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building overnight. here is a live look at the scene ahead. the firefight underway and the damage already done. also a historic move for the city by the bay san francisco becomes the first city in the nation to ban landlords from using artificial intelligence to set rent prices. the reason? leaders

believe it hinders your chances of making it in the bay. plus but this is all about the team. golden. once again, a redemption for team usa gymnastics as they earn gold in the team finals. we are live from paris with a look at how the team is soaking in the big win, and a look at the competitions getting underway. this morning. this is today in the bay and a good morning to you on this wednesday i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia a very busy wednesday morning ahead. want to check in with mike inouye this morning. he's following some breaking news in castro valley. i understand a crash that just cleared there, but quite a mess right here. yeah, the jackknife big rig noticed here on the video. it's the double hauler. those two trailers oftentimes are filled with gravel or other payload, but not today. so it was a little easier i think, to clear this. it was jackknifed in a z

formation. there but that blue vehicle you saw there, that was the original culprit from what i understand. first, a solo car crash, but that that big rig couldn't avoid that crash and so it slammed it. brakes were slammed on and it looked like it just jackknifed, kind of folded there. no injuries were reported. the person driving that blue vehicle reportedly fled from the scene, so there was a lot of cleanup going on. but it's just cleared in the last 20 minutes. here we got the all clear and we've seen a good amount of slowing really clear up at the transition. southbound 238 onto 580. all lanes are now open, but we do have a little slowing because there's still probably some cleanup work going on on the shoulder and lots of debris there from the cleaned up absorbent. so we're watching for that direction. counter commute. the commute direction will come in out of the altamont pass imminently, through the dublin interchange and then through the castro valley. why? that is just fine. the eastbound slowing this off of south 238 should clear as well, and the rest of the bay moving well back to you. thank you mike. well more breaking news for you this morning. here

is a live look there in berkele. this is where firefighters are at the scene of a large structure fire. this is near the waterfront on seventh and hines, just west of san pablo avenue. i want to give you a look from above. there. a short time ago and a short distance away from our traffic cameras that we have for you. okay, we don't have that, but i want to show you this video right here. you can see those flames right there shooting through the roof of that building. these are images from about two hours ago. still not clear how many businesses are impacted or whether anyone was inside that structure before the fire started. our bob redell is there. he'll have a report for us coming up in our next half hour. well as if making in the bay wasn't already hard enough for most renters, it turns out some san francisco landlords are using ai software to set rents even higher. that is, until now. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us and kris city leaders are really putting their foot down on this one. so san francisco supervisors took pretty swift action. sometimes they go back and forth between committee and different readings, but this

time they banned some ai rental software. the first time they discussed it, the software in question is by realpage and yardi. they compile landlord data to determine how high they can set a units rent, or perhaps not rent it at all. according to the information that the supervisors had to consider before the meeting. the use of that software, increased rent vacancy, and even eviction rates. and the companies have faced lawsuits in other communities across the country. now while realpage claims that not enough landlords use the software in san francisco to contribute to that alleged collusion, supervisor aaron peskin disagreed, stating at the board meeting, quote, banning algorithmic price gouging is pro-housing policy. let's build housing for renters, not for real estate investors. now, to put this into context, earlier this year, u.s. district court in tennessee, found that the two companies that operate multifamily residential

properties. so apartment complexes, they settled, claims that they artificially inflated rental prices using realpage software. and the u.s. department of justice and the federal trade commission also filed briefs in possible class action lawsuits against the other company, yardi. so we may be hearing more about these two. all right, chris, thank you. 504 for you this morning. now, turning to decision, 2024 vice president kamala harris, officially the only democrat looking to run for president, any democratic candidate looking for a nomination had, until last night, to secure support from about 300 delegates. no one else qualified. well, so far, harris hasn't announced her vp choice, but her campaign says that her future running mate will be with her at a campaign stop in philadelphia next week. this comes after north carolina governor roy cooper informed harris's campaign he did not want to be considered as vice presidential candidate. other governors, including kentucky's

andy beshear and minnesota's tim walz, are among those who have been actually floated as potential running mates and former president donald trump is in chicago today. he's at the national association of black journalists convention, his running mate, jd vance, in nevada, before heading to the border tomorrow. trump is defending vance's comments about childless women after vance called some democratic lawmakers cat ladies. well, let's switch gears. talk about the olympics. team usa at the 2024 olympics celebrating a massive gold medal victory. live. look at the eiffel tower and the olympic cauldron in paris. where in paris? it's a little after 2 p.m. meanwhile, health concerns over key competition spot have dissipated today in the bay's jessica aguirre. live for us in paris this morning. bonjour. to you, jessica. and i see the weather has changed quite drastically over the last 24

hours. oh my gosh, marcus, an action packed day here in paris. but yes, you are right. yesterday when i was here, it was 98 degrees. overnight it was storming. and today it is just really, really muggy. but on the good side it is a great day for a swim in the sun. and that's what happened today. after all that hullabaloo about the bacteria in the send, it finally got off today. the women's triathlon went off without a hitch early this morning, followed by the men's which had been postponed tuesday because of those unsafe levels of bacteria in the river, tests showed today water is okay to swim in. great britain's alex yee winning a gold medal for the men and cassard beaugrand brought home a gold for france. all right, getting back in the pool, stanford's torri huske for the 100 meter freestyle final. she is fresh off a gold medal for the 100 meter butterfly, so we'll watch that. and they are calling themselves the golden girls. and boy, do they deserve

that. team usa bringing in that team gold medal. simone biles and her teammates really proving why they are the best. and i got to tell you, bercy arena was roaring for those young women. they were just on fire. the women showed their dominance in every single rotation, u.s. winning by more than five points. the women then draped in the american flag, they ran around, they hugged, celebrating with their medals as the crowd chanted usa, usa! it was just so wonderful to hear and it really was an emotional moment for suni lee, who helped propel the team forward. she was competing in spite of having an incurable kidney disease. she really proves why she is an olympian and once again, simone biles proving that she is the goat. the greatest of all time is now the most decorated gymnast of all time with eight medals overall, five of them are gold.

she talked to the today show's hoda kotb copy about coming back from those twisties that plagued her in tokyo. simone, you called this the redemption moment for you. yeah. so you know what happened. you got it, girl. what did it feel like today? yeah, as soon as we finished vault, i was like, yeah, this is going to go well. so i was super excited. proud that the work we put in as a team and we couldn't have done it without each other. so going out there and getting that gold that was just amazing feeling. so i couldn't be more proud of the girls and myself also could not be more prouder as they say. simone's hubby, football player jonathan owens posting this pic on instagram with him wearing a t shirt, clearly stating he was cheering for his gold medal. baby, that's so cute! okay, you can hear more of simone's interview with hoda coming up on the today show. i have to tell you, it was just mesmerizing and so emotional to watch those

girls inside those young women in bercy stadium. i wish when i went outside of bercy stadium, i could have seen things because unfortunately i lost my glasses at the competition during all the excitement. and then my photographer mikey and i, who've had some trouble on the metro where metro impaired. right? we've been lost a couple of times. you can see it on my tiktok and instagram on the way back i couldn't see and he doesn't speak french, so we were riding the metro with him, calling out the lines going gare, gare de lyon and i'd be like gare de león, gare de león, which way, which way? because i couldn't see. wow. so i'm on, amazon will be delivering some new glasses for me so that i'm not lost in the metro again. oh, well, we're happy that you made it there to your post. this morning. yeah. and mikey, it means i don't know. that'll help him out. exactly. no, he keeps saying he says he's not going on the metro anymore. he's done.

all right. thanks, jess. in prime time tonight, tune in to see the men's all around gymnastics final. then the men and women take to the water and freestyle final competitions. prime time coverage kicks off tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc. bay area. let's see how the weather is shaping up in paris for the athletes today. jessica already said it's a little better today. it sounds like it's muggy, though. kari. yes, and of course, besides the olympians, the weather is also taking center stage. we've had over the past couple of days all kinds of changes. but we know that in july and august in paris, these are the warmest months. and usually the high temperature is in the upper seconds. but yesterday we were talking about the heat wave and those temperatures in the upper 90s. so as we take a look at today's forecast and what to expect as we go into this afternoon of course they're nine hours ahead. so we're looking at that trend and more storm chances in the forecast. that's

the reason why it still feels very muggy out there. there's a lot of humidity in the air and we haven't yet broken that heat with the cold front that's on the way. so sun will set at 930 this afternoon. and then going into the evening with still some very warm temperatures and a chance of thunderstorms even into early tomorrow, we'll be watching that. eventually it will get cooler and across the bay area we're going to heat up, so i'll have more on that. mike, you have a clear drive across the golden gate bridge clear drive, and we can see the lights all the way across the span as well. but if you notice, there's kind of a blur above it. so there are some low clouds around the area. a good volume now coming southbound. no surprises, but sometimes we don't see as many headlights. we do see a little release of traffic, and i think the crew on the north side of the bridge did stop traffic up just for a couple of seconds, and that's why we just suddenly saw a little burst of traffic there. i'll keep monitoring for folks in the north bay. it's looking great. highway 37 still fine. vallejo over toward novato is the commute direction. same thing for highway four and all the way through walnut creek

interchange. the earlier crash and jam through the area around the castro valley has completely cleared from south. 238, and there are no issues anywhere south of here. the only slowing oh, this red thing is because of that one way traffic control through niles. and we're looking over at the altamont pass with the typical slowing coming in toward livermore, but not really in livermore. back to you. thanks mike. well, back to school shopping on a budget ahead for you at 525 here on today in the bay. our consumer team breaking down where you can shop for low price items and give back at the same time. we may get some good news on interest rates today. plus, watch your email if you have a student loan plus watch your back. college is getting aggressive and those chickens are starting to run a lot faster behind you. from 30 rock to french polynesia, snl host colin jost, going viral for his coverage of the olympic surfing competition in tahiti. ahead, the surprise guests that are roaming the island with him. but first, here's a look at the

current medal count as we head to break.

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coppa way back in 98. you may recall the us surgeon general declared social networks a danger to children's mental health. doctor vivek murthy says social media was a major contributor to the mental health crisis. not everyone's a fan of the kids online safety act. the main concern, simplified, is that it's vague about what's harmful, and companies like facebook would decide to on their own what to censor so they don't violate the law. information about for instance, support for lgbtq kids or certain political views. objections come from both the left and the right and markets. it may not pass the house. all right. we'll be watching for that. all right, scott, thank you. well, let's take you live to paris this morning. the eiffel tower is, of course, at the heart of the olympic games, beach volleyball. they're playing right in the shadow of the eiffel tower, but trending free this morning. nearly 10,000 miles away. grab your boards. because the olympics surfing competition going on in tahiti.

yeah, that's the french territory. the competition is going on there. this is when conditions cooperate. stormy weather, as jessica was telling us earlier in the show, canceled yesterday's events because it was just too dangerous. nbc sent snl colin jost to tahiti to cover the events he's actually telling kevin hart and kenan thompson his job. not so cushy as you think. you guys have the advantage of being in a studio, whereas i have a laptop that's perched on top of a barbecue cooler. i've got chickens as producers, and there's flies swarming around the cameras. so okay, well, that's fun. nice that's fun. yeah. sounds like a great time, colin. oh, great time. there's a friend chicken right there. but to your left there, colin. just be careful. bad time to tell you this, colin. but i think you should watch out. now, how do we sign up for that job? i know, as for the competition with the surfin, those events are expected to resume today with the medal rounds in play. that was like us working from home. you know, we had stuff stacked up on top of i

have whatever amazon boxes is that high enough? you need another box? yeah. dealing with all those things. all right. well, he was talking about the weather there in tahiti. they've had, you know, some thunderstorms. i don't know, they have to get like the right waves and all of that to, to make the surfing happen. we are also going to have the kind of beach weather that we like to see this time of year, where our valleys will be heating up, and then the coastal areas will be nice and comfortable. and then going into the weekend, we'll be tracking some monsoonal moisture coming in and a chance of some dry lightning. it looks like that's staying over the sierra, but we'll have to monitor that as the heat continues into the weekend. as you're stepping out this morning, temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. nice and cool. start to the day, but it will be a touch warmer for the afternoon. the past couple of days in san jose, we've been in the upper 70s, but today 84. so you will have some. temperatures are about normal for this time of year, but it's been nice to have that break

too. and our temperatures in the inland east bay in the low 90s. we're going to start to see more 90s over the next few days, but still mostly 80s today in the tri valley up to danville, reaching 88 degrees and 75 in oakland and near the coast. we're in the mid 60s, san mateo, 71 and 82, in palo alto, san francisco, headed for the upper 60s again today, more fog that will most likely not clear very much into the afternoon. sonoma today reaching a high of 89 and 99 in ukiah. so we're talking a lot about this surge of monsoonal moisture. this is the remnants of a tropical system that you see all the green there that shows higher mid-level moisture. we see a lot of moisture in the middle levels of the atmosphere. that means it feels muggy to us. and then we see more clouds and the possibility of some thunderstorms firing up. usually over our higher elevations. so we'll be watching the sierra here in the bay area. we're just going to see a few more clouds coming in. and from that's friday into saturday. look at

those temperatures though. it will be in the mid 90s. overnight lows in the mid 60s. but we're not going to see many changes in san francisco. still nice and cool here. and mike, you are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza taking a look because, you know, 521 almost 522 we may see a little volume increase. you see a little bit. no problems. you can see a clear view of the east shore freeway with just clouds hovering above. not a problem for our drivers across the bay, across the spans. highway 37 does show some slowing sudden slowing showed up right here. highway four i just before we came to back to the set, i did hear about a microwave oven reported in the middle of the roadway west highway four around bailey. it should be taken care of very quickly by chp. i'll follow up to make sure they've removed that debris from the area. i think it was hit one time. meanwhile, the rest of the bay show is an easy light drive. back to you. thanks mike 522 for you this morning. next here on today in the bay nbc bay area responds. you can buy the kids back to school clothes and shoes tax free if you're a savvy

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we are live there at the scene with late breaking details including new information on the damage. san francisco launching an aggressive sweep on encampments as part of mayor breed's promised crackdown. the new pushback from homeless advocates arguing the city is not holding up its end of the deal. a live look across paris this morning where team usa is basking and gymnastics gold. but it's not all over just yet. we'll take a closer look at one

amazing last second run, leading to a new first for u.s. rugby. this is today in the bay. good morning to you on this wednesday morning. thanks for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington and i'm laura garcia. so let's start out with a look at the wednesday forecast. meteorologist kari hall is tracking what we can expect. it's a nice start to our day. it is. and it's been nice these past couple of days. and we're just going to be slightly warmer for the afternoon. we're starting out with some mid 60s in san jose. it is 60 in walnut creek. and as you step out the door in san francisco, it's a cool 56 degrees. let's head to one of our warmer spots, brentwood. today you're going to feel that heat cranking up for the afternoon. whatever outdoor activities you have, try to get it in before noon because after that, we're headed for the 90s and we'll see those temperatures really starting to heat up there. today in san jose, we're in the low 80s and some still 60s in san francisco, so we'll

see a wide range in our microclimates for this afternoon. and i'll be tracking a valley heat up in the next few days coming up in a few minutes. mike, you're tracking something in fremont? yeah, we had a crash reported southbound, so this these headlights coming down toward us. you see the sign for auto mall, and it's just north of there, actually, by. well, there's carmax and auto dealer. i guess the southbound, there's a crash on the shoulder now. no injuries reported, but there's still some activity, no slowing on the sensors. that's just before you get to the mission crossover. they're coming down through the area. in fact, everything is very smooth right here. oh, there we go. we should be seeing the little signs of that start for the first slowing. we see typically up toward oakland road. and we do see that meanwhile getting toward the bridges. it's just fine. highway 37 and recovery. not yet for that westbound highway for debris. we'll talk about that coming up. back to you. sounds good. thank you very much. mike. we are following breaking news this morning. a massive fire tears through a building in berkeley overnight. this is close to the waterfront on seventh and hines. that's just west of san pablo avenue.

today in the bay bob redell is live at the scene this morning. and i understand you just got an update from firefighters. we did. good morning. tyler. as you can see behind me, the fire for the most part, well, it is definitely contained. and for the most part is out. if you look up to the right there, you can see you'll see some flames and what the berkeley fire department has been doing is they're just dumping water on. what if you can't tell by looking at it? those are two attached warehouses to just keep this from really flaring back up, we are in a warehouse district that houses tech and research on the back side of aquatic park. you probably see this on, eastbound and westbound 80, the east shore freeway. when you're coming and going to the city, a firefighters pulled out of this building shortly after their arrival, a little bit before three this morning, and they went on to defensive on this fire from almost the get go. and you can see why this is a very large fire that quickly consumed the building. there was a roof collapse. whatever was inside is gone. there is a for

lease sign out front, so it's not clear if these warehouses were occupied. there's a third attached warehouse in the back that was saved by a firewall. we believe that house is a used furniture outlet. again, berkeley fire telling us they were able to save that structure. now the fire department is investigating two possible causes. one, there might be a homeless encampment on the back side, the side with aquatic park, where someone might have started a vegetation fire that spread into the building. they're also looking at the possibility of an electrical fire, as there was a power line down during this fire fight. well, power line did drop and that was one of the hazards in the beginning. our crews had to navigate their way around that power line. we quickly taped it off that power line also started the van that it fell onto on fire. so we had that as an additional distraction. pg&e tells us our

berkeley fire tells us pg&e was pretty quick and de-energizing that line. as a result, we believe some of the businesses around here might be without power. also no injuries. they did briefly go to a third alarm for backup, but then went back down to a two alarm when the decision was made to go on the defensive reporting live here in berkeley, bob redell. today in the bay. commissioner, thank you very much, bob. new tensions this morning in san francisco as the city tries to address its homeless crisis, with leaders pushing to clear more large encampments. advocates accuse the city of dropping the ball when it comes to providing alternatives. today, in the bay's ginger conejero saab live for us in san francisco this morning and ginger, we spoke to the leading candidates for the mayor position there who are running, including mayor london breed, about this issue. what is her office saying about the response here? good morning marcus. well, the mayor's office is saying that it's continuing its practices of addressing large encampments here in the

city, and we are seeing that play out. yesterday, a large encampment under the central freeway off south van ness was cleared. now, here's mayor london breed, as you just mentioned, it hasn't been easy. in fact, thank goodness for the change in the supreme court decision. effective august. we are going to be very aggressive and assertive in moving encampments, which may even include criminal penalties. and there you can hear she referenced that august timeline. now, days ago, governor gavin newsom ordered state agencies to remove homeless camps throughout california. this was seen as a show of force since the supreme court's grants pass decision, which gave state and local agencies more power to clear encampments. and as i just mentioned, a large encampment under the city's central freeway around south van ness was cleared yesterday. at the same time in the city, a coalition of homeless advocates demanded for supportive housing before any

more encampments are cleared. here's john doerr, who is with the legal team that filed the federal lawsuit and triggered an injunction that had barred the city from clearing encampments. demand our elected officials fill those empty units, bring more housing on the market, increase rental subsidies and assistance and eviction protections. now, according to city data, there are 793 permanent supportive housing units open now 398, just shy of 400 are offline, and they are in need of some repairs. another 229 are currently in the process of being occupied, and that really leaves only 166 available for use. now. the city says they will continue to offer shelter and other options. other services to the in house in the events of these clearings in san francisco, ginger conejero saab today in the bay. yes, certainly

a big issue with a lot of folks who live within the city or even visit the city. all right, ginger, thank you. 537 this morning and boar's head deli meat company expanding its recall tied to a deadly listeria outbreak. it is now recalling an additional 7 million pounds of meat. this is covering about 70 products made over six weeks starting may 10th. now, the original recall involved about 200,000 pounds of meat over much of shorter period of time frame. now the company is saying that this wider recall is done out of an abundance of caution. tainted meat is believed to be responsible for dozens of illnesses and two deaths. the cases were reported in 13 states, but none here in california. a new push in oakland this morning to move bay area small businesses forward. larger owned businesses led by kaiser permanente, are set to announce a new $5 million grant to provide small business owners no fee, reduced interest loans. it's part of an effort to boost economic stability for merchants

now facing growing economic challenges. leaders plan to lay out the details later this morning at the offices of oaklandish, the grassroots community group and alameda county sheriff's deputy is recovering this morning. this is after being hit by a stolen vehicle. it all happened as it was caught on camera. now we want to warn you that that video may be hard to watch. you can see right here that incident in the red box to the top of the screen. well, this happened in the ashland area of unincorporated san leandro last wednesday. the sheriff's office says that it's about a two stolen vehicles driven through that area before they could initiate that pursuit, a deputy deployed spike strips while the sheriff's office says that one of those drivers then crossed into oncoming traffic. running over that deputy. both drivers crashed a short distance away, then running from the scene. 21 year old miguel cardenas and 34 year old joel gonzalez were eventually arrested. gonzalez has been charged with attempted

murder of a police officer. developing this morning a new wildfire triggering evacuation orders in two counties west of yosemite. the pedro fire started yesterday afternoon near lake don pedro. as of this morning, it's burned more than 2700 acres in mariposa and tuolumne counties. no reports of homes destroyed. right now, firefighters say it is just 5% contained. in the meantime, firefighters making more progress on the massive park fire, which started outside of chico one week ago. it's now close to 20%, contained, 386,000 acres have burned in four different counties, making this california's fifth largest fire ever. nearly 280 structures have been destroyed. one man is facing arson charges in connection with the fire. let's take a live look outside in san jose this morning. you know, that heat expected to return. meteorologist kari hall taking a closer look at what's driving this change. kari. well, as we take a look at our forecast, we

are bracing for another warm up as high pressure moves from the southwest into the bay area a little bit closer. high pressure basically is what it says. it's producing a high amount of pressure on the earth. that means the air is sinking down and as we see high pressure moving in, it causes our temperatures to go up, mainly because all of the sinking air, as it sinks, it warms up, it compresses those air molecules which move faster and create more friction and also more heat. as it does so and pushes down on the earth. so when we take a look at a spot like morgan hill, our temperatures are going to be heating back up. we see that high pressure all also keeping our wind direction flowing offshore. and we don't get that nice air conditioning, our natural air conditioning coming in off of the ocean. so we are going to see our temperatures headed for the 90s going into the weekend, we'll talk about all of our microclimates and take a look at the rest of the forecast coming

up. for now, let's head over to mike with a look at the morning commute. well, we have kind of a similar situation with cars right. bigger volume pushing in toward an area with less space. we had debris coming westbound highway four right around bailey. and so folks were constricted for a short period of time. looks like everything cleared there. subtle recovery for bailey because it happened at the same time that coming into pittsburgh, we had slowing for westbound highway four up to about railroad, which then can cut down here to kirker pass road, as well as bailey heading down in toward the walnut creek interchange. now everything actually looks like it's recovering as it's building. that's why we still see that red over there. no problems here for highway 37. just more traffic volume. a little slowing approaching. san quentin for west 580 across that richmond bridge into san rafael. we do have some debris or a disabled vehicle that will be clearing shortly. but you see, slowing down the decline, getting into san francisco for the bay bridge, that indicates the need for the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights to be turned on. and that's no surprise here. also no surprise because this is

the third night it's happening. posi two will be closed, so we're looking ahead again, telling folks from alameda into downtown oakland can't use that tube tonight after 9:00. so you'll use these bridges just a bit to the south. this is the last of the three nights scheduled maintenance through the area, again from alameda into oakland. we're looking at a smooth drive in oakland at the arena. there is a concert tonight. chris brown will be there. and then in the south bay. bigger concern here. there may be more crowds because it's paypal park earthquakes versus la. so there will be some local competition statewide going down there. and we have the typical slowing for northbound 101. but watch. 238 237 i'm sorry, down in the south bay for more traffic as well. back to you. well, next on today in the bay. new polling with numbers that really count show a dead heat between kamala harris and donald trump. plus the way artificial intelligence imported from silicon valley to paris is being used at the olympic games. much more news ahead. you're wa in wt

creek, we can see the clouds overhead as the sun tries to peek through. it's going to be clearing out as we go throughout the morning, and temperatures in the low 60s to start reaching into the upper 80s here. it will be a touch warmer compared to yesterday, but more heat is ahead. we'll take a look at all of our microclimates in the forecast coming up, and the bay bridge toll plaza moves very smoothly, but more traffic, of

course, is ahead as well. now this is about the time when we would see those metering lights turned on. we saw the slowing approaching san francisco coming off of westbound 80, but i don't see the metering lights registered on just yet. there will be a bill i'm sure it will be just another minute or so. so come back and check. well, developing while you are sleeping a dramatic escalation of tensions in the middle east and the surprise airstrike taking out hamas's top political leader. this happened in tehran. that's where ismail haniyeh was killed. after attending an inauguration ceremony for iran's new president. israel is not commenting, but iran's supreme leader is already vowing revenge against israel. now this all comes just one day after israeli airstrike in beirut killed hezbollah's most senior military commander. the israeli military is now laying out significance of that strike, calling him the right hand man to hezbollah's leader for shuker was the commander responsible for the

majdal shams massacre, in which 12 children were murdered after hezbollah fired an iranian falaq one rocket directly at a soccer field in northern israel on saturday evening. hezbollah is still denying any role in that weekend airstrike. the white house is not commenting on either incident. other than expressing hope for diplomatic solution. 548 right now, the race for the white house is getting tighter. the most recent polls show a dead heat in battleground state scott mcgrew. these are the most really important numbers. yeah, they really are. i mean, you often hear me say, when we examine nationwide polls, they don't matter because we don't elect a president with the national vote. if we did al gore and hillary clinton would be president at one point. we elect state by state and with the electoral college, the race to 270 pollsters count on california going blue, texas going red. so it's states like

michigan, arizona, nevada, pennsylvania, georgia that decide this race and take a look at this, the latest poll from bloomberg looking at the battleground states shows a dead heat. harris 48% of the vote. when you total up the battleground states. trump 47. that's a tie because the margin of error is 1%. as well. in arizona, harris leads trump by two points after coming from behind in recent days. arizona, home to senator mark kelly, who many suspect harris will choose as her vice presidential pick. the campaign says we'll know no later than next tuesday. here's georgia. absolute dead tie. both candidates 47%. harris rallied in georgia yesterday to huge crowds at the georgia state university in atlanta. former president trump reacted to this scene on his truth social,

saying harris fans started leaving five minutes after she started speaking. harris, for her part, double dog dared trump to show up to the next presidential debate. well, donald. i do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage. because, as the saying goes, if you've got something to say, say it to my face. trump will speak today with black journalists in chicago. other news the head of the 2025 project says he'll step down, saying his work is done. project 2025. a 900 page agenda written by conservatives spelling out priorities for trump. trump has been distancing himself from that plan. trump's pick for vice president j.d.

vance spoke in nevada, calling harris a disloyal american. i'll ask you a simple question do we want open borders? no do we want to bankrupt medicare by giving it to illegal aliens? do you want to defund the police? do you want to ban fracking? so do we want kamala harris? hell no. now for what it's worth, any democrat who wanted to challenge harris had until yesterday to speak up. nobody did. harris already had enough committed delegates that we've been calling her the presumptive democratic candidate. laura very interesting. thank you. scott. 551 right now. now to a live look at the olympic cauldron burning in the tuileries garden. the world's best athletes aren't the only performers at the olympics. you may have seen this artificial intelligence is also performing. imported to paris from silicon valley. among the companies working with the ai during the games is intel, the

santa clara company tells us that ai is being used to help coaches train, and actually track athletes, but it also creates a massive database for highlights so anyone can see how their specific athletes did, even if it's not on tv now, i will be able to get highlights showing my players because it's possible to roll this out on all teams so everybody gets the feeling of equal representation. some of the ai powered technology, like the ones used to map out the inside of olympic venues, is already used back home for example, helping visually impaired people get through bart stations. go well training for you this morning. history made in paris as the u.s. women's rugby team accomplished a first and did so in the most dramatic way possible, ramsey, cedric spiff, cedric's away. cedric up over

the 50, the 40. she's going to take it all the way. cedric for the u. s a and that's lied. all right, so rugby seven squad had to score a try to tie the match as time expired going coast to coast. now with the conversion there they defeated australia for their first ever olympics medal this morning the whole team appeared on the today show. here is team captain talking about the very end. it's okay to not have belief to be scared, to be nervous, anxious before a game. and those thoughts are going to be there. but it's like how we play, how we take actions. because we got down here, we were down by five and we only had, you know, seconds left. but we stay connected, knew we weren't going to lose. we just kept with it and for her to pull off that play and to beat some of the best tacklers in the game and we were just all chasing. it was so exciting. mayor there, by the way, is becoming a viral trend of her own right now, with postings on

instagram and tiktok. many of those postings are focused on body positivity. she's generating such a following that she recently passed the 1 million followers on instagram. you could just feel their elation. it was wonderful and the agony of defeat. well, for our coverage from paris, of course it is continuing all morning long. jessica aguirre is going to join us live from paris at the top of the hour, so make sure to stick around for that. she's had lots of great things and some surprises for us. all right, let's talk about the forecast right here at home. carry this temperature is going to start creeping up just a little bit more today. so you're going to start to feel that warmer air for the afternoon. but as we take a look at our air quality that's going to be another issue as we start to see high pressure moving again. and weaker winds, we're not going to see the pollutants in that wildfire smoke really mixing out like we have in the past couple of days. so we are on track for some moderate air quality for this afternoon. and also going to see the sky clearing as our

temperatures warm up just a bit. now yesterday in san jose, we saw the high temperature top out in the upper 70s, but today it will be in the low 80s and will reach that high temperature right at about 4:00 this afternoon. as we get a closer look at the south county, temperatures will range from 82 in milpitas to 92 in morgan hill and we'll see a few more low 90s in the inland east bay with antioch and concord reaching that 90 degree mark in livermore. we should stay just below that, but it will be a warmer day. oakland today, reaching into the mid 70s 60s along the coast, while redwood city will top out at 80 degrees and upper 60s in san francisco. breezy winds and a lot of low clouds and fog. but clearing in the north bay as napa heads for 88 degrees and it will be 89 in sonoma. as we approach the end of the week into the weekend, not only will warmer temperatures arrive, but so too will the humidity. we're going to have a surge of some tropical moisture moving into the bay area. it doesn't look like it will have much of an impact on

us with the exception of the mugginess that we'll feel. but there also will be the potential of some thunderstorms and some lightning over the sierra. so we'll be watching that as we take a look at our temperatures heating up into the 90s, extending into early next week. mike you're looking at the bridge in san rafael. that's right. heading over from the richmond side, we see a volume increase. so more cars heading across the span. a little concern because as i showed you, there is some slowing. there's more slowing now, more volume because this car still hasn't cleared a flat tire. someone has to fix that tire or get help getting off of the roadway and then get that tire fixed. so that is a concern. as we're looking west across that bridge, everything else looks pretty standard. the direction and locations of your slowing, including san jose's build on 101. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. happening now. covid rates in california once again rising, the state's positivity rate hovering around 14%. it's the second highest summer surge in history. recent data up to last week saw california's positivity rate

jumped 2%. a covid is currently being blamed for less than 2% of the deaths in the state. an east bay factory, which is known for producing some nostalgic candy, is shutting down. all new at 6:00 on today in the bay. the reason the historic factory is calling it quits after decades of business in the east bay. but this is all about the team. plus, team usa taking gold. we're going to take you live to paris with more on the medals on the line today and a look at the local athletes set to compete

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