flags aren't moving much. traffic looks good into san francisco. let's go back to the desk. >>> we are watching the wildfires burning around the state. cal fire said that the carr fire in shasta and trinity has left six people dead and has burned 104,000 acres. it's 23% contained. it's destroyed more than 1100 buildings and that includes 818 homes. while some people were allowed to go back home yesterday, more than 27,000 others are still being told it's to dangerous to go back. >>> the twin wildfires in lake and mendecino are forcing more people o

ben tracy isesm eave are nore in thealted the next threee days. this is also where they will be reunited with their families. as soon as they got out of the cave, they were first put on helicopters and air lifted from the scene. they were then transferred to ambulances and brought here to this hospital where they will be medically evaluated. now, the head of this rescue operation says that all of this went very smoothly, that it went better than they had even expected. he said that now the next part of the operation is is that they have to go back into the cave. they have to replace all of the oxygen tanks that line the evacuation route so they can do this again. keep in mind they have four boys out of the cave, but there are still eight boys left in there, plus their soccer coach. they tell us that roughly within the next ten hours we could see the next batch of young boys come out of that cave if everything goes smoothly. so, so far so good. they feel verynt tha they he go first phase of this operation, but they know there is a lot of work to do

nbc's tracie potts joins us from washington. tracie, good morning. >> reporter: hi, frances.n they're reunited? the late night report found the 1600 parents, 700 have active deportation orders. aer a hold on those deportations. some of them have asylum claims. we asked the homeland security secretary whether or not keeping kids separated from their parents this long amounts to abuse. >> a lot of child psychologists have said publicly, they say this amounts to child abuse. is this child abuse being imposed, enforced by the american government? >> i think that we have 2000 children who need our care in terms of being reunited with their parents and we are working very hard on doing that. >> the government has just announced a five point plan to get these kids and their parents back together. it includes an in-person interview, ape criminal background check and determining whether or not they are fit to have custody of their children. back to you. >> all right, tracie, thank you. >> just ahead, who is america's favorite hollywood villain? plus the dancing queens are back ereand

the one exception out of tracy, westbound 580, tracy to dublin. the first one in the yellow, 35 minutes. not terrible today. south bay dublin to mission boulevard, green, 101 wide open. mass transit next. >>> it wasn't all about sports at the espy awards. there was a very powerful moment that brought the audience to its feet. >>> the naacp honors former mayor willy brown. the dynamic guest whatcha' been doing braydon? reading let's see pictures, pictures,pictures there's a boy riding on his bicycle you can read too grandpa! ♪yea it's always better when we're together♪ >>> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." >> 4:42 a.m. tracking thundershowers for part of california later on today, the outlook for the best chance is to our east. likely east of fresno along the sierra spine. lightning, hail possible later today. for us, it's about the micro climate. 63 half moon bay, 75 in oakland and warm up inland 92 walnut creek, hotter than that, antioch going to a high of 95 later on today. reg

watch >> next, afro-american studies professor tracy parker describes the trouble workers and customers faced in the 1960's in effort to integrate the workforce. >> professor tracy parker of the department of afro-american studies at the university of massachusetts amherst, you are working on the book that includes the 1950's, working-class americans, and black americans, all tied into sears roebuck. >> the premise of the book looks set the immigration of the department stores by employees and workers. they have touted consumption as a means of realizing democracy. unlike other places, department stores allow anyone, black, white, regardless of age or buy.er, to enter and these are also jim crow atmospheres. african-americans are hired for menial jobs, anything behind the scenes, but are not permitted to work in sales, clerical, or managementd -- positions. if you are african-american, you can buy things that you cannot use the restroom, you cannot try clothing on. shopping today is so different with amazon and in our digital age and shopping malls. what was it like in the 1950's? expla

i want to show you on our traffic maps. 5 miles an hour on 205 to tracy.p to 10 miles an hour once you pass you are back in the green. filling in. bay bridge toll plaza,ghts on a. hearing we possibly have a disabled vehicle westbound 80 past treasure island. i'll check that out. another update coming up in ten minutes. >>> apparently not everyone involved with the miss america happy about the decision to drop the swimsuit competition. >>> a >>> about 5:44 on this monday. a laook around the states. 103 palm springs. 107. 82 san diego. 92 in l.a. near 100 in chico and sacramento. sunny but breezy i 69 in monterey and 66 in eureka. high country. 87 with mostly sunny sky in yosemite. gorgeous day today with the lowest humidity this week in tahoe. they're also going to feel the intense push of humidity from the monsoon flow. in fact, we have a chance of thunderstorms starting friday, saturday and lasting through sunday. >>> mike, thank you. the most disruptive wildfire that's burning right now in california has grown. it's nearly 54 sq >> tit's 25% contained th

. >> reporter: from here, inside her home in san francisco, tracy mitchell has saved over 300 peoplef dying from an overdose. she doesn't do it from an ambulance or a fire truck. she does it with envelopes and postage stamps. >> if you were to ask me if i would do something that would contribute to somebody's life, 20-plus years ago, i would say absolutely not. >> reporter: it reverses the effects of heroin. while president trump's surgeon general has recommended the widespread use of the drug, it's often hard to find or too expensive to purchase. >> people got ahold of me through reddit. i became a moderator of a forum on reddit that deals specifically with opioids. >> reporter: how many people are in this forum? >> right now, over 50,000. >> reporter: tracy estimates she's sent out over 2,000 kits, many to people who end up staying in touch. >> in a world full of stigma and judgment, you have definitely helped me become proud that i'm in recovery and inspired me to help others in any way i can, so thank you for that. that's nice. >> reporter: for sure there will be people that see

we've got 60 in santa clara, 61 saratoga, pleasanton, walnut creek, 72 in tracy.ou're going to like it through the altamont pass and pleasanton and the 12 degree drop. 54 in downtown san francisco. south bay, some of the low clouds hanging around once again that's going to be the case for driving mainly this morning. you'll need the sunglasses. ferry ride gusty, mass transit, we're going to have a huge spread, about 40 degrees from san francisco to our inland neighborhoods. areas in orange, yep, a heat advisory mainly the east bay hills, diablo range until 11:00 in mendocino county. a look at some of our warmest temperatures today. they'll be in our inland east bay neighborhoods where by 1:00 we're in the 90s hanging out in the mid 90s for the afternoon hours and down to 82 degrees. look at all that sunshine. d't have any major blocking issues. talking about the air quality this morning and it is a spare the air day. if you can carpool and use mass transit that is definitely recommended. not seeing a lot of company out on the roads right now through the east bay.

so going to tracy or east, be aware that you may have slowdowns in the opposite commute direction. looking good out of antioch westbound 4 no delays as you head over to i-80 where we are in the clear in both directions through hercules. hat's a check of your traffic; over to you. >>> in oakland, a salvation army truck went up in flames last night. take a look at the damage here. the truck was filled with clothes and parked in the back of the facility. flames broke out around 8:30 at 7th and webster and crews quickly put the fire out. so far, no word on what caused it. >>> this morning, the road o ba. ic stretch high 1 opens ina hours. ocsince may last year at the tiny town of gorda 65 miles south of monterey, that's when a quarter mile section of the road gave way in a slide.

eastbound slowing approaching the construction area eastbound 580 after the altamont pass on the way to tracy. modesto, stockton area. westbound there's slow traffic obviously, and that's mixing in with the regular commute traffic right here. no major issues at dublin. it looks good from the carquinez bridge to maze. let's go back to the desk. >>> court records are indicating that john cowell the man wanted for deadly attack at the bart station is being held at the jail in dublin. they tracked down john lee cowell on a train headed for antioch. they arrested him at the pleasant hill bart station. officers confronted him. he gave them his name and i.d. and he was arrested without incident. he's a known fare evader and a transient. and that's likely how he was riding bart. >> this is about the justice for nia wilson and her sister latifah and their family. >> reporter: he's accused of coming up behind wilson and stabbing and killing her. he also stabbed her sister. bart's police chief called it s they are investigating where race was a factor. >>> people gathered at a vigil at the macarthur bar

pittsburgh and tracy, mid 60s. mid-50s across the north bay. let's take a look at your commute, at least weather wise. san mateo bridge you can see the clouds hanging overhead. you may run into mist also. heading westbound towards the peninsula. caution for that. a little gusty north of the bay bridge for your ferry ride today and a huge spread on mass transit. as far as temperatures go, let's start in the east bay valley. some of the warmest weather once again as we start off with a comfortable 63 at 8:00. 20 degrees warmer at noon and then low to mid 90s into the afternoon hours and about 79 at 8:00. a little more comfort during the evening hours. north bay is another one of those areas that could touch 90 but only for about an hour or two. unfortunate you'll be in the 80s the better part of the day. weekend forecast coming up next. >> thank you. >>> let's take a look at your san rafael camera here on the 101. you can see it's a smooth going ride in that area. i think we're going to check mass transit as well. there it is. bart, no delays. ac

you've known tracy for a long time?o at the saddle ranch in hollywood. >> seth: uh-huh. >> on sunset. and it was like karaoke night. and when i got there he was singing. he had his shirt off. and he was just dancing around like, "come on, you girls, i'm going to get one of y'all pregnant tonight." [ light laughter ] it was just -- yeah, it was crazy. he was kissing some asian lady. i was like, "who's that?" [ light laughter ] >> seth: that -- that seems like the tracy i know. yeah. >> yeah. >> seth: i want to also -- if i can go back to groupon for a second, i know that you have gone on some like groupon trips. you went whale watching. >> right, yeah. i went whale watching with a reporter from gq. and that was a blast. >> seth: first time you had obviously gone whale watching? >> first time ever going whale watching. i really wanted to makes sure that i saw whales. i wanted to get my -- all of the money's worth. you know? >> seth: sure. >> yeah, yeah, it was only like $60 for two tickets. so i wanted the whole -- >> set

either direction in or out of tracy not a lot of fun. haven't gotten official word that bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. looks like that has happened or if not it will any second now. mass transit looking great. 45 bart trains in service, no delays. aces one and three out on time and normal service, no delays for capital corona. >> a group of san francisco residents suing a developer over possible toxins near the homes they bought. what used to be the hunter's point naval shipyard. the navy conducted nuclear research and repaired ships at hunter's point for decades. federal officials declared it a super fund site. new residents started moving into the area after town holmes went on sale the past few years. they're accusing the developer lanar and others of misleading them about their safety. >> we want to make sure that tettra tech is held accountable for falsification of soil samplesp. >> a spokesman for henar tells abc news the residents' lawsuit has no merit and will be dismissed. >>> roseanne bar will be back on tv for t

>> right now over 50,000. >> tracie estimates she sent out over 2,000 kits, many to people who end upfull of stigma and judgment, you definitely helped me become proud that i'm in recovery and inspired me to help others in any way i can, so thank you for that. >> for sure there will be people seeing you sending new needles to people and say you're just enabling people to use drugs. >> interesting to me, because the person i save could be someone in your family. >> just days after we watched tracie send out those three care packages, she heard two were used to revive overdose victims in florida and in tennessee. >> it's significant enough i was willing to put it on my arm. right where i used to shoot drugs, in the pit, so it covers one of those scars. today i have a bachelor's degree, master's degree, three beautiful children, and i'm very, very grateful. >> reporter: and the hundreds of people whose lives she saved feel grateful, too. >> that's great work she's doing there. >> lots of difference in their lives. >> that's right. >>> a unique way to beat the heat, temperatures there rea

bart police identified the man as 42-year-old tracy daniels of oakland. many riders complained of being exposed to dangerous secondhand smoke. officers arrested daniels for an outstanding warrant and found him after getting a call from an oakland resident who reported daniels harassing merchants near the bart station me was wanted for being an accessory to a crime, which is a felony. it's unclear how long he will be in jail. >>> a peninsula man accused of posing as a ride share driver to rape women is held on $4 million bail. 37-year-old orlando latzo was arrested in san mateo. san francisco police say that latzo raped four women over five years and allegedly intercepted random women as they left night clubs and bars in sonoma mistaking his car for the one that they had ordered and the first assault was back in 2013. the most recent was last month. lyft says latzo did drive for them but the company deactivated him. >> al alameda firefighter is expected to have to undergo more surgeries after a dog attacked him at the scene of a fire. a pit bull bit john w

. >> reporter: from here to san francisco, tracy helton mitchell has helped save over 300 people from. she doesn't do it in an ambulance or a fire truck, she does it with envelopes and postage stamps. >> if you would ask me if i ever thought i was going to do something that would contribute to someone's life absolutely not, because i thought i was going to die with a needle hanging out of my own. >> reporter: naloxone reverses the effects of heroin. while the surgeon general recommended the use, it's often too hard to find or too expensive to purchase. >> so how people initially got ahold of me was through reddit. i eventually became moderator of a forum on reddit that deals specifically w >> how many people are in the forum? >> right now over 50,000. >> reporter: tracy estimatnt ou touch. >> in a world full of stigma and judgment, you've definitely helped me become proud that i'm in recovery and a inspired me to help others in any way i can. so thank you for that. that's nice. >> reporter: for sure there will be people that see you sending new needles to people and say you're just en

tracie, good morning. >> hi, good morning. well, let's put this in context, because the shutdown threat comes just 60wo days, months before the government's budget deadline. and as the senate gets ready to head to recess. wantse president says he not only funding for a border wall and border security, but he wants to end catch and release when immigrants come into this country,sshey're pro through the courts but then they're allowed to stay in the united states until their court date he wants to end the lottery system and replace it with what he calls merit-based immigration. but to tie this to the budget and threaten to shut down the government,ke some lawmars are asking the president to put the brakes on that. >> i think hopefully most of the appropriation bills will actually be passed. a little better prioritization spending. i certainly don't like playing -- i don't think it try be helpful, so let's and avoid it. >> also this weekend we saw a tweet storm by presint trump in the russia investigation, criticizing specirt cou

>> tracie potts for us in washington. tracie, thank you. >>> 12 young boys and their soccer coach are on the road to recovery and we're getting our first look at them since they were rescued from that partially flooded cave in thailand. a senior health official says the boys lost weight during their 17-day ordeal but are generally in good condition and show no signs of stress. however, they are still facing more time in the hospital. nbc's janis mackey frayer tells us more. >> reporter: a first glimpse at the boys after that daring three-day rescue mission, appearing relaxed, wearing face masks and gowns, waving from their hospital beds. their families kept six feet away behind glass to prevent infection. health officials say the 12 boys are in good condition, mainly because of their coach, 25-year-old chatawong. he was the last person out and was the weakest. in a letter he apologized to the boys' parents. >> happy happy. >> reporter: his aunt telling us she's relieved. his uncle still worried. "he must feel remorse that

580 from tri tracy to pleasanton tp the mass transit options b.a.r.t. tweeted once again there are cancellations due to low ridership over the last couple of days. i have tweeted that out at sue hall traffic. you can see the actual trains cancelled. and shorter trains as well. no other problem with uncle train. 's train remains on time this norng. >> sue thank you. >>> don't be surprised new this morning you may have to pay extra the next time there is a movie with movie pass. the company rolling out surge pricing now. movie pass sent out the email to subscribers say there will be extra cost for movies in demand. a agree icon in the app tells you when movies go up to peak pricing. and a red lightning icon tells you when they're already there. the fee will be reportedly be from 2 to $6 more. >>> skincare tips and. the mashable reports that there is a selfy filter cleaning up imperfections in realtime. the second pat isn't for facebook live notes. it would allow a person to create notes that they can view while liv seang. like a teleprompter. while it doe

. >>> a look at the roads this morning, mike, overall we are fairly quiet, westbound 580 tracy to dublin in the yellow at 45 minutes, westbound antioch to concord, 14, san rafael to san francisco no issues for you that's coming in at 15 minutes and here is a look at the drive southbound 101. not going to have too much company. next traffic update right around 4:40. >>> the latest on the carr fre in shasta county it is huge. firefighters believe they are making some progress after what was a devastating weekend. >> six people are now confirmed dead including two firefighters, several more are missing. cal fire says the fire in redding has burned more than buildis and thousands more aree0 threatened. it is only 17% contained. >>> amo melody bledsoe, james roberts and 4-year-old emily roberts. they died after fire swept through their home. we are hearing from melody's husband ed and how he tried to save them. >> i talked to junior on the phone until he died. he just kept saying grandpa, he said, come get me. he said come and get me. the fire is coming in the back door. i said i'm right down

let's look at the tracy super commute. the traffic here in tracy is already slow on 205 and on 580 approaching the pass. it gets better by the time you reach livermore, dublin and castro valley. oakland on 880 and at the bay bridge we have a light commute. >>> the carr fire burning near redding is now one of californi it's burned 162 square miles. six people have died and 818 homes have been destroyed. containment is just 23%. monday, yesterday was a prodetective day for good day. ten thousand people were allowed to return to their homes but more than 27,000 people are still evacuated. >> it's a nightmare for everybody here. >> i thought my house had burned down but it hadn't. it's a little pocket that was protected somehow. >> cal fire said there are still neighborhoods with some hot spots. the fire has also destroyed a lot of infrastructure. pg&e crews are working to replace power poles and lines, cal fire has been able to push the flames north. >>> they have created a website where people in their address and see if the

nbc news tracie potts joins us from washington.u dig into the details of this freedom of information act release, do any of them support the president's -- under what he's called false pretenses >> willem, this is interesting both sides here, the president and republicans who support him and democrats are both saying d see, this proves our point the former trump campaign aide was believed to be working with and recruited by russia. so they were spying on him they went into the secret fisa to get a warrant to do so. there was a question whether the fbi approved or got that warrant under false pretenses, gave all the information. but now we've seen parts of the warrant because as you know it was heavily redacted it tells us that there was more information than just that dossier paid for by democrats that they used to get this warrant on carter page one of the arguments by president's supporters has been they used only information paid for by democrats we now know that is not true one of the other arguments was that the information wa

. >> reporter: from here, inside her home near san francisco, tracy mitchell has saved over 300 peoplerom dying from an overdose. she doesn't do it from an ambulance or a fire truck. she does it with envelopes and postage stamps. >> if you were to ask me if i ever thought i would do something that would contribute to somebody's life, going back 20-plus years, i would say absolutely not. >> reporter: it reverses the effects of heroin. while president trump's surgeon general has recommended the widespread use of the drug, it's often hard to find or too expensive to purchase. >> people got a hold of me through reddit. i became a moderator of a forum on reddit that deals specifically with opioids. >> reporter: how many people are in this forum? >> right now, over 50,000. >> reporter: tracy estimates she's sent out over 2,000 kits, many to people who end up staying in touch. >> in a world full of stigma and judgment, you have definitely helped me become proud that i'm in recovery and inspired me to help others in any way i can, so thank you for that. that's nice. >> reporter: for sure there

professor tracy parker. you are working on a book that includes the 1950's, working-class americans and black americans. all tied into sears roebuck and company. what is -- what is the research been like? traci: it looks at department stores. i focused on department stores because they have touted consumption as a means of realizing democracy. places, department stores allow anyone, black, white, regardless of age or gender to enter and buy.