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battling the point fire, where containment stands this morning

and the conditions first responders are facing on the front lines. plus two weeks after president biden's border crackdown, the administration planning new protections for deportation of citizens who are in the country illegally. how it would work also a rowdy sideshow arrest one person now behind bars in connection with this weekend's illegal activity in the south bay. the charges he's now facing this is today in the bay and a very good tuesday morning to you. thanks so much for starting your day with us. i'm laura garcia and i'm marcus washington. we want to begin with that breaking news as the big wildfire continues to burn in the north bay this morning, progress being made in fighting the point fire. but that threat is not over. now. this morning, sonoma county is under a local state of emergency at last check it has burned more than 1200 acres and is 20% contained. that fire is happening just outside of healdsburg now. some people

forced to leave their homes on sunday are still out. this morning, the bay area air quality district has issued an advisory for that area today. this is all due to the smoke now. the impacts to the air quality is continued to be a concern for people living in healdsburg. you smell the smoke or you see the big plume. you you know, your nerves go up. it's definitely a stressful situation, kind of not so good. you know, you notice being light headed and stuff like that and not going out too much now. so far, two structures have burned cal fire says that the fire isn't actively threatening any others at this time. however, homes along west dry creek road are the most at risk of seeing an impact. around 400 firefighters are at that scene fighting those flames, and we now know that the wind has made the battle a tough one for those firefighters out there. for more on those conditions, let's head over to meteorologist kerry hall. yeah, we're starting out with some cooler temperatures,

which of course helps with the firefighters who are out there trying to get more containment. right now, temperatures are in the low 50s and the humidity has come up to the 50 to 60% range for parts of the north bay. higher humidity slows the spread of the fire. but then as we go throughout the day, it does look like we are going to see not only a shift in the wind direction, but also the humidity levels dropping and down to the teens for this afternoon in some parts of the north bay, the relative humidity may be in the single digits. this is critically dry air that may cause the fire to spread a little bit more quickly, but it also dries out the vegetation even more. and then we're looking at another morning tomorrow where we see some decent recovery with the humidity levels coming up. as far as temperatures for today, it's back to where we were yesterday with mostly some low to mid 80s in the north bay for the rest of the bay area, it will be slightly warmer for some of the inland valleys and spots

like fairfield, up to 89 degrees. while we're still in the mid 60s along the coastline. so we'll talk about that range and temperatures and what's ahead. coming up, mike, you're tracking an overturned tanker truck. i am, and it's right on the nimitz here. now we'll catch both of those major announcements by telling you the tanker is full of salt water, from what i understand. and it's on the on ramp to the nimitz. so the nimitz itself moves smoothly. the on ramp from eastbound thornton to get on to northbound 880 is the specific ramp where this occurred. i don't think they're going to clear this for quite some time. they may have to transfer the liquid from the tanker truck. i'm not sure. trying to get more information, but you can still enter on maori. you can still enter just north on dakota. so those are two options for you or you can loop back on from the westbound direction on thornton. i think you can still access northbound 880. so that's off of central or highway 8484 right here through niles canyon. reopening after the overnight closure. that will continue to happen as they continue to work on the bridge there overnights only daytime will have the typical access for that portion

of 84. and then out of the altamont is the only other slowing we see which is normal. back to you. all right. thank you very much, mike. well, turning now to decision 2024, the first presidential debate just over a week away. and today, president biden is set to host a white house event to commemorate the 12 year anniversary of daca immigration. one of this election's biggest issues is a 2024 presidential campaign is heating up today in the bay is alice barr joins us live in washington with the action. the biden administration is expected to take to help hundreds of thousands of immigrants. alice, laura and marcus. yeah the biden administration announcing new executive action that relates to the undocumented spouses of u.s. citizens. one immigration advocate said this is the biggest thing since daca, and that is the policy that blocked deporting migrants whose parents brought them to the u.s. illegally when they were children, called vile rape was called vile. president biden today announcing a new executive action shielding roughly half a million undocumented immigrants

who are married to or are the children of u.s. citizens from being deported. republicans are already slamming the plan as mass amnesty. it follows the president's recent executive order aimed at sharply curbing the number of migrants who can enter the country to seek asylum . the president is certainly going to continue to address what we're seeing at the border, the challenges at the border, the new policy will allow migrants who came to the u.s. illegally ten or more years ago and married u.s. citizens, or are there noncitizen children to be eligible for? green cards have a pathway to citizenship and access to work permits on a case by case basis, all without leaving the country to keep families together. as president, biden seeks to balance competing interests in one of the campaign's thornie*st and most pressing issues. recent polling shows former president trump with a decisive lead on handling the border. he met yesterday

with house speaker mike johnson as congressional republicans pressed his case on immigration. president biden's border policies have resulted in a crisis that's endangered the safety and security of the american people. the former president holding a rally in swing state wisconsin today, about a month before the republican national convention in milwaukee. president biden, also announcing action to make it easier for daca dreamers to obtain work visas. but this only applies to those dreamers who receive a degree from a u.s. college or university and then want to pursue a career in that same high skilled field worth noting all of this is likely to be challenged in court. lauren marcus most definitely. we'll continue to follow. alice. thank you very much. 5.07 right now, russian president vladimir putin is in north korea this morning. it is his first visit to the country in nearly a quarter century. putin is participating in a summit with north korean

leader kim jong un. it's part of a planned two day trip ahead of his arrival, the russian president appeared in an op ed published by state media, the piece in part promising unity between the pair when it comes to battling us led sanctions on both countries. putin's visit comes as many worry about how to deal where north korea provides russia with weapons. well, san jose police made their first arrest in connection with that sideshow where a bystander was injured. that same sideshow also put an officer in the middle of an attack on his patrol car. today, in the base. kris sanchez joins us from our newsroom this morning with why the search for the suspects really far from over, chris. right. so as you mentioned, that suspect in custody is related to the spectator who was injured, but the suspects who attacked that sapd patrol car are still at large. san jose police arrested 24 year old aidan root on charges of felony hit and run and felony reckless driving if convicted on those charges, he could lose his car and go to jail for up to three years. now,

these suspects seen bashing that sapd patrol car stomping on the windshield with an officer inside. they are not yet in custody, but mayor matt mahan says it is just a matter of time. on x, the mayor wrote he will be held accountable, as will anyone who planned, participated or helped proliferate this dangerous event. san jose police are asking the public for any video of the event that happened in broad daylight. it was before 7:00 in the evening on saturday night, as people were out and about around santana row on a saturday. this is packed with families. there's usually something geared towards families, so you have a lot of little kids. it's dangerous, reckless, crazy. i've never heard anything go so long because i live over in the apartments next to the winchester house, and you hear an occasional like a skidding or a screeching at night, though this went on and on and on. a last august, the city of san jose passed an ordinance to

punish people who organize or even post about sideshows on social media. people can be fined up to $1,000 and jailed for up to six months, being a spectator in the city of san jose, also a punishable offense. now, as of last august, the city had responded to nearly 200 sideshows, more than that in the year before. so certainly the city is fed up and they are looking for those suspects. marcus, a lot of citizens fed up too with that. all right, chris, thank you. all right. it is 509 for you this morning taking a live look out in san francisco this morning. meteorologist kari hall been tracking what we can expect throughout the bay area. pretty much beautiful shots. wherever you look this morning. absolutely. take a look at this view in san jose as we have some high clouds and our sun rise early in the morning, and we're going to see a lot of sunshine throughout the day. and at times we're going to see a few clouds here and there. but overall temperatures in the low 60s now, we'll be in the low 60s for the

next couple of hours. and then as we go throughout the late morning into the afternoon, feeling very comfortable with our high temperature of 81 degrees. so very much like it was yesterday. it will be in the mid 80s for the tri-valley, as well as much of the north bay. we'll talk about what's ahead coming up in a few minutes. mike has been tracking where we can find some lower gas prices. yeah. with the help of everybody. yeah. we're looking at gasbuddy.com for our gas prices, folks. and let's start in fremont today again on the state's best list. this is 385 at vargas on grimmer boulevard, still under four bucks in the north bay. vallejo reports 3.99 at bon fair on sacramento street, and the new best for the south bay 409. getting closer to four bucks. so we're cleaning up with 409 at the valero on south de anza. it's a near prospect as a cross street. again, those are reported in shared on gasbuddy.com on the roadways. good sharing there. no major problems. i mean we do have that closure of the on ramp at thornton at 880 northbound 880 moves smoothly on this map. green sensors throughout the east bay, in fact, and a live look shows you what it's like.

oakland again moves very nicely past the coliseum, southbound down toward the san mateo bridge. northbound with those tail lights toward the bay bridge back to you. thanks so much, mike. all right. coming up here on today in the bay. we're going to tell you about the changes apple is making to its by now pay later service for the us customers. and the stock market. financial news nasdaq six day winning streak. the s&p 500 is up 15% for the year. and we're not even halfwa

we have a beautiful pink sunrise over walnut creek this morning as you're getting up and heading out. don't forget those sunglasses. and we have some comfortable weather for today, going from mid 60s to mid 70s at 10:00 to mid 80s by the afternoon. we are going to see more days like this throughout much of the week before it warms up. we'll take a look ahead, coming up in a few minutes and facing the opposite direction from that camera. a little less sunlight, but we can get plenty of headlights. the san mateo bridge tail lights are going in your commute direction, but both are moving smoothly. just south of here, south of the dumbarton bridge. in fact, we still have that alert, the overturned tanker. we'll talk about it all coming up. well good morning. very happy tuesday to you. s&p 500 hit all time highs for the 30th time this year on monday. up 15% this year alone. we're only about halfway through nasdaq. new record as well. an unusual trading week. the markets are going to be closed

tomorrow for the juneteenth holiday. and then they'll be back open on thursday. the federal government suing adobe, saying the san jose company deliberately makes it difficult to cancel a subscription to its software using tricks like lighter colored fonts. or if you call passing you around from operator to operator. no response from adobe yet. the electric car fisker. take a look at this. there's a reason this company is trading at $0.04. it's filed for bankruptcy. the wall street journal was the first to report the car company based out of southern california, was looking for court protection. this is the second time heinrich fisker, the founder, has tried and failed to launch an electric car. video here of the head of the faa talking to the senate committee about boeing. today, the head of boeing will be on the hot seat. the ceo in the permanent subcommittee on investigations, boeing, of course, facing all kinds of manufacturing problems, in trouble with quality control. dave calhoun, the current ceo,

says he'll step down before the end of the year. but the company has yet to find a replacement. the hearing starts at 11 a.m. our time, calhoun is going to say in his opening statement, quote, our culture is far from perfect, but we are taking action and making progress. los gatos company called midea health got $60 million in new venture funding recently to help women in menopause and perimenopause with people living longer, women can spend a third of their life in menopause. this week on our podcast sand hill road, i speak with one of the women who wrote one of the first multi-million dollar checks to fund that effort, frederick dam. we talk about women's health care, but we also talk about her journey to america. and it was all because of a movie. she saw it as a child and decided, that's who i want to be and where i want to live. it's a really cool movie if you haven't seen. so how old are you when you first see it? i think i was

probably 11 years old. okay. in france, in france. all right. can you guess what movie it is? you were going to tell us? no, i'm going to make you listen to my podcast and hill road. you can find it wherever you get your podcast. interesting listen to it on the way to work or the way home from work and find out what movie would make an 11 year old french girl go. i am moving to america? okay, well, gigi might make me move to france, so we'll see. we just trained, right? all right. thanks god. you bet. all right. 517 for you right now. and apple ending its buy now, pay later service. it's launching a new program later. this year. now people will be able to get those installment loans offered through third party credit card debit cards. and lenders with checking out with apple pay, existing users can still manage their current loans and make those payments via the wallet app. apple pay later was actually introduced last year. you may remember it actually allowed people to split purchases into four payments spread out over six weeks with no interest or fees. now it's my

honor to present to the boston celtics the 2024 larry o'brien trophy of the nba championship. it is a party in boston this morning. the celtics defeated the dallas mavericks last night to win the 2024 nba title. team won the championship in five games, scoring a final victory against the mavericks 106 to 88. cal alum jaylen brown took home the title of this year's finals mvp. last night's win marks the team's 18th championship, the most in nba history, beating out the lakers. yeah, my dad was very vocal on social media yesterday. the best of all time. so and i was like, i didn't know you were a celtics fan, but he is now. yeah. gets a t shirt. get a t shirt. all right cory joins us now. she's got a look at our forecast for today. yes. look at this sunrise. it's a very nice start to our tuesday morning. and we're seeing this across the bay area. now i do

think that the reason why we're getting such colorful hues in the sky is because of the wildfire smoke that we've had. and so we're starting out a little bit milder in san jose it is 61 degrees, mostly mid 50s from dublin and as well as san francisco and 52 in san rafael. so we are getting a hazy sky, some smoke coming down from the north bay. the point fire as well as a fire that's been burning over towards sacramento. and we've seen a couple of the fires burning in the foothills of the sierra. so we're getting that smoke coming down into the bay area this morning. eventually it will clear out as we get a little bit more of an onshore wind flow that's going to blow that smoke away from us as we go into the afternoon, into the evening, and temperature wise, we're looking pretty good here. it's in the low 80s in san jose for a high temperature. it's also going to be breezy westerly wind coming in at 15mph. and morgan hill, we're looking at a high of 86 degrees and 83 in pleasanton in

walnut creek will be in the upper 80s and upper 70s for oakland, as well as hayward in san mateo. expect a high of 71. very comfortable there and daly city 64 degrees in san francisco . we're in the low 70s in the downtown area, and the mission district 66 for the outer sunset and 85 today in santa rosa, 82 in napa. so looking ahead, we are going to see temperatures ramping up over the next few days. we do still have a few more days of the nice and mild weather that we continue to enjoy through. at least thursday , but then friday we're going to see a spike in temperatures as high pressure builds and we see the shift in the wind direction. on saturday, that will be our hottest day and brentwood, we're going to hit some triple digits here and then coming down only into the 90s over the next several days. so our 7-day forecast, we're about to flip the calendar to summer officially on thursday. and then it really does start to feel

like it for friday into saturday with some low to mid 90s. and as we saw in brentwood, it could hit 100 degrees, but then coming down slightly for early next week. mike, you're seeing a couple of hazards out there. yeah a lot of green sensors but a couple of hazards. one is in the south bay. a little more detail came in. we do have a disabled vehicle north 85 around camden avenue in the middle, two lanes. and so that will be a spectacle. and perhaps the reason for a couple of traffic brakes. sometimes they have to slow traffic down a couple of times heading up through the area out of the almaden valley. just the note before you get to highway 17. nothing official, but just a warning from me. also over here. this is official. the closure of the on ramp from eastbound thornton getting on to northbound 880. that loop. well, there was a tanker truck. didn't make it all the way through the loop. and so it's on its side. can't open that, but you can use the nearby or you can use the on ramp from the opposite westbound. thornton, back to you. thanks, mike. well, coming up next on today in the bay nbc bay area responds to resort fees are all over the map. well, we

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$3,324. but if you book the same exact stay using points and you buy all those points, it'll cost you $2,800. total savings, 524 bucks. and there's no resort fee . i like that advice. thank you. chris 526 for you right now. next year, the top stories we're following today. the latest on the point fire. i'm ginger conejero saab. we're live at sonoma county airport where you can see cal fire's planes behind us. they were hard at work yesterday flying recon missions over the point fire. we'll give you a live update this morning. just. just from here and on. the latest from that fire. plus a new designs for valencia street's controversial bicycle lanes ahead. the reason businesses continue to push back on making the bike lane permanent. one of the country's

largest oil companies could end up paying more to do business here in the east bay. the big vote set for later today in the city orichmond stayf

games and win in sonoma county as they work to control the point fire. ahead, we have live team coverage on the conditions crews are facing and the threats to nearby homes. plus putting a

tax on oil refineries, the key vote richmond city leaders are set to take today and how it will allow local voters to weigh in on it during the upcoming election. also, stopping illegal dumping the funding local advocates are urging one east bay city to keep as they battle a city budget shortfall. this is today in the bay area. 530 on your tuesday morning. thanks for starting your morning with us. i'm laura garcia and i'm marcus washington. let's begin with that breaking news this morning. team coverage on the point. fire meteorologist kari hall is standing by monitoring those conditions first responders will face today. but first, let's start with our own ginger conejero saab. she's live from the cal fire sonoma air attack base in santa rosa this morning. where you're tracking that where the firefight stands this morning. what do we know? ginger that's right. good morning. marcus and laura. we are at the sonoma county airport where we can see these cal fire planes behind us. they were hard at

work yesterday flying recon missions over the point fire, which remains 20% contained. still this morning. the fire is about 1200 acres. and that is the last update that we received before 9 p.m. last night. sonoma county declaring a local emergency yesterday. now, people in nearby healdsburg all too familiar, know this threat all too well. they are familiar with the smell of the wildfire smoke this time of year. of course, an orange hued skyline as well. very familiar because of this nearby point fire. it's been threatening homes under evacuation orders. you smell the smoke or you see the big plume. you you know, your nerves go up. it's definitely a stressful situation. kind of not so good. you know, you notice being light headed and stuff like that and not going out too much. cal fire has made good progress on this fire, stopping it from growing

in size. it's remaining at just under 1200 acres now, more than 400 fire personnel are on scene to battle the flames. they were. so yesterday there was an evacuation order in place for people living in the area of dry creek valley, which is home to several private vineyards as well. now so far, two structures have burned, but cal fire says the point fire isn't actively threatening any others at this time. now, those homes along dry creek road, those are most at risk for being impacted by the blaze. cal fire making it very clear that there is still a lot of work to do with the point fire. we can expect these planes to be back at it shortly. this morning, flying over the point fire, and also hoping to make steady progress. marcus and laura. yeah, let's hope that they are able to do that today. thank you ginger. now we know it's not just sonoma county seeing the impact of the fire

this season. this morning, firefighters are scrambling to quell flames in multiple spots across northern california. this includes this one and colusa county. this is a time lapse video of that fire that is burning northeast of clear lake. napa county sheriff's office is working that heavy smoke really making a push into napa. now, the first, fire it started yesterday. it actually has burned nearly 4500 acres. and it is burning out of control right now. in the meantime, evacuations are in place due to a fast moving wildfire in calaveras county. we have new video to show you in of the conditions last night on the front lines. this is called the arrow fire crews were fighting the flames by air and of course trying to tackle it on the ground. fire burning in the copperopolis area about 40 miles east of stockton. it started yesterday day and it has already burned more than 5000 acres so far. there's no containment, safe to say tough battles right now for firefighters really

across california for the latest weather conditions, let's check in with meteorologist kari hall. yeah, we are seeing some extremely dry conditions. and this is looking at what we are seeing near the point. fire. just south of lake sonoma. and so we are going to see at least some improved conditions here. temperatures are in the upper 50s. the relative humidity is at 55, which is not all that high, especially for this time of morning. so we're still seeing the dry conditions and the smoke just pouring down into the central valley and parts of the east bay. the reason why we are seeing such a colorful sunrise this morning and looking at more of that smoke, at least for the next few hours. but there will be some improvement today as the wind picks up and kind of pushes that smoke away from the bay area and off towards the east. looking at our high temperatures for this afternoon, it's going to be fairly mild. morgan hill up to 86 degrees 85 in east san jose and san jose, up to 81 degrees. most of the east bay in

the mid to upper 80s, while the inner bay will be in the upper 70s and upper 70s for redwood city. daly city 64 and 70, in the mission district are north bay. temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s. we'll get a closer look at what's ahead. more mild weather before it heats up this weekend. that's coming up in a few minutes. all right. we'll check with you, kari. and we also stream the latest updates on the fire in sonoma county, both on air and online. the qr code on your screen will take you to our to how page on streaming. you can also search nbc bay area on roku, pluto or any other streaming platform. 535 right now, one of the world's largest oil companies could end up paying much more to do business in the east bay. today in the bay bob redell. joining us live this morning. and bob, later today, there's going to be a big vote in the city of richmond. what is that about? yeah. good morning to marcus miller. later this afternoon the richmond city council, they'll vote on whether or not to approve a new tax on

the chevron refinery, which operates within their city limits. if the council votes yes on this, then this proposed new oil refining business tax ballot measure will go before voters in november for the mayor and vice mayor of richmond say the new tax would rage millions of dollars annually for the city while they, along with environmental groups, accused the chevron refinery of harming the local environment and the residents who live nearby. the bay area air quality management district estimates that each year between 5 and 11 people die prematurely in richmond because of emissions from the chevron refinery. the last month, chevron told kqed that this proposed tax is, quote, hasty and being pushed by, quote, one sided interests. the western states petroleum association, which represents the oil industry, said an additional tax would make gas more expensive at gas stations like the one behind me. a number of residents. they plan to rally outside the city

council later this afternoon in support of this new oil refining business tax measure, reporting live bob redell today in the bay. all right, thanks for the latest there, bob. well, this afternoon in oakland, advocates plan to push the city leaders to keep funding a program. this is aimed at stopping illegal dumping. organizers also asking the city to expand money for the department of violence prevention and oakland's cease fire strategy. last month, mayor qingtao announced plans to close an estimated $300 million shortfall. now, city leaders must approve a two year spending plan by june 30th. a potential major move takes place today as san francisco pushes to make big changes to valencia street's controversial bicycle lanes this afternoon, the sfmta will ask its board to approve a new design for a side running bikeway. right now, the center bike lanes span eight blocks on valencia between 15th and 23rd. for months, the agency has been considering whether to remove

the city's first center running bike lanes. the project has drawn criticism from merchants and cyclists who bike on that busy commercial corridor. a public hearing is scheduled for 1:00 this afternoon at city hall . today, city leaders in san jose will meet to discuss how to move and relocate about 500 people living along the city's waterways. that plan was approved last year. this is or last week, i should say, as part of san jose's more than $5 billion new budget, the city is under pressure to clean up its waterways by next summer or risk fines by the san jose and san francisco bay regional water quality control board for violating state mandates and clean water act. today, city leaders will consider establishing new sanction camps for those individuals. it is 539 on a tuesday morning, taking a live look outside. look at that. you can make out the golden gate bridge in the cars moving across it right now. mike's got a look at that morning commute. we'll check in with him in just a bit, but let's check the forecast

with meteorologist kari hall. and we're starting out with a colorful sky and temperatures ranging anywhere from upper 40s in san francisco to 70 in vacaville. so really, depending on where you are, it is a feeling either cool, but it's clear all across the bay area are kind of mild to start out. now we're looking at temperatures in the upper 50s in hayward, and as we go throughout the day will be in the low to mid 70s. it's going to be a nice one for this afternoon with a high of 77 degrees there in hayward in san jose, 81 degrees and 85 in martinez, 85 as well in santa rosa. we'll take a look ahead coming up in a few minutes. but mike, you think 85th may be clear now? yeah, we're talking the south bay. of course laura showed you the golden gate bridge. smooth coming in from the north bay. south bay. we had that disabled vehicle north around camden on 85. i think that cleared without any further incident. we do see a typical slowing for one on one right there. want to warn you about a few things ahead. if you're leaving through fremont, watch out. you cannot use the on ramp from eastbound thornton onto northbound 880. there's an

overturned saltwater tanker or a tanker filled with saltwater there, and so that may be quite some time until they can reopen the on ramp. you can loop back from over there. you can use central mallory decoto to the north. so everything's accessible through city streets. it might take you a couple minutes to get to the next on ramp, though. keep that in mind. meanwhile, also 84 thornton's 8484 overnight has that closure through niles canyon last night went off without any delays or any hitches. good stuff. open again for the morning for the rest of the day, in fact, until tonight again with the closure tomorrow we're looking at the juneteenth holiday. so these transit agencies will have modified schedules, not vta. they have a typical schedule, but they still have the work going on for the blue line as well. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. 540 right now, monitoring high heat risk at the paris olympics as we get closer and closer to those summer games coming up on today in the bay, the dangerous conditions athletes competing could be facing and what officials are doing to help to keep them safe in washington. the white house has a plan to protect the spouses of american citizens who

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we're checking out mountain view, where we start out with temperatures in the low 60s at 8:00. your noontime temperature is already at 77 degrees, but then the temperatures kind of slow down from that warming trend, and we'll stay in the upper 70s for later today. overall, a nice day and also a breezy wind. we'll talk about

the fire danger and what's ahead in our forecast coming up. and what's ahead of the bay bridge is more backup. just a starting to form here. visible at the bay bridge toll plaza. i see slowing really kicking in for the incline and also the approach to san francisco. so westbound 80 just about to get a little more delay, i think getting in toward the city. we'll talk about what else is going on for your morning commute. thanks so much, kari and mike. it is 544 right now. president biden will sign an executive order to shield the undocumented spouses of american citizens and their children from being deported. now, scott mcgrew, not everyone will be qualifying for this, but we're talking about a lot of people. it's a lot of people. it could be as many as a half a million, says the white house. remember, donald trump has promised the largest deportation in american history. trump said if he becomes president, as many as 20 million people will be removed from the united states. president biden's plan, which we will learn more detail about today, would allow people in the u.s. illegally who are married

to citizens and who have lived here for more than a decade, to apply for permanent, lawful residence. now, they were already eligible for that under u.s. law, but generally had to leave the country for a period of time, sometimes years, to qualify. the new plan would let them stay in the country as they make their application, the white house says the average non-citizen spouse has been here 23 years. in many cases, people who overstayed visas. speaking of visas, the department of homeland security today will announce that daca recipients who graduated college and who were offered jobs will have an easier path to getting a work permit. president biden met with nato general secretary jens stoltenberg monday at the white house ahead of the allies summit here in america next month. the two say that 23 of the 32 nations are contributing the required 2% of their gdp on defense canada, one of the countries that still falls

short. it was then president trump who really put the screws to those countries, publicly calling them out, though he often misunderstood the way the money was spent. the countries don't send the money to nato. they're just required to spend that money on their own. militaries trump's campaigning in wisconsin today. trump's arch nemesis, doctor anthony fauci, out with a new book today called on call. the former chief medical advisor to the president writes about battling with trump over covid. remember it was trump who hired him for that job, but also his time successfully fighting the aids epidemic. russian president vladimir putin just landed in north korea. his first visit there in more than 20 years. american analysts say he's looking for weapons and munitions to use in ukraine. we haven't got video of him arriving yet, but the associated press says the streets of pyongyang are decorated with banners showing the russian leader's face and the russian flags. the people democratic republic of korea denies transferring weapons to russia.

that would violate embargoes. kind of doesn't matter legally, considering we have so many embargoes against that country anyway, so president biden will make that immigration announcement from the white house. 1145 our time this morning, then to virginia for a campaign fundraiser and then home to delaware for a mid mid-week break. the federal government's closed tomorrow, laura. that's right. for juneteenth. thank you very much. it is 547 right now. we're just more than a month away from the 2024 paris olympic games. you can see them right here on nbc bay area. what'd you go? right. so look, the paris olympics officials, they're actually going to talk more about their plans to address that extreme heat during the games. this is going to be during a news conference today. they also plan to have meteorologists working there at their operation center 24/7. we're talking about before and during the olympic games. and, you know, this comes as a new report just released, raises concerns about continuing to hold the international event in the summer. so hot rising temperatures. meteorologist kari hall is here with a look at our climate in crisis. yeah, because

of climate change, paris has gotten nearly six degrees hotter mid-summer than when it first hosted the games in 1924, and a strong string of heat waves in recent years have killed thousands across france during the same time of year. this morning, national climate reporter chase kane digs into the report and the paris plans to combat the dangerous heat during the tokyo olympics. the dangerous combination of heat and humidity made it feel, at times like 116 degrees, the hottest olympics on record. i struggled to stay cool while just sitting in the skateboarding arena, so maybe no surprise that, according to a report from japanese doctors, at least 131 athletes needed medical treatment during the tokyo games because of heat. it's in an athlete's dna to push themselves to the absolute limits. you know, when we're talking about olympic games, the reason you're there is because you push your body to those limits within safe conditions.

that's one thing. but when things get unsafe, yeah, it becomes pretty dangerous. this scottish rugby player is one of a dozen olympians sounding the alarm in advance of the games. and just last summer, heat waves across france killed 5000 people, another in 2003 killed at least 14,000. and that's the main concern highlighted in this report. i guess i still am just surprised of the timing of these olympics. i mean, we have seen such deadly heat waves in these exact location at this exact time. athletes are by far the most at risk here, but also people who are attending, people who are working, people who are outside. i think in a lot of places in the us and around the world, just summertime competitions, unless they're held in the middle of the night, are going to become essentially impossible. the international olympic committee says the health of athletes is a top concern, and paris 2024 says they will have free water stations across every venue, and they'll also consider shifting the time of outdoor competition. if temperatures top 90 degrees to the specific context of climate change, something

paris's deputy mayor says they've been working for years to limit. as climate change makes paris increasingly hot, seven degrees fahrenheit for celsius is a big deal if you're in the middle of a heat wave, that's a big difference in temperature. yes, and it's dangerous. it's dangerous for daily life. and so we need to transform the city as fast as possible to protect people and to make the city more sustainable for the future generations. and that's why they've invested billions in planting trees to cool the city, adding bike lanes to cut emissions, and working to clean up the polluted river. positive steps to host the olympics and permanent benefits for 2 million parisians. but one sustainability decision has gotten a lukewarm reception in the athletes village will rely on carbon free geothermal district cooling instead of traditional air conditioning, similar to what's used in parts of downtown chicago and new york. just to put a button on

this, there's not a limit in terms of outside heat or humidity where this stops working well. or is there, like all of us, you know, equipment prefers not so hot and not so humid. i mean, we never know what mother nature is going to throw at us, right? i mean, it could be a heat dome that could be, you know, very challenging. paris 2024 officials say it will keep indoor temperatures at least 11 degrees cooler, but they'll still make individual ac available on request, which in one way reduces the emission for the games. but on the other side, for an athlete that is, you know, they cannot stay cool and cannot recover fast. so i think from an athlete's perspective that is a negative and that tension underscores the urgency of addressing climate change, along with paris 2024 efforts to cut their carbon footprint. that was chase kane reporting. remember, you can watch the olympics right here on nbc bay area. the coverage starts july 26th with the opening ceremony and goes

through august 11th. you can also get full updates online on nbc. bay area.com/olympics. yeah hopefully they won't have problems not only for the athletes but, you know, people in the stands. absolutely. and chase mentioned all those volunteers right. we always a lot of them, all those folks who are volunteering to help the people that are in those outfits, the characters, they always say, right. yeah, well, we'll be staying right here in summer is approaching on thursday. right? thursday officially. and it's going to be the coolest day of the week, actually. so welcome summer. right. and then on the weekend, this weekend it's going to be much hotter. so we're going to see a lot of changes here within the next few days at least we do have our cool, refreshing start to the day as we take a look at san rafael. it is 50 degrees. it's 61 in san jose and we're in the mid 50s in san francisco and dublin. as we mentioned, there is a lot of fires burning across the state. some of them across the central valley, some of them in the north bay, and it's all causing smoke to move across the

bay area this morning. as you've probably noticed, we have an orange hue to the sky. so even this live look in walnut creek, you can see that we are seeing those colors in the sky. so what happens when we have smoke? you get the shorter wavelength colors like green, blue and indigo and violet. as we take a look at the spectra, the spectrum of the rainbow, that smoke just reflects that. back up northward. so we don't have a blue clear start to the day. we're seeing the longer wavelengths come through as it travels through the smoke. and so you get hues like red, orange and yellow are able to pass through smoke. and that's why we're getting orange to red hue to the sky this morning. so that's the reason why we are seeing these colorful sunrises and sunsets. when we get the very smoky conditions. as far as temperatures, not too bad. so pretty comfortable and very seasonable for this time of year. headed up to 81 degrees in san jose, 82 in dublin and 87 in concord. today, napa a comfortable 82 degrees as well.

san francisco will be in the upper 60s. but look at tomorrow. it's even cooler as we are going to see those highs in the upper 70s for san jose. dublin will only reach a high of 73 degrees, and as 77 in martinez and napa. it's about the same on our first day of summer on thursday, but then it starts to heat up. let's check out morgan hill on friday. we're in the upper 80s, 94 on saturday. keep that in mind if you have some outdoor plans. sunday is actually looking a little bit better and then will be in the mid 80s throughout much of next week, so we are going to see those temperatures going up very quickly for the weekend and then back down starting on sunday into next monday, but pretty mild here as we take a look at san francisco with upper 60s and low 70s into the weekend. mike, now you're tracking a new crash in san jose. i am kerri and i just learned it involves a motorcycle. reports hour north 101 just around mckee. so it's kind of behind these trees here. see that traffic stacking up right now? it probably blocking

just the fast lane. but some crews are arriving. and so there may be more lanes to block it. we're going to see a lot of activity and that's why we see more slowing than we typically see the backups starting to build towards story. and perhaps back to tully. that's an issue for northbound 101. 87 sees more traffic. and that might be because folks have heard about this crash just in the last few minutes. we'll track that shift in the south bay. the on ramp from eastbound thornton, still blocked by the overturned saltwater filled tanker. but meanwhile, the rest of the east bay and in fact approached the bay bridge is just fine. we have the backup at the toll plaza of course. back to you. thanks, mike. happening now, contra costa county taking a stand against misinformation. the county election department hiring 100 election ambassadors. they're going to post on social media and speak at events and show how the county ensures election security. they're also going to provide opportunities for the public to take a look behind the scenes, and that's including the county's award winning election observer program. well, coming up at 6:00, we're going to bring you

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