we are live with bob redell who has the latest right after this break. ikrisanez folaugaia nno ==m/2o >>> it's thursday morning, i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm sam brock. an update to breaking news right now. moek and flames spreading in the tri-valley. right now a fast moving wildfire still burning out of control just east of livermore. those flames are moving towards tracy and homes are in the fire's path into,500 acres are burned and the fire in blanketing the area with thick smoem. we have team coverage of the wildfire this morning. meteorologist kari hall tracking the winds in the area that will affect the fire fight but we begin with bob redell who is live near the fire line in livermore. as day break comes, what do you see? >> reporter: fortunately this fire is burning in an area southeast of our location here at this road block at tesla and greenville an area that is very remote, there are few people and few homes. cal fire are reporting 2,500 acres burned, as the sun is coming up we do expect them to update us with new n

bob redell live from south san jose. that fire is in a tricky spot. >> it's at the end of san felipe road in southeastern portion of san hey. it's

. >> "today in the bay" bob redell live in burlingame this morning. bob, seems strange to say, but drivers are relieved they are only dealing with the typical monday morning commute and not a freeway shut down. >> reporter: from what i can see in the background it looks like highway 101 is moving smoothly in both directions after pg&e workers were able to restring this type of high powered transmission line over the freeway. this is transmission line that was knocked down during an accident on friday night. so again, more your morning commute both northbound and southbound directions of 101 reopened here in burlingame and millbrae in time for you to get to your jobs at work. now, it was friday night that highway 101 was shut down, shut down for most of the weekend on and off after a construction crew working on broadway friday night accidentally knocked down once of the transmission towers sending those high voltage power lines on to the freeway. no one was hurt but the road was shut down from around 9:30 on friday night until around 4:30 saturday aft

we will begin with "today in the bay's" bob redell who is in livermore. bob, you menned earlier million it gets lighter out it might be hard to gauge how much progress they've made. >> reporter: well, and also a breeze out here, i don't know puck tell from our camera angle but there is definitely a gust here which is not helpful for the roughly 250 firefighters who are trying to put out this fast moving wild land fire that's burning several miles down the road here from this road block here at tesla and greenville in livermore, but it is blowing east away from the population. cal fire reports they only have 5% containment on this fire that has already burned 2,5 a 00 acres. we expect an update once the sun comes up and the battalion chiefs can get a better handle. the priority for the firefighters has been to save and protect life and property. >> we're just trying to get ahead of the fire. back there you've seen a couple structures that have burned and our crews were able to save three of them. >> we did lose one

"today in the bay" bob redell is live in san jose this morning. it sounds complicated but you are here to break it all down for us. >> reporter: yes, within the past few hours overnight the white house announcing they will be providing millions of dollars for the flex tech alliance, that's head quartered in this building behind me in san jose. they will help pioneer the next generation of bendable and wearable devices. now, the secretary of defense, ash carter, along with the mayor of san jose and local congress men and women will be making an announcement the at an event at 11:00 at moffett field in mountain view. the flex tech alliance will receive $171 million, 75 of that coming from uncle cam, the remainder from local government and private groups. this an alliance which is made up of over 160 companies, nonprofits, labs and universities will be expected to develop new flexible hybrid technologies. if you are not familiar we are talking about things like sensors that are lightweight and can conform to the shape of a person, let's say an airpla

bob redell is live on the scene. the police officer needed to be take on to hospital for treatment. >> reporter: but we got word about an hour ago that that officer is now out of surgery and in stable condition. we expect to learn more at a news conference that the chief of police will be holding at 7:30. what went down here on martin luther king way, this happened around 1:30 this morning a couple blocks from where we're standing. that officer was shot and his partner were trying to make contact at an address down there with a man suspected of sexual assault. this is a sexual assault that took place earlier in the evening. >> when officers arrived, what we know at this time is that suspect presented himself with a rifle, shot at the officers. one of the officers was struck by gunfire. both returned fire. >> the suspect and officer taken to the hospital. the suspect was pronounced dead. as far as the officer is concerned, we believe he might have been shot in the thigh. but as i mentioned earlier, he's out of surgery

bob redell live at the winery. bob, winemakers, worried? a bad year for grapes or robust because it's so concentrated? >> reporter: well, laura and sam, depends on who you ask. here in livermore where workers start at 3:00 and just finished picking their chardonnay grapes. look here to the left. two trucks, they've got roughly 24 tons of that crop that they just got done pickingen depends who you ask. yields are down 10% because of the drought. senior manager here believes the lower quantity could have a better quality, lead to a better quau quality. this winery have been prepared. over the past ten years put in new technologies in with management of water. they've been able to grow grapes with 27% reduction in the use of water. they have weather stations, soil moisture probe that shows how much water's on the ground around these roots that you're looking at. they have sap flow sensors that shows how the vines respond to the water in the soil and every week very in an airplane that flies over the vineyards here in live to take a high-qualit

reporting live in livermore, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> well, wind has been pushing on that fire all night long. >> it's making conditions very difficult. let's turn to meteorologist kari hall. kari, what are firefighters in for later today? >> the flames are continuing to be fanned by the wind gusts, up to 35 miles an hour. those are the wind gusts, the temperature now is 58 degrees, so at least it is nice and cool, humidity at 96%. today the high jumps up to 89 degrees there and the humidity goes down to 33%. and we've been talking about the wind direction. it is blowing the spoke farther off towards the east toward tracy and moderate humidity this morning will once again be going down as we go through the day. so hopefully they can try to get a handle on that. let's go hour by hour. in livermore we start out with the clouds and hen the temperatures will be warming up into the 80s. in the city of livermore we will see highs in the mid 80s today before it drops off later on tonight. we will get a look at all the microclimates and what to expect in weekend. that's coming up

. >> today bob redell is there. bob, they say they're tied to really heinous crimes. >> reporter: yes. the man who they shot and killed sunday night and the man who they shot and killed last night here in this south san jose neighborhood were both wanted in connection with the murder and torture of another man on thursday. so last night around 7:00 san jose police were following the second suspect. they tell us they had information he was armed and about to kill his woman passenger because she knew about his involvement in last week's murder. there was a chase last night. the police ended up crashing here near valley christian high. then he tried to take off on foot. >> the officers were chasing the suspect and the suspect reaches for the waistband area. the officer fires his weapon, shoots the suspect, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. >> reporter: police tell us they did not locate a gun by or on the suspect after they shot and killed him last night. officers are looking for a third man in connection with w

reporting live, bob redell, today in the bay. >> thank you, bob. >>> there's no time for rest this morning for thousands of firefighters, thousands across the state now battling another ferocious fire. more than a dozen fires burning throughout california. the majority of them are here in northern california. >> take a look at the map. the biggest is the rocky fire. despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters, the fire is e growing this morning. today in the bay's kris sanchez joins us with more on the story. >> good morning, more than 12,000 people were ordered from their homes and now this morning we know that some of them will have nothing to return to. 26 homes are destroyed along with about as many other structures like sheds and barns. the rocky fire just exploded in size overnight and you can see from the flames there's plenty of fuel for fire. all of the vegetation is dry to the core create iing fire conditions that are in their words dangerous and extreme. it's only 5% contained this morning. it is a fire that started wednesday, but by friday it was 15,000 acres and it double

"today in the bay's" bob redell live in san francisco this morning. bob, police say those suspects rammed an undercover officer's car while trying to get away on a chase that lasted several miles. >> reporter: fortunately, from what we're hearing, the police officer or officers doing okay, the chase ended behind me. that's clara street, alleyway there, between 4th and 5th street in the mission district. as you heard in the video, did capture some of the chase this morning. this all started around 1:50 with a 911 call about a burglary in progress. 2200 block of sacramento street, 3 1/2 miles where we're at. undercover unit nearby, they responded. they spotted the getaway vehicle. the suspects used their get away vehicle to ram the police car and then take off. there was a police chase, as you mentioned. it went through mission district, ending here in the south of market. and the police did catch all three suspects from the overnight burglary. they arrested one man and two women. live here in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> you don't

live in san francisco, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thank you, bob. >>> a police officer crossed the line? some say yes after seeing cell phone video but not everyone agrees. >> "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang live in our san francisco newsroom with both sides of the story. >> you can be the judge. take a look at video. a rohnert park man posted this on facebook a week ago, saying that he was in front of his house hooking up his boat on his own driveway when an officer parked facing him in his cul-de-sac for a few minutes, took a picture of him, got out of his car and pulled his gun on him. >> take your hand out of the pock. i've done absolutely nothing, no. >> seriously. put your gun down, really? >> you can see, don mccomas, attempting to take a hand out of the pock tote put cell phone and keys on his suv. sources tell nbc bay area the officer was in the neighborhood after getting a complaint about parking. mccomas asked if the officer was coming to the house ace random act the officer's heard saying yes. the officer can be heard saying mccomas should have listened to him

reporting live, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, bob. after graduating from skyline high, he went on to san francisco state where he earned a degree in radio and tv. >> stephanie chuang is live at san francisco state with that part of the story. >> reporter: kris and sam, we have confirmed with san francisco state university that flanagan graduated here in 1995 with a degree, as you mentioned, in radio and tv journalism. he beyond growing up in the bay area and attending school here, also started his professional career here in the bay area. while attending san francisco state, he worked at kpix, local cbs station. according to his linked in page, he worked at that station in '93, continuing through 1995, the same year he graduated from fs state. from that point on, he was in and out of news in midland, texas, savannah, georgia, tallahass tallahassee, georgia and pgne, according to his linkedin page. at wdbj, the station where both victims and suspect once worked, the station's general manager appeared on the midday newscast, describing

"today in the bay" bob redell is live there this morning. bob, everyone this morning talking being that amazing rescue and there's still work being done to repair some of the damage. >> reporter: within the past few moments you can see the workers behind me here at this caltrain crossing, they actually just finished up repairing the damaged signal equipment there to the right that was damaged during that collision last night. this is a collision now that was captured by more than one camera and posted to youtube. it was around 6:45 last night as you can see in this video, it was a driver who law enforcement believe was under the influence who tried to beat a train across the tracks but got caught by the crossing gate and just sat there. fortunately for him two san mateo county transit deputies and to be nearby, one of the deputies ran down the tracks to try to warn the train, the other bend to the car, inside a driver, a man in his 20s -- but impaired according to the deputy and not getting himself out of harm's way. as you can see this this

bob redell live from south san jose. that fire is in a tricky spot. >> it's at the end of san felipe road in southeastern portion of san hey. it's remote, you're not going to get cell service and there is steep terrain. drop-offs of 50 feet, something that the cal fire firefighters are having to navigate. this fire starting around 10:00 last night. grew to just over six acres. cal fire telling us it is about 70% contained. and they do have a lot of resources on this fire because we are in the fourth year of the drought, heavy fuels out there very concerned about this spreading as they would with any fire but especially now given the conditions that they are dealing with. this fire is above the population, so it's not threat. ing any of the homes here in the neighborhood. we're at here, any structures that may be around there. but it's tricky to fight because of the terrain, because of the fuels they've got 11 engines, three tenders, four hand crews. hand crews doing a lot of the work because they have easier access than

. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell tracking flames. anytime we see a brushfire break out we have a question, any homes affected? >> reporter: sam and laura, fortunately no. we're at a police checkpoint. this is six miles away from the fire. along san felipe road. because this fire is burning above where people live, cal fire tells us that no homes, no structures, are threatened. the fire that started just before midnight, it's now about more than six acred in size and 70 percent contained. based on a conversation we had with cal fire over the past couple of minutes. and if you look at video, notice some of the flames are burning very hot. very fast. and the comment we heard from cal fire as well, that's four year of drought, you have a lot of heavy fuels out there cal fire's deployed 11 engines, 3 tenders, 4 hand crews. because the area where it's burning is remote end of san felipe road in southeastern part of san jose, it's very steep it's near and along a 50-foot drop-off, according to cal fire, the agencies have to rely on hand cre

. >> "today in the bay" bob redell joining us live in sunnyvale. bob, is the work done there? >> reporter: not yet, though it does appear that these workers with caltrain are finishing up their repairs of the damaged signal equipment here at the mary avenue crossing. they did tell me that this this work will not affect service during the morning commute. and this right hire, the video you are looking at is what caused the damage of that crossing. that took place between 6:45. this was between caltrain and a car stuck on the track. law enforcement tell us the driver they believe was drunk tried to beat the con i don't meaning train, got stuck by the crossing gate and just sat there. he could have been killed or seriously hurt if it wasn't for two san mateo transit deputies who happened to be nearby. one of those deputies tried to warn the train, the other grabbed the man from the car. as you can see a couple of seconds before the train slammed into his vehicle. >> these deputies did not hesitate, they acted. had they not acted, who knows what would have happened. i believe beca

"today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from san jose with what the white house just announced it this morning, bob. >> reporter: sam, the obama administration making the announcement within the past couple of hours that it will be providing tens of millions of dollars for a new manufacturing institute to be headquartered here in silicon valley is, it's the flex tech an alliance, that's a manufacturing group head quarterered in that building behind me in san jose that will be ordered to help pioneer the next generation of bendable and wearable devices. ash carter along with the mayor of san jose will make that announcement at an event in mountain view, it will be at 11:00 a.m. the flex tech an alliance will receive $171 million, $75 million of that coming from uncle sam, the remainder from local a government and private groups. the an alliance which is made up of 162 companies, nonprofits, labs and universities will then be expected to use that money to develop new flexible hybrid technologies. we are talking about things like sensors that are lightweight that can conform to th

. >> bob redell joins us. the latest involves a homicide that involved torture. >> reporter: in the past few moments police have finished processing this crime scene, but, yes, over the past 36 hours police tell us that the two people they did shoot and kill in san jose were involved in the torture and murder of a man on thursday, that murs murder taking place. he was armed and the woman passenger knew about the homicide that he was involved with. he crashed, tried to run away but police say they shot and killed him when he reached for his waistband. a police spokesperson tells us that officers did not find a gun on or by the man. on sunday night officers shot and killed another man they believe was involved in the killing of this man, the killing take place in an office building near london avenue, something that was partially captured by surveillance. >> i have to tell you. u just came from the san jose police department homicide unit where i watched part of a video that shows a horrific encounter where thre

. >> today bob redell joining us live. they say two stem from a rekrejts homicide and torture. >> reporter: sam and laura, one of those police shootings taking place on the street behind me. yes, the san jose police believe the two they killed were involved in the homicide and torture of a man last thursday. it was last night at 7:00 police were tailing one of the suspects in the south part of the city because they had information he was armed and was about to kill a woman he was involved with because she knew about his involvement in thursday's homicide. there was a chase. once he realized he was being followed he crashed his car and tried to run away but police shot and killed him when he reached for his waistband. a police spokesperson said they did not find a gun near the man. another man was shot. they believe he and last night's suspect were kiinvolved in the killing of a man on thursday, a crime that was partially captured by surveillance camera. >> i have to tell you i just came from the san jose police homicide un

reporting live in sunnyvale, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> a follow-up now at 4:36 to a story we told you about yesterday. an suv suddenly accelerated after going through car wash. no you car wash lois say it wasn't the first timefemtime. the 1999 jep grand cherokee accelerated out of a car wash am in green bay over the weekend and across 101 all with a wash employee inside. he said the jeep was in knee tropical when it took off. people at other car washes have reported similar problems with that type of car. the chp says water may be short-circuiting the vehicle's electronics. >> we are to go research that indicates there may be a recall involving these vehicles. we did take the vehicle to be inspected by chp investigators. >> no word from jeep this morning. a source tells us the car wash is considering banning some jeep grand cherokees. a car wash back east has said a similar move. >>> heels burring is part of a list to offer free recycled water during the drought. people can get highly treated recycled water from the city's sewer treatment plants. it is only good for using on

redell. >> look how fast they work out there, bob. amazing. >> hustle and bustle. as you are as well getting ready to go to work. a quick check of the weather with kari hall. >> great weather today. cool start to the morning. it's in the lower 60 in lvr now and it will be 88 degrees in los gatos, and san mateo 79. embarcadero at 70. the clouds will clear out the afternoon. i think quickly. 88 degrees in novato, concord at 90. pleasanton, 94 degrees. it will be a hot one for inland valleys in the next couple of days. expect more of the same before a break this weekend. i'll talk more about that coming up in the next microclimate forecast. let's get a look at how the commute is going with mike. >> going great. looking at the westbound 580, easy drive, good volume, manageable. and as we look at your map, you see a little slowing west out of the altamont pass, and our speed sensors as you make your way to dublin interchange, it's clear out of livermore. no surprises for the tri-valley or approaching the bay bridge, cash lanes show a build

bob redell is live in san jose. the mayor showed you how it worked, bob. >> you can see some people are clearly already done their job to save water, but others could use a little help. it's a new app that will soon be available. the so-called water smart appear will allow residents to track their water using, compare their consumption to years prior it will even notify you the. >> we all know that keeping up with the joneses is important for many and certainly we love to see a little competition and conservation and water smart helps residents understand how they can meet the 30% target we've been here. >> many of us don't know how to make a positive change. one thing it does is put specific and targeted ideas right in the hands of those residents,s in palms of their hands, in the mobile phone, on the computer or even through communications right through the mailbox. >> an app that's already in use, morgan hill sunnyvale, palo alto oakland. he tellses that east bay mud saw a savings of 5.6% in the first year that a

bob redell nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much bob. >>> also at 11:00 this the scenes this morning in vallejo not farther from frankly middle school. investigators have not released her name or specifically saying what happened. >>> a rocky fire exploded in size this weekend, though there are new resources, it is only 12% contained. the fire is now 60,000 acres, the largest of more than 20 burning in all the state, and just this morning, the air force reserve deployed two c-130s to our region which can drop 3,000 gallons of water or fire retardant in five seconds flat and refill in less than 12 minutes. for several families it comes too late. 12,000 people are under evacuation orders from their homes, too. >> it's finally smoking us out and we've got to get out of here. blasts like this one fire fighters are setting controlled burns. it's burning in remote areas farther away from homes, but they're dealing with hot dry conditions that can change on a dime particularly as the fire starts to create its own weather. >>> we'll talk with kari about the conditions that the fire crews are

here in san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, bob. >>> new details. traffic slowing again, where earlier today a crash led to a suspect search. police say it happened after an officer on patrol noticed some business with a smashed window. the officer then noticed the suspect jump into the car, niecely striking the officer. a chase ensued, ending with a crash at the first street exit off of 237. >>> up next at 11:00, will they say or go? the latest efforts to keep the raiders in the bay area, coming up. >>> plus fires continue to tear through the west coast. effort to save a ski resort near big bear. >>> i'm kari hall. a live picture from mt. tam, temperatures slowly warming up. we'll get a look at the microclimate forecast coming up in a few minutes. ♪ ♪ yoplait. the smooth and creamy yogurt your whole family loves. yoplait original with no artificial sweeteners, no artificial flavors, and no high fructose corn syrup. >>> welcome back, the 49ers kicked off their season at levi stadium, with a bang, some of which spilled over to the fan experience.

reporting live in santa clara, bob redell, anybody bay area news. >> we'll see how it goes. thank you very much. >>> up next, the stock market taking another beating today. we'll have a look at the current trading. >>> plus what might be driving the downturn. >>> and samsung's latest phones hit store shelves today, how you can get your hands on one for just $1. >>> i'm meteorologist kari hall, take a look at the south bay from mt. hamilton. we do still have some fog near the coast. we'll talk about that coming up in the microclimate forecast. >>> it is shaping up to be another rough day on wall street. the dow is in the red this morning again after suffering the worst day in more than 18 months on thursday. the dow has fallen into the red for the year. a third of the dow is now in bear market territory, our down at least 20% from recent highs. here's a look right now at the big board. as you see, as almost 300-point drop so far today, and tech stocks are also getting hammered, the likes of twitter and netflix among them. solar city. we'll keep a close eye on this and keep yo

bob redell live in san francisco. suspects were wanted for a recent crime? >> reporter: yes, overnight burglary, sam and laura. it all ended here in the alleyway behind us. that's clara streeting between 4

reporting live here in burlingame, bob redell, "today in the bay." >>> get drivers moving. >>> coming up, new poll numbers spell trouble for both parties' front runners, with a these numbers are saying about the mood of early state voters. you will notice there is still a front runners, with a these aew ll owsroue fbo thdemratnd ro >>> decision 2016. a new poll now showing trouble for both the democratic and republican front runners this morning. >> "today in the bay's" tracie potts live in washington, d.c. with the latest numbers plaguing hillary clinton and even donald trump. good morning, tracie. >> reporter: good morning, everyone. let's start with clinton because when it comes to the democrats initially she had these huge leads, looked like she may have had a lock on the nomination, but now not so much. in iowa hillary clinton is only 7 points ahead of bernie sanders in the latest bloomberg des moines register poll. in may she had a 41-point lead. >> the gains that we are seeing and the enthusiasm and the huge crowds that we are seeing, this is not anti-hillary clinton. also pro

growers are harvesting their grapes and our own wine expert, bob redell, he's going to show us how it's done. >> why did he volunteer for that one. >>> the french medal of honor for three brave americans. how do you follow up on that? a hero's welcome at home, of course. cot grd licters heingo dy cy -w >>> breaking news right now, coast guard helicopter heading to daly city where a woman is clinging to the edge of a cliff after falling during a hike. >>> plus, a hero's homecoming. the sacramento man who helped stop a suspected terror attack in france waking up on american soil this morning. >>> from the vine to the wine, why experts say it may not be a good year for grapes. "today in the bay" starts right now. >>> good wednesday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. it's 5:00 now. check that forecast with meteorologist kari hall. looking for a good day ahead? >> yes, a great day. but starting to heat up, sam and laura. but it is wednesday. we're looking ahead to the weekend, as it will be much cooler. we just have to make it through the next coupl

nbc bay area bob redell is there live. what are you thinking, bob? >> reporter: well, tomorrow is the day of the drones at hiller aviation museum. they'll be featuring these sometimes unmanned, always unmanned autonomous vehicles, being controlled by tim to your right, dan to your left. but it is to talk about this relatively new technology. i have been coming to the museum, covering stories for the past 15 years. back then talked about helicopters. now look at this technology, it is in the news because of privacy issues, and safety. the topic of one of the speeches, love them or hate them. i know you love them. your son is studying these in college. what is your argument for use? >> i am both. i am a pilot and like to fly the drones, and the answer is because it is coming. it is like trying to stop the cell phone. the more we can learn about them and the public can understand good uses and what some of the bad uses are and understand and make their own decision. >> and you're talking about responsible piloting of these. you look at dan here, they ha

bob redell has more details and details about the rifle as well. >> reporter: scott and kris an assault rifle that police say is illegal, one of many they find on the streets here in oakland. unfortunately someone used it in

our bob redell just returned from the fire zone in livermore from cal fire had a briefing. >> reporter: the incident commander told us 250 men and women fighting this

our bob redell just returned from the fire zone in livermore from cal fire had a briefing. >> reporter: the incident commander told us 250 men and women fighting this tesla fire to push hard this morning, while the humidity is up and temps and winds are down, because come this afternoon, the weather is not expected to be helpful. this was from the briefs this morning. as you're about to see, you can see some of the scorched black earth the fire left behind when it ripped through 2500 acres starting yesterday afternoon. this is a remote area of livermore off tesla and corral hole low road. only a few people live out there. calfire said the fire is only 25% contained, but looking at the video, you might be saying it looks like the fire is out and 100% contained. the incident commander telling us don't be fooled. >> that fire is trying to slowly smolder and get outside of those lines. so it is not contained. it's just slowed down. the worst is this afternoon when we get wind on this fire. that will be our challenge to hold it within the perimeter we have it stopped at right now. >> report